ABOUT BOOK

Why did old Balhatchet Barkstone, on dying, leave his nephew 16 beans?Why did Boyce Barkstone, the heir, hold on to the beans?Why did Hu Fong, a Chinese detective, come to the conclusion that a poverty-stricken hermit was murdered for an article of great value, and what might that article be?Why did Hutchcock McDolphus, dealer in hides, refuse to accept any price whatsoever for a simple book costing $3.50?These are only a few of the seemingly insoluble riddles which Keeler answers, in his own inimitable manner, in his latest mystery-adventure.