Short Story Synopsis

Short Story Synopsis
The soldier is a construction worker on the Empire State Building in Manhattan getting little money in the great depression for brave work. On the way home from work the worker walks into an old woman who says she is a decedent from the Native American Indians.She tell him about the secret burial ground underground through a pot-hole, which contains riches. the young worker becomes interested and follows the old woman's instructions on how to get these riches. He encounters monsters from Native American myths first a dwarf-like creature who is small but clever, the second a water serpent and lastly the great spirit. The worker give each creature food and tobacco so the creatures would bless him.
The worker becomes a wealthy gentle man in a matter of seconds after finding hundred upon thousands of dollars in the tunnel as well as an ancient native american mask that can summon these spirits. the gentleman decides to keep the money and the mask for himself so he kills the woman in cold blood and runs away to seek his new life.
Now living wealthy and happily he starts to hear rumors about the rich businessman who owns the empire state building daughter, who is kept away from others as there are rumors that she could fall for any man easily even an underclass man.
the gentleman starts to use the mask to summon the spirits enabling him to stalk the young woman so he can learn everything about her so that when he finally meets her she will have to marry him immediately. His plan unfortunately fails as her parents dislike the gentleman's origins and sly personality. After hearing this the gentleman summons the great spirit, killing the girls parents brutally in front of her. Distraught, the young woman vows to get revenge on the gentleman killing him in cold blood like he killed them.