The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-10-01

soes-not WIN mo u doeen't 'Muf.
lied ruucr minc'--mu~t have an an.
dcrground wire. Dark sllent unsovs
tunate richmond'--no reason why no
should knock that town 40 hard
Existing great hotly'--no. II doesn.,
pan out. I'm call Scott"
The city editor came IN a hurry.
and tried his luck. A city editor
must know something about every.
thing: 80 Scott knew = little about
oirher.writing.
IN may ~ what In called an In.
vcrt~d alphabet cipher" said he. "il
try that n seems to he the often.
est used initial letter. with
the exception a. m. Assuming
r. to mean y. the most frequently
used vowel. We trsnspose the letters
so"
Scott worked rapidly with his pen.
ell for two minutes. and then showed
tho first word according to his read.
inw--she word ''scsjtzcx."
''c~atr' cried Boyd. ITS . char.
AIDE. MY first is = Russian general.
Go on. Scott"
mo. that won't work." said the
city editor. Its undoubt c<siy = code
It's impossible 10 read Il without the
key. Has the office ever used =
cipher codey"
Just what was asking" said the
m. .. Hustle everybody up that
ought TO know. We must get ut II
some way. Galloway has evidently
got hold Of something big. and the
censor has put the screws ON. or he
Wouldn't have cAblcd In . lot Of chop
suey like this."
Turnout the ONCE Of the Enter.
prise . drAx.net was sent. hauling in
such members OF the stan ~ would
DO likely TO know Of a code. past OF
present. by reason Of their wisdom.
information. natural intelligence. or
length Of servitude. They got TO.
grther In . group In the city room.
with the m e. IN the center. No one
had heard OF q CODE All began IL
explain to the head Investigator that
newspapers never use . code. any.
how--thAt is. = cipher code. OF
course the Associated Press stan ID
a sort Of code--an AbbrsvtAtion. rath,
er--cut--
The m .. knew an that. and said
30. He asked each man how Ions
he had worked On the paper. Not
one Of them had drawn pay from
an Enterprise envelope for longer
than six yeaxs- Galloway had been
on the paper - yesrA
Try old Heffeibauer." aaid the
m. .. He Was here when Park Row
was = potato patch"
Heffelhaucr Was an institution. He
was half janitor. half handy.
man about the offScc. and half
waschman---thus becoming the peer
OF thirteen and one-haR tAilors. Sent
for. he came. rsdiating his ma
locality.
-HcsfeIbauer.s aid the m. .. did
you ever hear Of . code belonging "a
the office long time aEo-a private
ccder You know what . code IN.
don't your
YAH" ssid HeffelhAusr. -sure !
know vot . code In Yah. apoui
dweh or fifteen year ago der office
had . code. Der rehorters In der
city. room hat II here"
"Ahr' said the m q Wers get.
ding on the trail now. Whers was u
kept Heffelhauerf what Dc you
know about mr.
-somedlmea~ ~ she retainer.
-dey keep 4 Ia der little room b.
hind der lihrary room"
~cAn you md itr' ASKED uhs n ..
eagerly. DO you know where ittsr'
sNein Cottr' said HsffeIhauer.
How long you d,ak code live
Der rebcrters cafl him . mxskest.
hut Won day he butt NIT his head
der editor. und---
sOh. he's talking about . goat"
snid lloyd. Get out. Heffelbausr.
Again discounted. the concerted
wit and resource Of the Enterprise
huddIcd around calioway's puzzle.
considering its mysterious words In
vain.
Then vesey cams In
vesey was the youngest reporter.
He had . ss-inch chest and wore q
uOt1DSI ~ NOtt8Fs V1t Ut5 Aft~Hs
Scotch plaid suit gave him pT~sence
and conferred no obscurtty upon his
whereabouts. He worv his hat In
such . position that people followed
him about 10 see him take II off.
convinced that II must be hung upon
peg driven into the back Of his
head He was never without an i'm
mense. knotted. hardwood cane with
Germs n-siiver tip on its crooked
handle vescy was the best photog
rnphsr hustler In the office. Scott
said Il ~us because no living human
being could resist the personal tri
umph II was to hand his picture over
to vesey. vcsey always wrote his
own news stories. except the biz
ones. which were sent 10 the revrits
men. Add to this fact that amons
all the Inhabitants. temples and
groves Of the earth nothing existed
that could abash vesey. and his DIM
sketch In concluded.
vcscy butted into the circle o.
cipher readers very much as Heffel
bauerss code" would have done snc
asked what was up Some one ex
planned. with the touch Of halffa
miliar condescension that they nj
ways used toward him. vcsey reach
ed out and took the cablexram from
the m e.'s hand. Under the protcc
,lo,, ~ soyns npef4al Providence hs