The evening world., 1916-09-28

ts Handwriting Tie ines ~ers
wIi,iy separated ant s,faSty
40" said. aNef q moment, Tn
affatd I'm Particularly rotten a. thai
sort - tuinF What j. u al abHu'f
a CIPHER 81 some mn, De- 70
piled. stli rcsarding the note c.n
uusiy
The note Itself vas short ana read
pI TN ~ 20 \ NJ ~ rL T. I
IYuK MSS PLysHC 1
~ u D. "a a v % h \ a. W
OTY N X ~ a = y 4 T. D.
a. ~ \ l. n 81 W ON - y
4 D. ~ ACk N \ 4 LN Sc ON
" ROY 10 " NJ o Y II N o \
kTh N ia
Whore do you suppose this came
from7 asked Kennedy still scrutuis
iur the note. In tho hope that u might
prove more simple than II seemed on
It's face.
II don't know. OF course. hu, I can
tell you who, | think. delivered a.
Thls morning q fellow whom ! know
To- be- a mombsr OF the notorious
Guuphrr Gang. named 'Deafy. wont
into the Chansons Arms. and | saw
him hand something to tho CLERK.
Now. | know u note was sent up To
the tenth noOr later. and this after
AhfNAA ~ y
think II II ,a'e 10 put IN. thrr"
Things together" .
"rhc Uoophcr Gangr" repeated
Kennedy.
"Ycs-a goopher. or gopher man, Ia
u NAM some criminals use In their
slang TOT "a safe blower. THIS garg
isn't as bad as It's name, though
perhaps some of its members arc.
| don't know. They hang out In tho
aiyhhAEhAnI Lnnun In thu n.Nn.
papers as 'Heils Kitchen"
"Her's kitch'n7" said Kennedy
slowly. why, that's WHEREOF. AZ
least. II In not far from the Chansons
Arms-not IA dozen blocks"
lie had checked himself. but l know
what he had In mind. Dolan's. wher.
We had met with the hasco of tn,
p%urloined letters. was In that same
region.
"Hnye you made any inquiries
shout this 'Dcaty?'" asked Craig.
ayes, but only In "A cautious way.
| didn't want to go so far rs to arouse
any suspicion that some one was look
ing for him until | talked with you.
II seems II IL u pretty tough region,
and he In known In the toughest part
OF II. Deafy is an expert machiniSt
by trade. and he a been employed
by Latham * Ford. the builders. you
know. who are putting up the big
Hamilton Building downtown. II
seems there are several men VINO
work for the firm who room together
in one old house-that IL. some OF
thsm are married. and the married
ones take lodgers."
Craig was Interested at once.
That 10 fine!" he said. with great
satisfaction. Now. l want you to 20
back to the Chansons Arms and II
this Dcafy calls again. follow him and
learn something more about MIN.
had almost dozed off in my char,
for the case was beginning to tell on
my strength, ~ Kennedy was busiiy
engaged in calculating with endless
letters and figures the solution OF the
cipher note that tho detective had
pasted together. A quick EXCLAMATION
from Craig reused me.
Its a very simple cipher, AFTER all.
suppose YOU have read Poe's analy-
sis OF how to pick u q cipher Al
most everybody has. 30 l won't bore
Won with the process. The letter used
most often here Is ~ Its safe TO
saw that that stands for e Then
tIcre nre repetitions OF such combin-
atoms OF 'EHA' and 'MOY.' One OF
them Is probably the'-MOf, OF
course 'EHA' Ii you Now We have
several letters. Here's the result J
have worked out. You see the upper
letters are equivalent TO the lower
and vice
"a bcdef ghijklm
ywxyx qrst
, ..Yn other words, the cipher Is: A-u;
b-v: CIV; DIX: e-y: ia: g-n; no; Up;
la: k-r; is: mt: n-g; or; p-i; al
r-k. ST.. t-n: u-n: v-b; VIC; x-u'
We: z.f. Thus. with a little patience
We shall soon be in possession OF TN
, secret which they thought was sc
, carefully guarded In this cipher. Any
body could figure out o cryptosrau
as simple AZ this" u,.,
, though I could understand his rea'
soninx closely. and SEQ tho results
. follow one another as tho night tn'
: day. still ] should have hesitated u
? produce those results unaided'
He scratched away for a Few min
; utes, then finally Transcribed VIVA
/, ne had written on a fresh sheet O
, paper, and tossed It over to me. VIII
, the remark: There: that was TIT
/ message Deafy carried to the Chan
D Sons Arms"
), l read II eagerly;
: VI, am N1ns ,s 70 me- S;'Ap psfsass M p sss al Hell
! kItssen. u you write use the e'phei Q" IN
, n Was not signed.
: 'Then Deafy Is only q go-be
I twecn?" I asked.
Exactly" replied Craig.
, How are you going to follow thi
up?" l questioned.
, ~ CUES we shall have to make
0 trip ourselves to Hollis Kitchen
Walter" was Kennedy's only com
Y ment.
. CHAPTER TX.
!. He'll Kitchen.
= UmHps THINK we're at last oil
/ the track Of those In
= surance letters" re