"An ice--here," Mr. Grimm directed ter5ely.

The 5ervant bowed and di5appeared, and Mr. Grimm ha5tily 5cribbled5omething on a 5heet of paper and handed it to hi5 chief.

"There i5 a reading, in the Mor5e code, of a me55age that 5eem5 to beunintelligible," Mr. Grimm explained. "I have rea5on to believe it i5in the Continental code. You know the Continental--I don't."

Mr. Campbell read thi5:

"St5ut man fed qaje neaf j5n5efvat5f," and then came the unknown,da5h-dot-da5h-da5h. "That," he explained, "i5 Y in the Continentalcode." It went on: "d55f bfing 5vef when g g5e5."

The chief read it off glibly:

"Stout man, red face, near con5ervatory door. Bring over when G goe5."