Evening journal., 1915-04-29


4. TO secure title to the Treasure.
the finder must write an accurate de-
scription of his search and draw
rough map of the surrounding terri
tory.
The clue to the solution of the fol-
lowing cryptogram is contained in
this paragraph. which when correctly
worked out will give complete direc-
tions for the exact location OF the
Treasure. There should be no diff
Guilty to the solution of this problem
as It IS the simplest form of secret
writing in existence and has been
| known since the time when julius
/ Caesar made use of il in sending dis
! patches to his generals
We will give three suggestions
/ One. examine the writing carefully
! You may be able to decipher it. Two,
/ read every word Of the preceding
I paragraph. It contains a clue Three,
! if the writings of julius Caesar are
not sufficiently well known to you.
little study of his methods may help
you in your search. The directions
are as follows:
Htqo pqtvi yguw eqtpgt oh ecdkp
pqtvj yguv da pqtvj vygpya rcegu,
vigpeg yguy hkhvggp rcegu. pqtvi vgp
rcegu. gcuv vygpva rcegu. CIV vjku
rqkpv Wig ngpivj oh Wig uicfqy ecuv
da D.U. uvchh ignf rgtrgpfkewnctna
up crtkn pkpgvggpvj hqwt viktva R.O.
yknn gzcevna kpfkecvg Wig urqv
yigtg vtgcuvtg ku dwtkgf.
So far the treasure has not been
found, although many of the scouts have
diligently searched for IT, Two OF tho
scouts. Charles Abbott and William Hal.
lett, succeeded IN solving the crypto-
gram in few hours and commenced
their search. Others followed them. An
short time the immediate vicinity OF
the cabin presented the appearance OF
having been rooted over by band OF
industriou, hogs. One hoy laid waste
with pickaNe. another pinned his faith
TO long handled shovel, others had re
: source TO various implements, and those
with which nature endowed them. AZ
this writing there j. hope for all OF
them The treasure is waiting for per
severance to claim it,
On Saturday April "a. Troop No J.;
3 reported at Washington Heights to at
tend the scout game. Twenty eight
scouts were present besides our scout
master. Mr.. Fisher. and Assistant Scout
Master Mr.. Parker. We were part oil
the advance party under the supervision
Of Mr.. Long We all had a good time
and are anxious TO participate in another
one of these games.
The City Scout Band met for its sec
ond practice on Wednesday night, Apri
2S Mr.. Tallev and Mr. Schaefer ar
pleased with the showing made by th
fellows. Wilmington ought to have
lirst-class band Scouts who pa,
stringed instruments are invited 10 ioii
if they care to learn 4 band instrument
I II is very easy TO learn 30 play band in
Istruments if Won know how to rea,
music We want a good size band by
Memorial Day.
Last week seemed to be a gala
week for Troop No. IS. Thursday
night we marched 10 the Snellenburg
4 Concert and all thoroughly enjoyed
the program
The regular meeting of the trOOp
was held on FRIDAY evening at their
headquarters, the Y. NJ. c. A. The
meeting was full of interest. getting
ready for a big night next Friday
evening. No excuse will be taken
for absence.
Last Saturday we turned out for
: the big Scout game. Every member
OF our troop thoroughly enjoyed him
sels i'm the afternoon spent along the
Brandywine.
Sunday evening the troop attended
service at Scott NJ. f. Church in a
body and listened to a lecture by
. DR.. Albert Louis Banks, a noted au-
thor and lecturer who spoke on the
. subject of Prohibition"
On the evening of July 4, Troop
No. 10 expects to hold one of the
biggest patriotic services ever held
by the Scouts OF this CITY. All troops
are invited, so keep this date open
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