TUB MORNING" ASTOItlAN, ASTORIA, OREGON,
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4, 190&
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Copyright. HG8, by Frank H. Swt
HIRAM JUDSON wm disturbed.
. It was not business matters
alone that troubled him, but
a mixture of business aud fam
ily matters. Be cordially detested the
combination, hating endeavored to
raise his children, particularly his son
Fred, In simple honesty and without
too much knowledge of business life
from the speculates side. V
He did not know whether to be glad
or sorry that he had read all ths sew
novels dealing with the stock market
entanglements and gone to modern
business plays appearing at the thea
ter. It was one thing to have knowl
edge of the realistic side of dealing
in stocks for his own sake and quits
another to discover through this wis
dom disagreeable complications involv
ing his son, his trusted stenographer,
Miss Alice Cresswell, and heaven only
knew how many more. His wife and
daughter might be pitted against him
for ail he knew. Such things were
common in the books he had read and
the plays he bad seen.
, It was shortly after he began cor
nering the orange market that the dis
covery! was made. He remembered
but vaguely the first instance when his
attention had been drawn to a strip
of white paper lying upon the stenog
rapher's desk, on which a number of
characters from the typewriter were
inscribed.
He paid no particular attention to
the matter at the time, but since then
the strips of paper had appeared more
frequently. Yesterday he had discov
ered a new one, and when Miss Cress
well was out to lunch his suspicions
led him to examine her desk, disclosing
several more.
Judson held the strips of paper In
his fingers. They were apparently In
nocent, and all bore a harmless series
of typewriter characters. The one he
had discovered the previous day hod
the following marks upon it: ! '
2SXX 697 XT:? 596 65 2:S?
The more be looked at the odd char
acters upon the strips of paper the
more Judson felt within him that be
had stumbled upon an incriminating
cipher. Perhaps he was the victim of
a plot. The question rang in his ears
Incessantly In spite of bimself.
The idea made him shudder, for he
had a suspicion that his son Fred had
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ten tne MAituuMtuRit ipn on anss
I
CressweU't desk. It had appeared
there shortly before she went to lunch,
when Fred was In the room, and with
in five minutes after he left Miss
Cresswell put on her Jacket rather
hastily and followed. ...,...
He had the Florida orange crop well
in hand, but there was a bitch In the
southern California product Matters
had to be handled skillfully, and a lit
tle information placed in certain hands
would undoubtedly ruin him at this
particular time. He had always had
perfect confidence in Miss Cresswell
She was the daughter of a former
business associate who had failed, and
Judson had given the girl work lu his
office, which she needed badly. His
son, of course, was the apple of his
eye and would ultimately fall heir to
his Immense fortune. Fred was Just
finishing up his law studies and bad
never dabbled in stocks at least to his
I father's kuWledge. He had no money
' to dabble in them with, and yet those
books those plays!
"I wish I had never ead those books
or seen those plays." said Jiidson to
himself. "I would rather my son
would rob me of my last penny than
that I should distrust him for a single
moment a ' .' ; v
With this he tried to dismiss t'ae
matter from his mind, but the cipher
had done its work.
He could m".ka nothing of the char
acters on the paper strips. The ques
tion mark at the close of the one lie
had found the previous day he took
literally. Somebody wanted to know
something. Miss Cressfell knew his
secrets , thoroughly. Was Fred try
ing to sell him out? The question
fairly burned into his brain.
Next day Judson waa on the alert
Fred came into the office shortly be
fore noon, as usual, and they passed
customary greetings. The young man
apparently paid no attention to Miss
Cresswell, yet Judson observed him
leave a strip of paper on her desk. The
girl studied it Intently, while to all ap
pearances going on with her typewrit
ing. Fred left the office, and In ft short
time Judson saw Miss Cresswell slip
the paper under her notebook and pre
pare to leave. When she bad gone
Judson rushed eagerly to get the paper.
He examined it as closely as ha bad
done the others, but the characters
were Greek to him, , Today they were
as follows: ., ..,.,,., .
Younce & Baker
PLUMBERS
TINKERS
Stem and Gas Fitting
All Work Guaranteed. 126 Eighth
Street opp. Post Office. Phone Main
4061. ' i
Prompt attention given to all repair
work. Tel Main 2461
Tide Tables
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Ee compared the strip wttlf the one
he had found the day previous. The
only possible dew xraa a repetition of
the group of character "BO'&Sa." The
combinations were apparently without
rhyme or reason, and he was complete
ly baffled.
It took some time before he could
bring himself to decisive action, yet
the following day he expected to draw
Into his control the outstanding prod
uct which meant his success or failure
at cornering the orange market. lie
knew he must act Immediately If at
all.-'" . . .
When the girl returned he decided
to make the first test
"I noticed this little slip of paper
blow on to the floor after you left, Al
ice,'' he observed, striving to speak
kindly and without emotion. "Is It
anything that you care about 1", .
Ho watched her carefully and saw
the color mount to her cheeks.
"No no-It Is nothing," she stam
mered In confusion. "I was Just clean
ing up the machine a little and wanted
to see If those characters were clear."
She attempted to speak quietly, but
her eyes did not seek his with their
usual directness.
His heart sank at hsr perfidy. The
type was the same as that on her ma
chine, but he knew that Fred and not
Miss Cresswell had written them, un
doubtedly on the same kind of type-
THE OIBI STUDIED IT DTTKNTLT.
writer In some other office. What of
fice? Was there a similar typewriter
in the law school?
A hundred questions came into his
mind, but he decided first of all to con
sult a cipher expert and see If the
riddle could be solved that way. Gath
ering the strips of paper together, he
went up to an office In the same build
ing where he knew a man named
Farquahar, who was up on such
things. -
Farquahar greeted him cordially. He
knew there was something Important
on band when he received a visit from
Hiram Judson.
"I hare a little problem here for you
to unravel," said Judson, speaking
firmly. Farquahar could see that he
was greatly wrought up.
"What make of typewriter Is this?"
was Farquahar's first question, exam
ining the strips.
Judson told him he believed It was
exactly similar to the one in his of
fice. "I can tell you one thing about this
cipher Immediately," said Farquahar
incisively. "It Is either a very easy
one or a very shrewd one. I could
perhaps tell immediately if I saw the
machine on which it was written or
one exactly like it ' Is your office va
cant at the present time?
' Judson nodded. '
"Well, let us go down there now, and
I will take a look at it"
They went out to the elevator to
descend, and Judson mopped his fore
bead with his handkerchief. After all,
be asked himself, did be want to
know what the characters all meant?
He had half a mind to write Farqua
har a check for $50 and tell him to
leave the Job alone.
But Farquahar bustled actively into
the office ahead of him, where the Jan
itor was engaged In sweeping.
Let this go tonight, John," said
Judson. He closed the door after the
Janitor.
Farquahar looked at the machine
carefully.
You might as well watch this little
experiment" he said. "If it succeeds
"SO NO IT IS KOTHINO."
It will save me a trip to the sales of
fice to see other machines."
Judson sank on a cbalr helplessly.
He could not remember when be had
been so nervous in years.
You observe," said the expert, "that
this typewriter has two shift keys.
One gives you all capital letters and
the other when pressed down In place
gives you all figures and characters.
It Is apparent that in writing these
strips of paper the character key was
pressed down. It is. possible that the
characters stand for the letters that
would appear if the other shift had
been used. We will see."
Judson, in a daze, saw him pick up
the strip which he had tried to puzzle
out the day before. Iwnring the follow
Ing fljrures and cuaiacto;-s:
2S&& 007 : ? O'j 5 $20 :$?
He held his breath as t espertaou ,
progressed. Farqua'.:ar pre.'.setl dov.".;
the capita! shift key j'.ikI fastened It i:.
place. Then he bcg:.: t t:!'.st' flu
keys containing the figures nnd dinrar
ters on the strip.; .
First he struck the Dpure 'I ml ol
talned the corresponding capital V,'
Then be struck the figure' 8'nn:l aot r.
capital I. Then be struck the tv.iv
characters && and obtained two capi
tal IS. , .. -V
"Ah, I think we are on the right
track!" he said quickly. Judson Jump
ed nervously. ,
"You see the capital shift gives us
a word, according to my theory. Ho
word is 'will.' When the other shift
la down, t inscribes 28&A. How we
will go on further."
Judson watched iu fear and trem
bling as the expert contluned. When
Farqimlmr und finished he banded the
sheet of pnier to Judson.
"Evidently the other strips will have
"WILL SOU LVMCH TOIUT AT IWAM'I V
to be translated before the connection
is obtained," be observed.
Judson read the sentence with
blurred eyes:
"WW you lunch today at Swan's?"
Then his senses awoke,
"Give me another," he asked, hold
ing out a nervous hand.
Farquahar had already tapped it off:
"Suppose we try Fuller'a today?"
A great light broke lu upon Judson.
"Yea, I understand," he almost
shouted. "I see the whole thing now,"
His face was fairly Illumined.
"Most be good news," said Farqua
har, noting the marked change.
Judson did not reply, but turned
around to his desk and scratched off
a check for 150.
"Don't translate' any more," he
ordered, handing the check over to
Farquahar. "Just show me how that
blamed thing works, and I'll find out
for myself what the young rascal's
been up to,", ,
Farquahar was completely in the
dark, but be made the required ex
planations and left the office with
Judson punching at the typewriter
with his big, heavy fingers. 1
As he progressed Judsou's enthusi
asm grew. He became more animated
as eirh strip was translated and oc-
wlonnlly burst out luto almost boy
ish laughter. When be had finished
be had made out the following sen
tences at the end of about an hour's
hard work picking on the typewriter:
"Must keep dad in the dark awhile
lOUR.T."
"Walt till the deal In oranges is over
with."
"Will meet you at the doorway this
noon." '
- "Am sure he doesn't suspect us,
sweetheart"
"Will be my own boss when I get
into law practice."
Hiram Judson was somewhat of an
old fashioned man, and his heart waa
what is commonly known as "in the
right place." He sat quietly in bis
chair for some time, occasionally wip
ing his eyeglasses frequently, in fact
He thought over his lifelong ac
quaintance with Jim Cresswell, Alice's
father. They were men of the same
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stamp, and he knew the girl was
worthy of any young man, although
penniless. He crumpled the strips of
paper in his hand, and bis throat grew
dry as he thought of bis distrust
"Blast these modern business sto
ries.1" be ejaculated, rising from his
chair, .
The next day Hiram Judson was the
big man of the street for he bad suc
ceeded la cornering the orange mar
ket Strangers had his name upon
their lips, and friends showered com
pliments upon him, but the greatest
pleasure of all to blm was a quiet lit
tle surprise of bis own.
He absented himself from the office
at a time when he knew Fred would
be there and, summoning a messenger
boy, sent up a little package he bad
carefully arranged. ' ,
It was addressed to Alice, and, with
Fred bending over her shoulder, she
opened It The package contained
flowers, and accompanying them was
a slip bearing the following inscrip
tion: ...... : .
0&3?3 ??305 ?9: 4Q7&589 4
149.
They looked at the Inscription In
amazement . , . , j,.,
"Somebody has discovered our ci
pher!" cried, Fred. , They looked at
each other in confusion, and then
young Judson fell to work on the type
writer. The translation was quickly
made':' ' , ' . a ' '
"Please accept congratulations from
dad."
Both colored violently, and then Fred
put his arms proudly around the girl
and kissed her fervently.
"Ob, Fred, do you understand?"
whispered the girl, drawing the 'half
, "OH, FBJfD, DO YOV TODEB8TAHD?"
crushed flowers up till their odor was
penetrating. 1 :
"Yes," answered Judson, holding her
closely. ; "Yes, Alice, 1 know."
For the flowers which good, old
fashioned Hiram Judson had sent were
orange blossoms. . ' ' . i
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