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Sems family first moved to the H Bar they
weathered house above until Mr. Sems could build a new one.

Bohlin. Serial number 139166 ( which _ major proportions and my dad could not
dates it about 1891), the revolver has do it alone. Two other men came to help,
ivory grips inlaid with gold, silver and Bill Hodge and John Hart. The latter
enamel. On the right-hand grip is a was the father of Sam Hart who had
diamond-shaped inlay with "Buck" en- originally brought Mr. Arnold to our
graved on it and on the left side a similar place. There were no contracts, only
inlay engraved "Dell." The remainder of verbal agreements that each would share
t r h k
. P OS e s ac / 613 ii'Zlmil . the revolver is engraved with silver in- in the treasure when it was found.
lay. Mrs. Jones told me that she keeps A few months later, Mr. Arnold had
the revolver in a hand-carved leather a Mexican friend come and survey the
case which bears the date she presented work being done, look over the general
POEMS WANTED it to him. The only time Buck used it area, and read the plat rock. He read
this exactly like Mr. Arnold had. This
was for parades and personal appear-
ances. Mexican bluntly said that no treasure
To le Set To Music For Mrs. Buck Jones her husband's would ever be found because it was
or of memory has never dimmed, because she guarded by evil spirits. He left and would
for EXAMINATION. is constantly reminded of him by people have no part in it.
in all walks of life. "I never realized so Later and at long intervals between,
CROWN MUSIC CO., 49 W. 32 St., Studio N.Y. 1 many people still remembered him," she other Mexicans came. They, too, would
told me with pride. "He was such a won- read the plat rock exactly as had Mr.
derful guy." The Cowboy Hall of Fame
TRUE WEST MULTIPLE BINDER in Oklahoma also remembered Buck, and Arnold. And all were unanimous in their
opinions-no treasure would ever be
Mrs. Jones was asked to present a large found because of evil spirits.
framed portrait of him for permanent Whether or not their predictions or
Only preservation in its collection. but friction arose among the workers.
beliefs were true it is difficult to say,
Buck Jones is far from forgotten. He
s300 has earned his place among the immor- Mr. Arnold and John Hart began carry-
ing heavy revolvers. No one would co-
tals of the Old West. True, his Westerns
may have followed the Hollywood pat- operate with Mr. Arnold who was the
tern, but in his way he made a genuine only one wl)o held the key to the mys-
each contribution toward keeping a:live tradi- tery and the only one who had the knowl-
edge to direct them.
tions and memories of the. old days and
the people who lived back then. I have always believed if he had been
Postpaid It was fitting that Buck Jones, whose treated differently, perhaps something
dash, charm and verve endeared him to of more value might have been found.
millions, should die a hero. But the trag- Surely these things were not put there
• Now you may obtain sturdy binder ic manner of his death inspired perhaps without some purpose.
with fine simulated cover for his finest epitaph when W. H. Mooring, Friction became so acute that Mr.
your of TRUE WEST at Arnold left and, with him gone, there
$3.00 each, the Hollywood correspondent for the was no one to supervise the digging.
English movie magazine Picturegoer
wrote, "I dare bet Buck Jones didn't go For a few months, however, it continued
• TRUE WEST in gold on to a night club once in five years. Odd at random.
cover and backbone. In the meantime Mr. Arnold returned
beautiful, four-color photographs on he should have made his last roundup briefly but he was upset and disturbed.
front and back cover. among all the tinsel of city night life.
He belonged so completely to the orange He and his wife had secured a divorce,
• to handle, it grove, the nearby corral and the horses." and things never were the same again
among the workers or with the digging.
( Many back avail-
No punching or mutilation of Mexican Bullion on the Arnold seemed to have almost lost in-
your You'll like it Flying H Bar Ranch terest. He would show up occasionally
and remain for a short period, but he
on
(Continued from page 39) took no active part in the work again.
TRUE
pletely destroyed without even a photo- QN ONE of his brief visits he took
P. 0. Box 3668, Austin, Texas 78704 graph being made, as they continued me with him to cut some copper
digging. They felt sure this was the en- "trimmings" out of a tree. We came to
I am enclosing $ ... .. .. .. .. Send . ... .. . trance to the underground village and one old oak where he stopped, looked and
binders at $3.00 each to the following: treasure, but nothing else was found at "sighted," then walked briskly to another.
that precise spot. He pointed to a mark on this tree and
Name . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... .. ... .. ... .. .. . . . A number of other copper kniv.es, cut remarked to me, "See this mark? This
from the same type of thin copper sheet- means to go east ten varas."
Address . . .... .. .. . .. ... .. ... . . ... ... .. . ing, were found close by, and every- He stepped off these varas which led
thing was buried in the same preserva- to another old oak, the mark on which
City .... .. . . . . . ..... .... State .... . . .. . . . tive-pulverized oiled charcoal. meant so many varas south. When he
By this time digging was taking on stepped them off we came to another old
66 True West