The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-05-23

changed, reversed, revamped, invented
brand new by the most scientific ex-
perts-"
who very probably sold out their
process inside Of an hour after trans
acting business with the war depart
ment," Pinkwell in~terjected.
mo. Hardly. Because" and Will
kins almost snorted as he forced out
the words-"I personally invented the
latest cipher used-cooked it up from
ancient Greek, my old college trigo-
nometry and sixty words of the Co.
manche tongue, learned when | spent
a vacation at Fort Sill. You'd think
that would be some cipher, Billy, some
cipher. 1t held them for two days
then found good evidence that it had
been translated"
"By whom, and for whom?"
BILLY, there's the toughest problem
in the whole blamed affair. can't
even state, definitely, which govern
ment to accuse. All | know is hat
our army orders, our Mexican policy,
and ! don't know what else besides
are being continually relayed to an
uNiI'oHtI9 power ana l CAM actually
name the power"
me p'oSesS oI e~ilnhlhauoh' sald
the old detective, slowly, should cas-
iS ueHloAStIdle the IocaIloh OF the
lo"N' anu I"e power 10 Whlch Such
a leak is valuable. Which do you
really figure in the equation-yellow
men OF "ooueh SHOES
reno" men or wooden sh- on
oi"%eS, snapped 'he chieI' i am a
Sio" O"iuN'I ,ou"y' AT all
,iiH.9' "I cou'u nave CHucH lhlS "hole
BUSINESS "lthout GAZING lor outside
noIp' AS you are perfectly aware
'HeIS are Hl'y reasons why Germany
"ouIu oe eiau 10 Keep IN touch with
our AleAicah poIcy' ana would pay
wen IoI our secret clphers. lhen, II
you LOOK at II III another leht, there
are just as many reasons lor Japan
10 grasp every chahce OF keeping close
""'ch upon our troops our naval
movements ana our general dealings
WIN all o'Hef ha'Iohs' l can't nix 1t
I.E"'S- can ueHhlteIy assert that
t"e'e Is d GORDON Oh .. pahese spies
rom mere 10 LoS Angeles with an IN
'eIhGehce bureau when can both OBJ
tam ana interpret every clphcr we
nave ever constructed NeIiher can
S'S '""O mere Is herman system Oh
,mo 9"-G p~%''Trh--l am as YET, oeau-
UiI"S ~O"eCNeu az al po'n'S' l Aa'e
o"iS 'H'S moral certainty Nothlhs
to'S ouO u "danIISIoH concerning
.ie INDICTMENTS o. HeelS or armies
"I.iou' Hea'y rIsN OF Transcription
uI5u iNl1Ip Oy our enemies
INoIe are oHIy Two avenues OPEN
you can easIly guess 'hehl Doth.
E'O"eI HHu 'ne leah-or devise a
Oip"eI oH"l even japanese or Ter
4""'l aoI.n'ns' odnNo| LAX apart ana
Aen@S9'lp!e
OiiCi HonuCu e~LhpH"tIcaiy
we louhu tHe leah' we would
stop IAe source Of lhlormatlon-1or a
nue. WINE J. we ue'lSed an unde-
cIpHe'"OIe cIpneT' we could make
inoilAeyS Oh eI'ner KAISER or mikado
uH'I! our pIahs had matufed' u our
n""NS CoUiu HoO ~ Io'ceu On elIher
- "O'iC' AlIel In"t'
w. Jun iei''' oU' 'ne icah aI lei
'Uar -,
NAa1uy' "o9ciIIu INK liner
20 I'm - "ouiu " OeSt ior my
~ mani sumo So'C Oh DUN at
$50 up uHo suiily paIueS, "hIIe
~ 800 'oNi enc sICS 90 NC COLI
" |pne, 'H"' HoI ever
- n"ll - we VIII say
W." ~, oouIu poSSIDIy oIseh-
~ . HoU was H'oIe eAhpnatIc
'1" a.
l nave HouSH ol ASKING the secre-
No., 70 ioin ,, ~ $50 nrCi e.aIy VI .lo
otoLor - us ua-5 =
turn ont s~omn+bing tbot III ho zoo
much for the wisest fo,lov, tL,t o,or
combined or subtracted worde and
letters"
"Sometbine like fro Da,ciro Mon
IN Tho cLorIoo1. Uo,w -o@7
led the detective with a ray,;,iecan.
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