New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-09-04
"Good gracious" said my uncle, chang.

Good gracious said my uncle, chang
ing color, ''you don't say that?'
1T is q fact, and you will see the ne
cessity of being cautious and silent in the
matter. Detection hangs on thread as
it stands, and awhisper will break it."
! What do your mean,' said Parker,
/ about sEinor. Beaumont? Il have seen
herr 'sa& ~, E'ss ts& '7s
"There is no Elinor Beaumont in Jer-
sey. sent and have ascertained the,
fact
II am sure there is some mistake about
Fall this, which Beaumont can Sclear. up
Let us send for: him. y ,.se ~ =
"lf you do the game is up. I trust in
fact hesdoes not know Of my visits. We
cannot be too cautious in these matters"
ft"Pedantic assn muttered nav uncle;
"but suppose we had better give him
his own way. # you meet Parker ands
me here at seven tonight, We shall have:
that wonderful, desk. opened, and your
great discoveries Shall be made.'ga.s
They met again that evening. The
desk. was opened by Parker, and bun
die die Of letters, carefully packed up, all
from Einor Beaumont, and i quantity
of circulars, play bills, and shop receipts
were handed to the expert.
That gentlemen read through the let
tiers, and, seemed much struck by the
last. e.. - $40 - '~7-'" p Ss4 90
Il "Read that" said he, handing it to my
Uncle. AS the letter is Important give
it entire. ",
'tso FLEET STREET, Sept n, 1903"
.""My Dear Charles Although we had
an. adverse wind all the way, we, made
without difficulty the port We were bound
for. Aunt, in spite Of the weight Of
her fifty years, enjoyed the trip much,
1 and is ready to sail again. I hope you
will think of sending the line you promis-
ed on the 25th, and come yourself as our
party is much smaller, and we should en-
! JOY the visit" L.. -, ~ .'s .'' I
"When I was in London last week I
saw our Cousin Harry, fresh from Wind
sor. There is little change to be observ-
ed in him-not as much as you would cx-
pect' Come to us on Friday.
"Yours, very etfectionately, ELINoR b.
My Uncle read this out loud, from be-
ginning to end, and then he said, 'sDo you
see any thing suspicious in that? It
seems to me very innocent
r., "Hunl! Itmay be. Was. there any
thing else in the desk?' said. he, address
ing Parker. '~''
"You may go and look" growled that
potentate; and he led the way, the expert
following. ,m@>s STA.
The desk was quite empty, with the
| OK nt two Of 10
paper. On one Of these the expert pounc.
ed, and returned with an air of citation
to the other room He then unfolded
his scrap Of paper, and disclosed a half
sheet exactly the size of the paper on
which Elinor Beaumonts letters were
written, in which oblong holes at inter
walls had been cut.
He then placed his half-sheet over the
letter, and handed both, thus placed, to
my Uncle, whose astonished eyes read
the following, words, which the holes cleft
\ visible: Ia. l. "A u
"Fleet wind bound. Fifty sail of the
line, 20 smaller. Should the wind change,
expect US on Friday" "a ;ra ,a-s-
THE DEVIL" said my uncle; sand
Nelson ordered off to the West Indias."
Then was there, as you may suppose,
! hurry and scurrying, and running ana
chasing, and dispatching of government
couriers, and .semphore telegraphs and
carrier pigeons, q and all the oid-world
means of communication then in fashion
The key thus obtained disclosed the
whole correspondence, which turned out
to be a connected series Of letters from
the French government, Struggled into
Jersey The result history knows; the
Intended invasion was abandoned, and
Napoleon went elsewhere. 81
So But what put you on the scent?n ask
ed my uncle, afterwards, with many
apologies to the expert. .-..-,.-..........-
II suspected the trick from the first
although it was very good specimen Of
ill., The letters were too innocent, and
HAD too little point in them. But they
EWere done with admirable skill. The
grammer was complete: and the little
dots or marks which bunglers use to
guide them in writing the words which
are tolbe read were entirely absent. The
way in which the deception effected is
| this, The correspondents, before COM
mencing. take sheet OF paper and cut
holes in it, which, Of course in the, two
half sheets, exactly correspond. They
leach took one half sheet, and when, a let
ter is to- be written, the writer SO a.
ranges the words that those intended to
be read shall appear in the holes. when
the half-sheet is placed over the paper,
which is of the same size When his
correspondent receives the letter, he
places his half-sheet over it, and reads
| off theI words az Won did The d1H;cnlt1