Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-04-28

take in my copy"
Look for yourself said Average
Jones, handing him the original.
1t was a singular document. this
problem in letters which had come to
light up the gloom of November day
for Average Jones; a stifRsh sheet OF
paper, ornamented on one side with
color prints of alluring spinners," and
on the other inscribed with an appeal,
in print. Its original vehicle was an
envelope. bearing one-cent stamp,
and addressed in typewriting;
Mr.. William H. Robinson,
The Caronia,
Broadway and Evenside Ave.,
New York City.
The advertisement on the reverse
Of the sheet ran as follows:
ANGLERs-WHEN YOU ARE LOOK
you see these spinners In the store where
you buy tackle? You will find here
twelve baits, every one OF which has
record and has literally caught tons of
hsh We call them THE ~ Surety Bats"
We want you TO try them for casting and
trolling these next two months because
all varieties of bass are particularly saw
age in striking these bats late in the
DEALERs-YoU WANT YOUR Gus
toners to have these IL Shoemaker
~Surety Bats that catch fish. This case
VIII sell itself empty and over again, for
every bait is a record-breaker and they
catch fish. We want you to put in one
OF these cases so that the anglers will
not be disappointed and have to wait for
hats to be ordered. 1t will be furnished
FREE. charges postpaid. with your order
for the dozen bats 1t contains.
The peculiar feature of the COM
munication was that it was profusely
be-pimpIed with tiny projections, evil
IDENTITY made by thrusting a pin
through. from the side which bore the
illustrations These perforations were
literally scattered.
Yes, the copy's all right" growled
Bertram, Tell me again how you
came by It,"
Robinson came here twice and
missed me Yesterday / got the note
from him which you've seen. with the
Enclosure which has so threatened
your reason. You know the rest. Per
ihaps you'd have done we'll to study
the note for clues to the other docu-
ments"
Something in his friends tone made
Bertram glance UP suspiciously. Let
1ne see the note" he demanded.
Average Jones handed it to him.
'BeFtram read the message "Of
course the man is ratified. That's OBJ
Ivfous in his handwriting. Also, he has
inverted one sentence In his haste
and said read through It, instead of
read it through Otherwise, it's or
binary enough"
1t must be vanity that keeps you
, from eyeglasses, Bert" Average Jones
observed with sigh We'll, I'm
afraid l set you on the wrong track,
myself"
Bertram lifted an eyebrow with an
effort Meaning, l suppose, that
you're on the right one and have
solved the cipher
Cipher be fingered. There isn't
any cipher. II you'd had the adyan-
tage of working on the original of the
bait advertisement as | have, you'd
undoubtedly HdF5 noLlCSu at once
Thank you" murmured Bertram
that fully one-third of the pin.
pricks don't touch any letters at ALL
Then we should have taken the let
tiers which lie between the holes?"
mo. The letters don't count. Its
the punctures. Force your eyes t
consider those alone, and you will see
that the holes themselves form let
aers and words. Read through it care
fully, as Robinson directed"
He held the paper up to the light
Bertram made out in struggling char
scters, formed in skeleton by the per
1orations, this legend:
AL POINTS TO YOU TAKE THE
Short CUT. DEATH is EASIEE
THAN SOME THINGS.
''Whew! That's a CHEEKY littl
greeting" remarked Bertram. Blu
why didn't friend Robinson point |
0Et definitely in his letter."
Wanted to test my capacity pei
hsps. Or, it may have been simpl
that he was too frightened and rattle
10 know just what he was writing"
KNOW anything of him?"