Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-03-16

she said, trying 70 Keep her voice
steady, II was NJ, And then, In
one word, camO the letters p.b.Jn.e.q,"
THAT means A coward, he said.
His voice waa unsteady. and ho
clutched suddenly At her hand shs
could feel that his WAS trembling. so
she took It In both OF hcra and held
Il light
IT'S a code" he said, "a boyifh code
Of my own remember that for
long time after | invented It | be.
Iieyed It TO be utterly insoluble, yet II
was childlshly simple II consists
simply OF splitting the alphabet In
two and using the last half for the
nrst and vice versa II must have 90.
Cured TO hundreds OF boys, at on,
time and another, and yet" his voice
faltered, Yet It's little odd thai
you should have stumbled upon an
other example OF IT,"
Tho next word was or-g-e.nl-r-Q.'
That means betrayed, he said
almost Instantly, "WGs--Nas there ans
more"
"One little word, three letters,
u-y-z.' But | know already what they
mean, Philip" There was moment
ary silence then sho repeated the
whole phase coward betrayed
him She was trembling all over
now, herself 81 knew" she said, "a
knew It was something lIko that
Then she dropped down beside him
and clasped him light IN her arms
philip, that was written around your
picture, an old picture of you It mus,
have been, which fell out Of your
pocket when ] was undressing you
that night after your fight with Ros
COO, | recognized the locRot II was on.
closed in as Mr. Hunters. had often
seen It on his watch fob, and It's en-
grayed with his initials"
1T fell out Of my pocket" said
Fhlllp. incredulously.
Yes" she SAID, "that puzzled me
too for awhile and finally | figured
II out You must have found it."
THAT night in Roscoe's cave, when
was waiting for him had forgot
ten It until this moment
Il knew II must be Ike that" she
said, something Ike that. And wasn't
II she began
Hunters code as well as minei
Yes We made It up together when
we were boys" he said, and we used
II occasionally even after we left the
Point We wrote In II, both of us, as
easily AS In English; and read It the
same way"
Her young arms still held him fast.
Philip, he must have been sorry
long time-Hlmos, since It happened.
tia an old, old picture of you,
dear, and the ink OF the letters is
faded. He's carried II with him ever
since, as reminder of the wrong he
did you and OF his cowardice in let
ting you suffer under It."
Il suppose 1t was that from the
first"
II don't believe he ever meant"
She let the sentence break of there,
and there was lsng, long silence.
Il suppose that's true,' he said AZ
last II suppose might have saved
him then, Just as might have saved
him later, from Roscoe's dart. can
think Of hundred ways that It might
lave happened--the accusation against
me. | mean-without his having any
part In IT. Then he said rather abb
ruptly; "Fanshaw told you the story,
didn't hep
She assented Most Of It, that is.
Perhaps not quite all he knew"
Il don't know It all myself" he told
her, that IL, have filled It In with
guesses knew about the girl Hunt.
or was half mad about her, and sho,
! suppose, was in love with him. Any.
way, he came to nae one night-tha
last time ! ever talked with hlm-rag.
ing with excitement The girls father
had found out about him and meant,
she said, to kill him, and perhaps, her,
too Anyhow, she had forbidden Hunt.
er seeing her again We took drink
or two, together, before started, and
| suppose he must have drunk
himself half mad after that for he
started right on my trail and did what
you " have always supposed