The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-28
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as soon as he got on, Nlassa -. 1si,...
chuckled the negro Nlassaa, san ,, Etse'
sab, dere am de tailah WALTZ WALTZ ttan.s
san wa about twenty ply n'o Il, Ink ss'
sab, Wild silver outings an yhii'esi A'oor>
In s."
Get out. ~ said Give, laughing.
An ordah dc suit san
Order what you like. you black faced
rogue.
'Hoorooi. yelled Ruby as no dived
through the doorway.
BY the time Hector Dane returned
from the bark, where he had been riding
one Of Cllve's spirited horses. several
things had happened Doctor Frederick
Ferguson had been appointed sole doctor
on board the s. S. Silver star LOT 81. an m
definite period, tho best tailor,s cutter 4; ~
London was cutting out SUITS LOT Inc Inc
baronet with fevcrish haste. and Ruby,
taking his beloved master at his word,
had ordered six liveries OF such gorgeous
colors that any self respecting rainbow
that happened to SEQ them would GER
tainly tic himself in knots and fade away
out OF sheer envy Lastly. Manly, me
scientific cat, walked up and down. inc
baronet's window sill IN the sunshine
with \ a z Sikh padded gold collar round
his little black neck. the proudest and
llappiest kitten in the whole world.
Give laughed, and Manly gravely
watched him as the baronet put his old
suit reverenuy away in drawer. ~
my scientific pussy" said Cllve, u
cannot put this old friend on my back.
but l never turn my back upon Old
friends. We'll not burn these clothes or
give them away. They must be heir
looms in the family OF Drayton. They
have served us we'll, Manly. Rest there,
old friends, and rest we'll. Hector.s suits
won't Mt, SO we'll have to stay ~ oeo.
Fancy millionaire having to stay q
bed because he has no clothes, Nantyl
Isn't It q joker" a}5ts III
what chap you are for talking to
yourself, Clve!" said Hectors voice.
EXCUSE me. my boy, was talking TO
Manly. Manly understands me. We have
been friends in adversely. and prosperity
has deepened our affection. DID you
mako anything out OF that sheepskin7"s
Tim getting on, old chap
but how are you setting about IT?
Pass mo the claret cup and clgarettes
and net forth your methods.
Hector moved the tray close to Clives
bedside and took out his pocket book.
{E',IIere goes, my son, to discourse on
the noble art OF reading so-called secret
writing. In the first place, there is nc
suoh thing except In one instance MI q
man may write thing as a memooran:
DUN for himself which Is an @unsolved
AAA~N ma
it as n spur to his memory, An ordinary
cryptcgram can be read. The key is az
we need. Gasknra gave You no key, ana
vet he wanted you to secure the treasure
Tie old pirate felt confident that you
had ingenuity enough to discover the
key.
Keep moving. old chap" laughed the
baronet. II see you're wound up"
.All secret writings are based on the
- 10 irv 10 ma &
some sign or symbol replaces the origi-
nal letters OF the alphabet They may
| be numbers splashes. spots--any thing,
! In fact. In this case old Juan chose pic
lures OF objects familiar to hin. Look
at the parchment. It Is tumble OF
skulls, fishes, guns pistols, SWORDS, Gag
gers, ships, lighthouses, telescopes an
ehors. and human faces should think
| It not very difficult. AS I said before
an mperfectly educated sea-dog like
Gaskara would hardly be the man to de-
wise anything startling.
Give slipped the claret cup and yawned.
"Old chap" he said. II knew all this
ages ago."
e"Oh. shut up. I'm talking for my own
heneat now, Give. II you arn't quiet I'll
leave you and go to the polo match at
IIurlingham. A cryptogram may be
written backwards. upside down. IN a q
star, circle, ETC., and these nethods ado
to the difficulty a.7
"And 1t may be written in any Ian
| guage," put In Give.
I "True, O king; but old Juan would use
either English or Portuguese. Tho first
step is to tabulate the different symbols
and find out how many times each oc-
curs.''
don't bore me. want to read the
paper"
:Bad-tempered monkey, laughed
Hector; prosperity has soured you. ~
You've heard about casting pearls pc
fore swine
1 "I'll cast this book at you II you don't
get out" said the baronet cheerfully.
"Come back and lunch with me- I'm
like the old Johnnie Of Kent, VINO always
declined to pay rent
+. ''He'd flaming red nose chlmen IN
Hector. land as he'd no clothes, ne spent
all his life in tent. See you at !unch'
then. I'm bundling Marsaen 4 on 10
Southampton to join the yacht, IN four
DAYS we shall be rocking OH the briny.
Good old rocky briny!''3
When he had gone, Give opened tho
newspaper His lips compressed mere
was n long and glowing ar1lcle uoVotea
TO tho new submarine, the invention OF
an engineer named Joseph Soames. me
article stated that Mr. utlei 'Nal.w't,
had obtained the patent rights' "h.cn
were universal. Naval experts OF the
highest authority raved about the vessel
f"what does it mean?" mnttered Cii We,
y Strange thoughts were Shaping IN ms
brain. He had been fouly robbed OF his
own boat, Until last night he had put
down his loss to the wanton wlckedne 5
Who had set liza burning barge adrift
and almost roasted Ruby to death, Ile
had faneied they had smashed ID the n, sub ,h,
+ marine and flung its wreckage INTO th Inc
river. Could they have r re- i,,,, us
value? Could they have sold u 70 RULER Ne,
I.anwith? Was it his invention that the
experts were going mad over .,o,,.,,
'Ill prove it Tomorrow thoush'
Give. "nnd II it Is, Ill--.
But could he prove his claim NO one
until the night OF the robbery, had a, ey y,
No one ever knew that 1t ever existed
except Fuller Lanwith and the few
nnanciers no had written to, AZ OF or, men ,o