Aunt Fanny and aunt Serena try to find a suitable father figure for Ricky.

Ricky Rapper gets a letter from a distant relative who's looking for an heir.

Ricky Rapper and Nighthawk Ricky find a buried treasure while digging for worms. Archaeological excavations begin at the site, and when a valuable iron-age ring vanishes, it becomes apparent that there's a site-robbing "nighthawk" at work here.

A young college student is found stabbed to death,and private detective Vares life takes an interesting turn when the girls family asks him to investigate the case.