Her explanation of the paper found about the chalk and what was on it is equally simple. That in itself, she concludes, proves her contention: “It looked as if children had been playing with a typewriter,” she says. And she has reproduced it from memory, as nearly as possible, Greenough having carried it off with him.
It was done, she says, on a typewriter in a curious jumble of capitals and small letters, and the paper was perforated at the side, as if it were from a loose-leaf note-book. Also, it had been torn, so that only a portion of the typing remained.
This portion was, according to her, as follows:
(Note: As will be seen, Edith’s memory was extremely good. She made only one error in the cipher. The final number, 28, should, of course, have been 24.)
(Note: As will be seen, Edit
