In the midst of a high-society masquerade ball, someone pulls off a daring heist. Several gold plates have been stolen, their value estimated at $15,000. Even more shocking is the fact that the crime seems to have been committed by a guest attired as a burglar, the costume complete with a loaded revolver! Hiding in plain sight, the thief escapes with his loot and drives off with his beautiful blond accomplice. What follows is a gripping tale of romance, honor, and mystery featuring the beloved Professor Van Dusen, better known as “the Thinking Machine.”
In this Novella a daring theft takes place during a masked ball, the theft is done by someone dressed as a burglar and he appears to have an accomplice, a striking lady dressed in a Wild West costume. The burglar is shot as they are escaping and this leads the owner of the plates, a reporter and the Police to the door of a Mr Richard Hubert, he refuses to say whether or not he took the items, but he has an injury (that he also refuses to disclose how it happens) and from there on in we are taken of a labyrinth of mistakes and misguided ideas until "the Thinking Machine" shows how it all happened.
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