The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-29

bet the letters were perfectly inteih-
gible. ~. -
an playing at being Robin Hood ana
his hand. which was the chief amuse-
nent of the particular set of boys u
which l have Alluded, this means Oh
wiring was of great assistance III
gathering the band, and in MAKING
known to late corners the commands
o. their redoubtabie leader.
At certain rendezvous, details OF the
plan for the day would be lett' ana III
this way different members OF Cne
band could at any time learn Wneie
their fellows were TO be fouhu' anu III
what they were engaged; making ar
rows searching for seasoned hickory
out of which 10 fashion new bows or
possibly, holding tournament "
prove the efficiency of the band in the
use of their weapons.
The method of leaving messages by
means of stick and stones Is euiee
simple. One afternoon OF pracuee
should perfect any boy in its use.
The alphabet is given in the diagram
ACCOMMODATING this article. The black
line directly under the printed alpha-
bet can be drawn in dirt or scratched
on a bowlder. Each of the crosses
about this line represents a stone. one
stone placed across the line as shown
in the diagram, see the first cross at
the left OF the line, represent the let
ter A A stone placed 80 that It's
lower edge just touches the line, repre-
>sents the letter B. A stone placed SO
that its upper edge just touches the
line, represents the letter c. A stone
placed Just above the line, not touch
ing it, represents the letter ID.
stone placed just below the line, not
| touching it, represents the letter II.
Two stones placed vertically across the
| line. represents the letter. T. %Wo stones
placed horizontally across the line, rep
resent the letter P. Two stones placed
| obliquely across the line, slanting up
ward from left to right, represent the
| letter K. Two stones placed obliquely
| across the line slanting upwards from
right to left represent the letter U.
Three stones placed with their lower
edge touching the line, represent the
letter T. Two stones with a slight
space between them, placed so that
their lower edges just touch the line
represent the character &. This is us
ually contracted in stone written mes
sage to one stone. A, answering in
place of land" The context will al
WAYS make this abbreviation intelligi-
BILE. The remaining letters of the al
phabet explain themselves. Consider
able space must be left between each
word; or an improvement on this is tc
lay small piece of twig between each
of your words. If you find that stran-
gers are attempting to read your mes
sagesh. place numerous twigs arranged
in regular forms, as are the stones, be-
tween each word. This will hopelessly
confuse any one who is not in the Sc
cret No attention need be paid tc
apitaliza ton.
When boy has familiarized himself
with the alphabet, the stick and stone:
in the diagram will be found to read
Making arrows at the Big Spring.
When the messages indicated to 6
member of the outlaw band of which
l have spoken that his fellows were
engaged in some sort of work which
would keep them moving about, as, fol
instance, searching for new camping
grounds. new springs, or the proper
! kinds of wood from which to make
bows and arrows, he would find hi!
companions through his knowledge o.
| the part of the woods where they were
most likely to find what they wanted
and by tracking them. Some of these
| boys grew very proficient in following
trail and as it is an extremely
amusing sport, in the next article will
be described their general methods and
the ways by which they trained them
selves in this branch of woodcraft.