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For nearly two hundred years men have hunted for that treasure . Why even the United States Government once sent out an expedition to find it . But I , Rupert Killam , have at last discovered the true hiding place of that secret hoard . '' Can you beat that for a batty conversation to be handed across the table , right on Broadway at high noon ? But say , take it from me , this Rupert party is some convincin ' spieler . With that low , smooth voice of his , and them buttermilk blue eyes fixed steady and earnest on mine , I was all but under the spell for a minute or so there . Then I shakes myself and gets back to normal .