The San Francisco call., 1905-06-25

fNow get to work and hustle out your bags of
gold and pearls Be sudden"
The wizard tottered away into the darkness, but
instantly returned, carrying small but heavy bag.
A hundred times he did this until he was too ex-
hausted to move and then Tom took his turn A
thousand bags of gold and pearls lay the floor.
when the old man declared that ,al of his wealth
before them except his store of grain Then
Tom said:
''Now show me how your suit of armoris worked"
Jusippius soon explained its every secret and
Tom climbed into the copper armor, finding at once
that it quite easy to aboutin 1T as 1T IS
to walk on stills. Then he said:
Now, follow me, old rascal, and show me how to
get~around your plaguey bellowsp -
The wizard led him by secret way around the
leather, tentlike mass, and soon they were In the
green, sunny valley. Here hundreds of people
stopped work at once in terror, for the giant in
copper had of late years rarely appeared after no
made his morning visit to the poor slaves; thus all
dreaded some new torture
Tom stopped and surveyed them through the
glass eyes, and then he shouted:
as there one among you named Cephas Nave
rck?"
One of the guards cried: s8
Certainly He is working In the gold mine"
"Go and bring him here instantlyw cried Tom.
The old man cried:
.sHil You don't mean the big man with the red
hair! Oh, he'sa rebellious rascal! remember him
now. He refused to acknowledge my power, and
declared that they were all being imposed upon By
some clever trick, and / sent him down into the
mine to keep him quiet Beware of himw
Soon Maverick came with the guards, and Tom.
said to him: 1850.
Are you still of the opinion that am a fraud
and an impostorg
Maverick answered stoutly:
Il am sure of it I'll bet that you dare not come
out of that armor and meet face to face with
only fists weaponsw
ssHurrahr cried Tom. "You are mani ia
rather have you for my father than the President
Now grab for this old villain here who is trying
to slip away, and all of you wait here until re-
turn"
He strobe back to the wizards chamber, where
he climbed out of the copper armor and entered IS
airship after which he sailed back to the valley.
Als>the wizards prisoners waiting there duti-
fully and they were amazed and startled at sight,
of the winged automobile, for few of them had
such thing, having been in the valley many
years. He told them of the villainy of the wizard,
and how he, little, weak old man, had kept them
in terror by a trick Then he explained the trick
and revealed to them that this trembling frightened
old man the villain who had done them such in
jury. There rush for the wizard, and the
guards were the first to reach him, intending to
tear him limb from limb in their rage, but Tom
snatched him up into the airship and shouted:
NO! We will make him toll fer nowl That
viii punish him than DEATH"
Then he told Cephas Maverick to get into the
car and slowly sailing along, he led the multitude
of people into the cave. where he showed them the
wizards vast wealth, telling them that it was their
When Tom told his father who he and how
it had all happened, Mr.. Maverick almost wept for
joy and looked at Tom with swelling bosom, proud
of such clever son. On reaching home there was
a scene impossible TO describe, for the poor mother
never expected to her husband again; but when
Toms plan for furnishing the wizard put into
action there was more exciting scene.
He was placed in his copper armor and COM
PEELED to stand in a dime museum all day long,
while he told again and again, without pay. bow he
ha1c and he of
cave: and if you think this isn't working just try
for one hour But Tom, with his father and mother,
moved into the great valley beyond the cave.
WALT McDOUGAIL~