The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-08-03

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Never mind about that Just new"
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rsat Of sxstsmsst vas growing
stronger IN her veice.
DO yen want me to ~ It newr" hs
asked. IF ysuu make . light and
shew me The thing ri 80 what I
saA do"
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said. Il can remember the letters.
They are divided up int words. but
I'm sure thsy ars not any foreign Ian
guAss; tAsy are In . esds q some
sort"
She az net turn to lock at him. but
she felt him stir . little. with sudden
b aroused attention, and heard his
breath come little quicker.
The hrst letter was all By ITSELF"
she saiA. trying to keep her voiss
STEADY. II vas N. And then. In
one wera. came the lsttsrs p-b-tA-s-l."
"That means A coward.'" he said.
His voice was unsteady, and he
elutoAed suddenly at her hand. She
could feel that his was trembling. 20
sho took It in betA Of hers and held
It tsht
.It's . eeAs." As said. q boyish osAs
sf ny ewn. remember that fer q
lo1g time after I invented It I ~
nsvsd II 70 b utterly insolubls: yet II
wss ehilAishly simple. II consists
sinDly sf splitting ths alphabet in
two and using the last half for the
drst, and vice versa It must have oc-
CURED to hundreds Of boys. at one
time and another. and yet" his voice
taltsred. Yet, it's q little odd that
you should have stumbled upea Al
other example Of It"
The next word was or-S-e-n-lr-q."
That means betrayed he said.
almost instantly. 'was-was there any
more"
"ons little word. three letters.
'u-v-s.' But know already what they
mean. Philip" There was . moment
ary silence. then she repeated the
whole phass-"'A coward betrayed
him." She was trembling all over
now. herself. Il knew" she said, II
knew 1t was something like that"
TAsn she dropped down beside him
and olasped him tight In her arms.
Philip. that was written around your
picture. An old picture Of you 1t must
have been. which fell out Of your
pocket when 1 was undressing yeu
that night after your tight with Ros-
eos. recognized the lockst It was en-
closed in - Mr.. Hunters. had often
seen It on his watch feb, and its en-
gfaved with his initials"
TT fell out Of my pocket" said
Philip. incredulously.
Yes" she said. that puzsled me.
too. for awhile: and finally figured
It out. You must have found it"
THAT night in Roscos's cave. when
was waiting for him. had forgot
ten II until this moment"
Il knew II must b like that" she
said, "semsthilg like that And wasn't
It. - she began
Hunters code ~ well a. mins!
Yes. We made it up together when
We were boys" he said. and ws used
It occasionally svsn altar We left the
Peint- We wrsts IN II, 18th Of ~, a.
easily - in English: and read It the
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