Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-05-26


which, though requiring a certain sp--
cial aptitude as well as experience, Is not
SO diticult as laymen might suppose, and |
is as certain in its results as arithmetic |
certain, sir. Our |
friend Mr.. Steldl has applied to me for |
the missing key OF this little puzzle, and |
il took me- barely half an hours study |
to find it"
You mean you eau read this tumble
into sense ?" asksi ]. ''lou must lie a
clever fellow, Mr.. Wilh-rs. How am |
to know it isn't guess work The cor
reetness Of your reading will have To b,
proved. you ser
s.Up to thu hilt, sir. The beauty Of a
cipher, or cryptograph, is that, if you
once hit on the right key, it can only
mean just that one thing-no doubt, No
ambiguity. And as the discovery Of the
key Is a logical process, and as no cipher
can possibly have more than one key,
why, sir, s0,riiEr aa5HidRdg-the result l.
proved by the process. sir; or rather,
result and process prove one another.
Then must have your process II
you phase .
can do il. This cipher, sir, Is even
absurdly simple. Did you ever Rad the
''CiOld Bug Of Edgar Allen Poe No
That's q pity, because shall have 10
explain from the lightning. have rather
a contempt ior that siory--th- cipher he
mAkeS his hero discover would have i-r-n
found out by a child in half the time.
And this cipher before ns l. Of precisely
the same kind--the very simplest form Of
cipher known.
Well ="
A person Ike Miss Molloy pres unlAhiy
ignorant VI the t-Autiiul sci-no. q
cryPtosraphy, would l. almost o-rtain 10
adopt the plan oi making one letter DO
duty for another. uf course sine ha- l-il
no space t-.iEe-n her WORKS. Nov, you
know that the a1nmon--t English letter
Is = - that, ten 10 one, the ooJnInVn-st
Letter il the cipher will represent =.
That letter ! i. II eyla-s ~ fewer than
i've iin-s in the =. -, ten tp on-. 4
stands Tor =. fou p-ry-ie- -
At any rate. follow, % far.
Very zoci.sir. Now look at the cipher
veil. and keep i before your ry->. W. u
assume for the moment that i Inay mean
= and Il mean, H. likely enough /.
would l.. b, b would r. e. and 20 on. and
| 50 On, taking the letter following. Let
try that dodz- with III. r--caus- there :
more than one Ii. and because L (Which
| it ought a. stani for) i csInInori,l
snrt Of letter Very we'll. Putting iur
d and FOR L. ami dots for the other
| Letters, We get =. ne. t.. en.-.. NOW,
Mr.. Lake, the 41-- ton. Is understand
il. l. Did Mis-. Molloy leave her money
70 Lucis Bridgita . Birn or 70 P-r-lil
Steldi Assuming that one OF those Is
must fall into where the name of the
lsgatee must come, it will strike you al
| once thar there isn't one single in the
| laiy's name. Il will also strike you ;ha,
the young gentleman IS a nephew, and
| that we've 90; already ns---eoming
together. Let's chance il. Lets srit-
nephew right out. and See ii We get
sense that way. In come Ike this
putting for y, for b, for :..e..
nephew -n....e. Now what strikes you
next, sir 80
Nothing whatever, Mr. with-rs.
Nothing at all.
no I'm surprised. Doesn't it .trik-
| you that IN eom-s in F-rentz that the
cipher and the name Of oi-ldl both end
in letter between pair Of letters I'M
Id A most remarkable hint, indeed {,
for it int-rfar-s with no former assumption
---z would mean would mean d.
Now look how it reais..e.r nephew
Perentz steldl. only one thing bothera
me. Where the dot comes now in f.r-ntz
there ought to be a to represent an e.
In reality there's o j. But that's a tritie
doubtless clerical error. The whole
things as plain as pikeztaf. sub
shutting letter for letter, and never
mixing them, here you are my dear
nephew, Ferentz Steldl; and there you
are"
/ was certainly surprised at the follow )
ingenuity. Ex ;ept for that missing e, the
| process was without haw and when
We see q logical and faultless process
arriving at probable conclusion, what
are We to say And, by Jove Miss Molloy
had made particular point OF spelling
Fer.ntz, Firentz---with All /. Look back
at the draft Of the will aud see. Tha
was downright proof, if any was needed
the in the cipher, heretofore unaccounteC
for, would be i. The very simple littl,
process had all the air of a miracle to me
knew nothing then Of the far create
marv-l- wrought by antiquarians il
| RhA l'Ahaf VI EllbuA'l
perhaps, have been less surprised.
at is read, Monsieur said Steld
pere, with a bow.
was little sorry for Miss Lucis bu
> didn't grndge her cousin his good luck
and | was intensely relieved. wa
t thinking OF the effect OF all this a
3 evidence, Steldl was looking at me i
dignifed triumph. Mr.. Withera va
r regarding his success with artistic prid.
n when my clerk brought in a card--MajC
Fitzgerald o. Birn.
e thought best to have everything OF
/ and over then aud there ~ withor
considering the presence Of his broth-
It in-lsw and en-my, | had him a-h-r-
- in.
j. ''ioCl-d-s 70 ye, Mr. Lake, said h
IF without d.gniug ~ uotice,Or even to -
Mr.. Steldl, who. for his part. threw
f. double dose Of b.nignity into his sIni!
* 'lsuppO-e y-'ye teen wOudh-rin V by
T. didn't 70 ia Tor provin poor Mis- Bid
81 not, roHpy'--wak- in the top, " kno'
ls Al il IA consent 10 G. halves @!tA
dirthy, name, intriguing haste OF
ST fellow that she dcut,off with shilling vi
Ut her own hand AL ~ nou----tAa,'- t
10 var-cry ~ the O'Bru-, 20 ~ il
. dropped in, on my we., 20 ak -
tina; q 80" that iu- u Lads, ]
Of dang and Iii tak- it 10. ~ith-
* name snort,i You hav-n II for ,.,-iy--.'
Il n cory Tor Mis- Bin. al
50 But sh- had her ,Uoo l9u4i.---''
A. Her thousand pound. wouli
as give siEp-nc- for b-ggarly tho1sa
liz pounds. tt. an insult to =I-ak ..
m gentleman Of such a sun.
nd Her thousand pounds and Lii ar
-thi. gentleman. Mr.. Wi,h-rs
nd explain there II No longer any 10
Ity OF Mis-, Molloy's Intentions. Li-ut-n
st--ldl is residusry lssatee."
"An' who's Sir. Withers Is il il
conspiracy yen BE-, with your heads
ic. thick together as pays in one sh,
-. Why, It's palmer than hlazes that
NJ sthands for Lucis . Birn, what DO "
he to that, sir, Ell
"I'm afraid it doesn't, said l.
nv "iou a pretty fellow for a lawy
a. But suppose yen have 70 believe WIN
If proved. Higgins, ye'rr wanted = rhou
mr. he.
1is He,too, it --emed, had brought fri
nd with him--a little pinched, shah
"a elderly man, with red squirting eyes.
IA. I'm introduce ye to my fiiend Higg
sad "a gentleman and scholar, that Il r
We off Hebrew into Chinese for a glas.
~ punch, an back into Hebrew for I
~ Faith, I'd like ye 70 lind a question I
IN, Higgins wouldn't answer We Of-ha
at, Says | 10 him Higgins, what does
al spell : An says he Just L
"a, OtBirn.
sc A smile Of amused contempt came
:, N. faca NJ atuart Mr. Withers