I ka makahiki 1982, ua kāhea ʻia kahi puke pohihihi "ʻO ka mea huna: kahi waiwai waiwai!", ua hana 'ia e ʻO Byron Preiss i paʻi ʻia ma United States. Ua paipai ʻia ʻo Preiss e ka puke, ʻO Masquerade i paʻi ʻia ma ʻEnelani i ka makahiki o 1979.
ʻO ka puke o Masquerade Ua kākau ʻia a kiʻi ʻia e Kit Williams, nona nā kiʻi ʻumikūmālima i kuhi aku i kahi o kahi waiwai huna i hana ʻia ʻO ke gula he 18-karat, ʻo ka hare i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i nā momi i kanu ʻia ma kekahi wahi ma ʻEnelani. Ua kūʻai aku kēlā puke i nā kope miliona i ka puni honua.
Ke hoʻomanaʻo nei i kēia, ua hāʻawi ʻo Preiss i kahi mea pena kiʻi ʻōpio i kapa ʻia ʻo John Jude Palencar e hana i kekahi mau kiʻi he ʻumikūmālua no kāna puke, a ua hui ʻia kēlā me kēia pena me kahi mele cryptic. Ua kuhikuhi pū lākou i kahi noho lima i kahi kiko kikoʻī kahi e loaʻa ai kahi casque kanu i loko o ʻekolu kapuaʻi ka honua. A i loko o kēlā casque, e hūnā ʻia kahi kī pālolo. Hiki ke hoʻolilo ʻia kēlā me kēia kī i ka mea hoʻopuka, nāna e hāʻawi i kahi momi waiwai ma kahi o $ 1,000.
Eia naʻe, "ʻO ka mea huna: kahi waiwai waiwai!" ʻaʻole i lilo i kaulana loa e like me kā Kit ʻO Masquerade. Paakiki loa nā kuhi i hāʻawi ʻia e kui i kēlā me kēia puka o ka hoʻopunipuni, a ʻo Preiss, ʻo ia wale nō, kanu i nā kī āpau i nā wahi like ʻole āna i hōʻike ʻole ai i kekahi. Maliʻa paha, ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻo Preiss i kāna mau pilikia maoli.
Ma hope o ʻelua mau makahiki o ka paʻi ʻia ʻana o kēia puke hoihoi o Preiss, i ka makahiki 1984, ua wehe ʻia ʻekolu mau keiki i kahi o kahi kī ma Kikako. A laila ma kahi o ʻelua mau makahiki i hala akā ʻaʻole mea nui i hiki a hiki i ka makahiki 2004 i ka manawa i loaʻa ai i kekahi mau loio i hoʻokahi ma Cleveland.
A mai ka 2005, ma hope o ka make ʻana o Preiss i kahi ulia pōpilikia pōpilikia, ua waiho malū ʻia nā wahi o nā waihona waiwai o kēia puke a hiki i kēia lā. Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, ua ʻōlelo ʻia ua nalowale nā pōhaku. Eia nō naʻe, inā ʻimi ʻoe i kahi mea pohihihi a hoihoi i nā decodings code, pono ʻoe e hoʻāʻo i kēia puke pohihihi. Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i kēia puke hoihoi mai nā hale kūʻai pūnaewele a i ʻole kahi hale kūʻai puke hoʻopahemo.
Aia he mau kaukani mau wahi pohihihi i kēia honua kahi e ʻike ai ʻoe i nā waiwai i nalowale he miliona mau kālā. Nui nā poʻe hoihoi e hoʻolilo i ko lākou ola i ka ʻimi ʻana i kēia mau waiwai. Lanakila kekahi a kūleʻa kekahi akā ʻaʻole lākou e nalo e ʻike i ka pīhoihoi o ka ʻimi ʻana i nā waiwai nalowale. Inā ʻo ʻoe kekahi o lākou, a laila e paipai mākou iā ʻoe e heluhelu i kēia pou kupaianaha 13 Nā moʻolelo kupaianaha o ka Waihona kanu.
