Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-16

| inessdEe, anu 1OW III came TO him to show
him how the message could be decipher-
ed. II was the last day of May, about 4
| O'Clock in the afternoon. Sareauy. ac.
| cording to his custom, was going to leave
Iathmar's house at 3. lie was greatly
disappointed that he had advanced no
| further than ON the first day, and that the
work he had been doing for Count San
| dorf was approaching Its end When the
task was finished, he would evidently he
! dismissed with thanks and rewards, and
he would have no chance OF again enter
| ing the house.
! Zathmar and his two friends were not
! at home. There was no one in the house
| but Bork, and he was busy on the ground
| floor. Sarcany, finding himself lreeto do
as he liked, resolved to 20 into Count
! Zathmar's room--which be had not vet
| been able to dO-and there search every
thing be could.
The door was locked. Sarcsny with
his skeleton keys soon opened it and en-
tered. fir W.
Between the two windows opening on
! TO the street there was a writing-desk,
whose antique form would have delighted
a connolsseur in old furniture. The shut
down front prevented any one inspecting
| what was inside.
1t was the first time Sarcany had the
! chance of getting near this piece OF ftlrni-
| ture, and he was not the man to waste his
| opportunities. To rummage its different
| drawers, he only had to force the 'front.'
| And this he did with the aid of his ipstru-
! ments, without the lock being in any way
| injured.
! In the fourth drawer, under pile of
| papers, was kind of card cut INTO curl
Gus holes. The card caught his attention
at once.
The gratingr' he said.
He was not mistaken.
His first idea WAS to take it with him,
but on reflection he saw that its disap-
pearance would awake suspicion, if Count
Iathmar noticed it had gone.
"Good," said he to himself, "as copied
the message, so Pll copy the grating, and
Toronthal and can read the despatch at
our ease.V
me grating was merely square Of card
about two and half inches long, divided
into thirty-siX equal squares. OF these
thirty-six equal squares, arranged ia six
horizontal and vertical lines. like those on
Pythagorean table of six ciphers, twen-
ty-seven were shaded and nine were open
that is to say, nine squares had been
cut out Of the card and left nine openings
i'll different positions.
Sarcany had to be careful to take the
exact size OF the grating, and the exact
position OF the nine blank squares. And
this be did by tracing the grating on a
sheet Of white paper, and marking on his
copy small cross which he found on the
original. and which seemed to distinguish
the top side.
BY means Of this grating, which it would
be easy to copy on a piece of ordinary
card, Sarcany felt that he would have
no difficulty in deciphering the fac-simile
of the message then in possession of
Toronthal; and so he put back the Origi-
nal grating among the papers, as he had
found it, left Zathmar's room, left the
house, and returned to his hotel.
AquarteT of an hour afterwards Zirone
beheld HIM enter the room with such a
triumphant air that he could not help ex-
claiming:
Halo! what is up? Take care or
yourself! You are not 80 clever in hiding
your Joy as you are your grief. and you'll
betray yourself, if"
"Shut up" answered Sarcany, ,'and to
work without losing a moment"
Before we feedY'
"Before we feed'
And then Sarcany picked up a card of
moderate thickness. He cut It according
10 his tracing 80 as to obtain grating of
the exact shape of his copy, not forgetting
the little cross which showed the right
end uppermost. Then he took q rule and
ulNluCu HIS IeCbduEl6 lubD bUlIby-SlA
squares, all of equal size. Then of these
thirty-six squares nine were marked as
they appeared on the tracing, and cut out
with the point of penknite so as to
show through them, when applied to the
message, whatever signs or letters were
to be read.
ZlrOne sat facing Sarcany, and watched
him as he worked. He was deeply inter-
ested in the performance, because he
thoroughly understood the system of
cryptographY employed in the correspon-
dence.
''Now that is Ingenious" he said,
"highly ingenious, and may be of some
use, When l think that each of those
empty squares may perhaps hold million
of money"
"And mOre'' said Sarcany.
The work was at an end. Sarcauy
rose and put the cut card into his pocket
book.
''The first thing tomorrow morning call
on TOronthal," he said.
keep an eye on his cash-box."
''If he has the message, / have the graf
ingw
"And this time he will have to give it
up.n
HE will give it up"
Sand now we can feedW
eve can feed"
'Come on, then"
And ZirOne, always blest with healthy
appetite, did full justice TO the excellent
meal he had, according 10 his custom, pre-
viously ordered.
In the morning-lt was the LIST of June
at O'Clock, Sarcany presented himself
at the bank, and TorOnthal gave orders
for him to be shown into the office imme-
diately.
There is the grating" was all that
Sarcany said as he laid the card on the
table.
The banker took 1t, turned 1t round and
round, ierked his head first to one side,
then the other, and did not seem at all TO
share in the confidence OF his associate.
"Let us try H." said Sarcany.
"Well, Wen try it,"
Toronthal took the fac-simile Of the mes
sage from one Of the drawers IN his desk
and laid IL on the table.
IL may be recollected that the message
was composed Of eighteen words, each
containing six letters-the words being
ute unintelliglble. It was obvious that
ech letter ought 20 correspond with
SCARE Of the card; and consequently
tina the six first words Of the message.
comosed Of thirty-siX letters. must have
been9btained by means OF the thirty-six
squahs.
Andin the grating the arrangement OF
the biak squares had been 80 ingenious
"a tor