So True, Mr. Barnum

Alright, hey boy, I'll take you out there. You can dig for your treasure, you can dig up the whole desert, but let me tell you something. You won't find a thing. Have gone! Will travel!

Starring Mr. John Dana as Paladin. San Francisco. 1875. The Carlton Hotel. Headquarters of a man called Paladin. Yes. Oh, hello, hey boy. You busy, Mr. Paladin? No, it's on your mind.

Oh. Hey boy, I want to share news of great good fortune. Good fortune? Well, wonderful, hey boy. What is it? Oh, yeah. Oh, this is a lot of comfort, hey boy. What a way for Mexico.

You read, Mr. Paladin? Ah, dear Mr. Chang, after a thorough investigation, which has proven you to be a man of sterling character, you have been selected to share the proposition I am about to unfold to you.

who sometime ago during an insurrection, an important man in the Mexican government. Hey boy. Yissa. Before I read any further, let me guess. This man, did he escape across the border into the United States with a lot of gold?

Oh, Yissa! Untold fortune, being gold. And he buried this untold fortune in gold somewhere in this country. Yissa! Then he later went back to Mexico and on his deathbed revealed the man who wrote you the letter where he had buried it. Yes, sir. Only a man who wrote letter. Wait a minute, boy,

I'm still guessing. Oh, you guessed pretty good. Now, the man who wrote you the letter isn't able to undertake the search for the treasure himself, and he is generously willing to share the secret of the hiding place with you for a 50-50 split. But there are certain expenses involved. Yes, sir. $2,000. No, $2,000. And if you send him the $2,000 to cover the