White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-07-09

we naVes therefore, no less than ten OF the
most important letters represented, and it will
be unnecessary to proceed with the details Of the
solution. have said enough to convince you
that ciphers Of this nature are readily soluble,
and to give you some insight into the rationale
Of their development. But be assured that the
specimen before US appertains to the very sim
pie species Of cryptograph. 1t now only remains
to give you the full translation of the charac-
is;
"' A good glass in the Bishops hostel in the
| Dsvirs seat foS+yons degrees and thirteen min
utes nsrth-eGst and By north main. branch ssvenh
limb east side shoot from the lei. eye Of tie deaths
head Zee line from the tree through the shot fifty
feet Oui.'"
"But," said I, +" the enigma seems still in as
bad a condition as ever. How is it possible to
eItort meaning from all this jargon about
devils seats 'death's-heads,' and Bishops
hotels7'"
al confess" replied Legrand, I" that the mat
ter still wears a serious aspect, when regarded
with casual glance. Ny first endeavor was to
divide the sentence into the natural division in
tended by the cryptographist'"
Z" You mean, to punetuate itl''
"Sonething of that kind"
"But how was it possible to effect this7"
al reflected that It had been point with the
writer TO run his words together without divis-
ion, so as to increase the difficulty of solution.
Now, not over-acute man, in pursuing such an
object, would be nearly certain to overdo the
matter. When, in the course Of his composition
he arrived at break in his subject stioh would
naturally require pause, or point, he would
be exceedingly apt to run his characters, at this
place, more than usually close together. Ifyou
will observe the Ms, in the present instance,
you will easily detect FIVE such cases of unusual
crOwding. Acting upon this hint, made the
division thus:
ga good glass in tie Bishops hssteI in The
DevI'Sseat-.forty-0ne degrees and thirteen min.
ntes-north east Gad By n0rth-zsais Eranel SEQ
enth limb east sids-shOOt from Els Lsf eye Of
The death's-head-a bee line from lRe tree through
Ae Saot Jttg Jeet out.
even this division" said I, "lsaEes me still
in the dark"
"lt lef me also In the dark" replied Le-
grand, " for few days; during which made
diligent inquiry, in the neighborhood Of sulli-
vans Island, for any bpilding which went by the
name Of the Bishops hoteI;' for, Of course,
dropped the obsolete word hostel Gaining no
Information on the subject, was on the point Of
extending my sphere Of search, and proceeding
in a more systematic manner, Ehen, one morn.
ing, it entered into my bead. quite suddenly,
that this Bishops Hostel might have some
reference to an old family Of the name Of Bes-
sop, which, time oct Of mind, had held posses.
sion Of an ancient manor-house ABOUT four miles
to the uofthward Of the Island. accordingly
went over to the plantation, and re institzfed my
inquiries among the older negroes Of the place.
Al length one Of the most aged Of the women
said that she had heard Of such place a. Bss.
ssp's Castle, and thought that she could guide
me to il, but that Il vas no: castle, nor tav.
srn, but a high rock.
"Ioatsed to pay her<eIlfor her trouble. and,
after some demur, she consented to accompany
me to the spot. We found it without much diff.
feulty, when, dismissing her, proceeded TO ex-
anime the place. The castle consisted Of an
irregular assembIage Of cliffs and rOcks--ons Of
the latter being quite remarkable for its heigkt,
a. vel as for It's Insulated and artificial appear.
ance,. cIambered to its apex, and then felt
much at loss as to shat should be next done.
"while vas busted in reflection, nay eyes
fell upon a narrow ledge in the eastern fAss Of
the rock, perhaps yard below the sumrnit upon
which I stood The ledge projected about
eighteen inches, and vas rot more than foot
vide, while niche in the elf jus. above il gave
L rude resemblance 70 one Of the hollow.
backed chairs used By our ancestors. made no
doubt that here vas he devils seat sIIaded