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When an old prospector dies, he leaves Bob Ward not only with clues to a stash of newly discovered gold, but also an incomplete warning of danger in approaching it. When Ward's farmhand, McShaine, heads off first to find the gold, it is he who becomes the victim of the trap on the treasure chest.
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This story was the prize winning entry in the Southern Seas Story Competition (c. 1928). The author was awarded two guineas and a copy of the Southern Seas Story Book, in which his story is published.
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