New-York tribune., 1907-09-08

possible. therefore, to write the message the
prisoner wanted to send out on . strip OF tIs-
sue paper, or any thin paper, and cram II into
the bracelet II the lock end In that event
II would certainly pass minute inspection
the only difficulty would be for the outside
person to ind II That was a chance: but II
wsS all i chance anyway
hen the Young woman came here and
produced a strip OF thin paper. apparently
blank. with the multitude OF wrinkles IL Il.
immediately saw that that paper had been
recovered from the bracelet. 1t was old. yellow.
and worn Therefore blank or not. that wa> the
message which the prisoner had sent out. on
saw me hold II over the brazer. and SAW the
characters appear. II was sympathetic ink, OF
course
Hard 10 make IL prison, You say. Not at
all Writing either with lemon Juice or milk.
once dry. j. perfectly invisible on paper. hut
when exposed to heat al any time afterward
Il VIII appear That i q chemical truth.
' Now. the thing that appeared was cipher
an absurd one, still a cipher Extraordinary
precaution Of the prisoner who was about to
die This cipher-let me see exactly. and the
scientist spelled II out.
-- dge-Idlrl-serpa ed serueh sort
tnae(1 ed ettT al rap e6teI erbmo'l ed tniop ud
zerit sruO'd rehcoK I'd eueuq I'd dron Ia
q. II YOU know ANYTHING Of Languages. M
Hatch" he continued. YOU know that the
French i the only language where the apo>-
trophe and the accent marks play very I'M
rportarlt part. l moment 5 study Of tins par
tIcular CIPHER therefore convinced me that II
Was II French. tried the simple eNpedIent
OF reading II backward. with this result
"'' Stonehedge. Cent pieds au nord du
queue du Rocher d'Ours tirez du point de
l'o1rbre iette par La Tete de Geant trolS heure>
dc lapreS-InidI
80 Here. therefore. was q sensible statement
II French which translated freely INTO ing
lish Is simply.
- Stonehedge. Hundred feet due north
from tail Bear Rock through apex to- point
= shadow cast by Giants Head. three J. VI
' ! had read the cipher and knew IL English
before ! gave q copy Of i t. the Young woman
who Wa here. epecltca,lv a-kcl he- if She
knew French. 10 give her Il clue lv which ~lc
might interpret the CIPHER herself And thu
D blazed tie wav within :. few minute I" the
point where astronomical and geometT'ya-
calculations were next Please bcar II mind
that this message from the dead wa> not dated
Now. about the Young woman htr-c.t.
continued the scientist a-ter q moment ] De
Il. .eTnent Of how she come = tac the brace
let waS obviously untrue. particularly are We
convinced of tins when She cannot. Ct VII not.
explain how II was broken. Therefore, an
OF her field ls open for scrutiny The bracelet
was broken II we assume that II l. tsC brace
let. and there Is no reason to doubt II, and We
know II Is II her possession. we know also that
more than one person had been searching Tor
It We know positively that that othe- per
sorl-r7rr the masked CIR but the one "ho had
preceded her To Miss Harding room on the
same rlignt-got the bracelet from Miss Hard
ing and we are safe II assuming that Il passed
out Of that persons hand iy force. The brace
let had been literally tom apart ~ the hinge
| In other words, there had been Phv.loal con-
test and one piece OF the cIrclet-the piece
with the rneSsage-p passed out of the hand Il
the per-o1. who had preceded the masked
woman and stolen the bracelet
90 But tins j bv the WAY Sto0ehedge Is the
name Of the old TremaIue Harding estate
about twenty miles out and ther, the Ire
maine Harding family vallalle~ were hidden
! Iv William Tre1naIne Harding, who died ly
| bullet . martyr to the cause ut freedom. We
| shall pct the treasure thl- afternoon. after
| have settled one OF two dates and made the
astronomical and geometrcaI calculations
which are necessary
There Wa silence Tor minute "r -nu-e.
/ broken II last tv the impatient lionK, honE.
Of an automobile outside.
We'll 90 now" announced The hlnhlrg
Machine as he rose There = a car iar Us
| lie led the wav out. Hatch following \
heavy touring car, with three seats, driven LE
4 Young woman. was waiting Al the door
| The woman was stranger 10 the reporter !.
| but there was no introduction
Did YOU get the date Of Captain Harding s
| i-7lrrleo11nert % asked The Thinking Machine
"Yes." was the reply" ure 3, 10.
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