The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-08

horror and dismay to which Morris
Donald appeared entirely blind.
Martin Coyle, on the other hand, with
features convulsed with rage and the
fire of steadily increasing desperation
in his flaming eyes. jerked his chair
nearer the table and instantly caught
up the detectives words.
You'd better not insinuate what we
know" he cried. through his teeth.
You'd better not imply that we Know
aught of such ring, even if 1t exist
ed. On what do you base such INFER
nally absurd allegations?
DonaId's voice still retained its cold,
nIerciless composure.
Upon a letter Mr.. Coyle, which acct
dentally fell into my hands today salu
he.
What letter? Whose letter.
BE patient, sir, and / will tell you all
about it," said Donald. Apparently
this letter possesses no unusual Tea
lures, none that would appeal at all to
the majority of readers. 1t might read
lily pass. in fact, for an ordinary COM
munication bearing upon the present
troubles An obviously indirect refer
ence TO some secret method that once
had been employed. however, and the
rather curious construction of the SEN
fences that follow. led me to suspect
that the lines might contain some secret
cipher, or hidden communication. A
little study revealed not only that | was
right, Mr. Coyle, but also that the CT
pher message was entirely overlooked
by the recipient of the letter, probably
i'm the stress of other very pressing mat
ters.'
Though he now made no reply the
threatening countenance of Martin
COyle was speaking volumes. That he
now saw plainly at what the man op-
posite was driving. that he now keenly
realized that he inadvertently had over
looked something destined to compass
his own undoing. were painfully OBJ
vious to his dreadful face.
He offered no interruption, but his
tremulous hand, out of view below the
tables edge, began stealing stealthily
toward a partly open drawer near by.
This startling discovery" continued
Donald, indicated to me that a method
of secret communication had previously
existed between the parties involved,
the writer and the recipient of the let
ter Presumably it had been used with
some evil design, at period and under
conditions of which / am still ignorant.
As to the method. Mr.. COyle, a little
study of the text following the reference
TO the method showed me that each
lOuTlu WOIQ III several lines was one OF
hidden communication. In this case,
sir, it reads: Resort to no bloodshed.
See under the stamps on the covert"
Still Martin Coyle did not speak nor
James Tamworth move-the former
would not, the latter could not
I'm the kitchen Of the house where /
obtained the letter" Donald steadily
went on, Il steamed from the envelope
three blue stamps. a color well adapted
to hide the brief. finely written COM
munication over which they had been
placed. This crafty and cautious COM
municatiOn, Mr.. Coyle, settled at once
the single matter l had been employed
to investigate. 1t plainly reveals that
Archibald Royce. the writer of the let
ter, was informed of the double crime
to which his cOnfedeTates in the ring
mentioned were, in the desperate strait
involving them, about to resort.
1T plainly reveals that Royce, for
some reason unable to get a personal
interview with them, took this method
to refer to persons and designs he dared
not mention in the body of his letter 1t
plainly reveals that Royce, while On his
death bed, was informed of a fact of
such serious import to his daughter that
it led him at once to become, in a meas
ure, traitor to the ring mentioned"