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Obviously, it was /not/ accident; obviously, the prisoner of more than two centuries ago had, in his helplessness, invented this simple cryptograph in the hope that his son or, if not his son, some one of his descendants would discover it, and thereby become master of the hidden wealth.
To verify the supposition, let us observe if the 8 be seen often in couples for 'e' is doubled with great frequency in English in such words, for example, as 'meet, 'fleet, 'speed, 'seen, 'been, 'agree' and 'see'. In the present instance we see it doubled no less than five times, although the cryptograph is brief.
The detective story writers make very good ones sometimes; but then the smart man, who wipes everybody's eyes, always gets 'em by pulling down just the right book from the villain's library. My cryptograph won't depend on books." Peter chattered on; then he suddenly stopped and turned to his notes again. He looked up presently.
In the present instance we see it doubled no less than five times, although the cryptograph is brief. "Let us assume 8, then, as e. Now of all words in the language, 'the' is most usual; let us see, therefore, whether there are not repetitions of any three characters, in the same order of collocation, the last of them being 8.
Sometimes she would try reading them backward and transposing the words, as if the message they contained might be in the form of a cryptograph. The strain and the suspense began to show on her. Day after day passed, until it was nearly two weeks since the parting in New York. Day after day she grew more worn by worry and fear. What had happened?
"Translating the known characters, and representing the unknown by dots, as before, we read thus: th rtee. an arrangement immediately suggestive of the word 'thirteen, and again furnishing us with two new characters, i and n, represented by 6 and *. "Referring, now, to the beginning of the cryptograph, we find the combination, "Translating, as before, we obtain good,
According to the words of the learned Icelander, it was only to be known by that one particular mentioned in the cryptograph, that the shadow of Scartaris fell upon it, just touching its mouth in the last days of the month of June.
But be assured that the specimen before us appertains to the very simplest species of cryptograph. It now only remains to give you the full translation of the characters upon the parchment, as unriddled.
Honestly do you know when I examined that box I never thought to look under the lining." With her head on one side, she stared regretfully at the bit of paper. "It's Greek to me," she said. "To me, too. I 'd give a good deal to know what those hieroglyphs mean." She clapped her hands with sudden delight. "My!" she exclaimed, "it's just like a story! Isn't this what you call a cryptograph?
The pun upon the word 'Kidd' is appreciable in no other language than the English. But for this consideration I should have begun my attempts with the Spanish and French, as the tongues in which a secret of this kind would most naturally have been written by a pirate of the Spanish main . As it was, I assume the cryptograph to be English. "You observe there are no divisions between the words.
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