IN BRIEF: The town of Three Oaks withered when the mine closed. Hank Butler's Black Deuce salon is still open. Jim Acorn offers to buy Butler's 5,000 shares of stock in the old White Lady gold mine. Butler sees a note from Tyrol Investment of Denver saying it will pay $2 a share. Acorn offered 50 cents. Butler decides to get the 5,000 shares of Curly Waters, 10,000 shares of Clem Higby and 5,000 shares of Hopalong Cassidy and make a big profit. He vows to "handle this Cassidy like he's never been handled before." Hoppy and California ride into Three Oaks. Sheriff Curtis says Waters' shares were stolen. Hoppy says the mine is full of shale and rock. Butler offers to buy Hoppy's mine shares, but Hoppy refuses. After visiting Higby, the cowboys find Acorn on the trail, dead. Hoppy learns Acorn was really George Watt, a sharper from Denver. There is no Tyrol Investment. It is all a scam. There's a big stakes poker game at the Black Deuce. Hoppy knows the trick Butler (alias Jim Paget, a card shark) will play, and wins the game. He accuses Higby of killing Acorn; the two were in on the scheme together. (Swart)
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