This mystery-comedy centers on an eccentric, strong-willed spinster who impulsively purchases a crumbling, allegedly haunted country inn, convinced she can turn the ramshackle property into a profitable business despite dire warnings from the locals about its sinister reputation. As she sets about renovating the place with more enthusiasm than caution, she gradually uncovers hints of buried treasure supposedly hidden somewhere on the grounds, drawing the unwelcome attention of a gang of crooks who have their own designs on the inn's secrets. Mistaken identities, spooky noises that turn out to have very earthly explanations, and a series of comic near-misses with the criminals build toward a farcical climax as the heroine's stubborn nerve proves more than a match for the villains underestimating her. The blend of gentle haunted-house atmosphere and broad comic suspense made this kind of mystery-farce a reliable crowd-pleaser for amateur theater groups in the 1940s. Its plucky, independent-minded heroine offered a meaty comic lead role well suited to community theater's more seasoned actresses.

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