The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories

Saladin Foster and his wife Electra are jolted out of their tranquility by the stunning news that a distant relative has left them $30,000. The one condition is that the couple must be able to prove "that they had taken no notice of the gift by spoken word or by letter, had made no inquiries concerning the moribund's progress toward the everlasting tropics, and had not attended the funeral."

Other stories are: "Experience of the McWilliamses with Membranous Croup," "The Facts in the Great Beef Contract," "My Watch," "The Canvasser's Tale," "The Professor's Yarn," "The Invalid's Story," "Cecil Rhodes and the Shard" and "A Story Without and End."