“Five Mex for a Million”
by L. Ron Hubbard

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Publication date: November 1935

Original publication: Top-Notch

Genre: Military & War

Story description: Facing a firing squad if caught, Captain Sterling stumbles upon a mysterious Chinese chest whose contents could be his salvation or just another means of his demise.

Currently available as part of the Stories from the Golden Age series, in the title The Green God.