"I know where I got it." He took
three newspapers out of the pocket of his big tweed coat. "There
it is," he said, "in the personal column of three newspapers -
today's Times printed in London; the Matin printed in Paris; and
a Dutch daily printed in Amsterdam."
And there was the message set up in English, in two sentences
precisely word for word, in three newspapers printed on the same
day in London, Paris and Amsterdam.
"It seems to be a message all right," said Hargrave: "But why do
you imagine it's a cipher?"
The Baronet looked closely at the American jewel dealer for a
moment.
"Why should it be printed in English in these foreign papers," he
said, "if it were not a cipher?"
"Perhaps," said Hargrave, "the person for whom it's intended does
not know any other language."
The Baronet shrugged his shoulders.
"The persons for whom this message is intended," he said, "do not
confine themselves to a single language. It's a pretty
well-organized international concern."
"Well," said Hargrave, "it doesn't look like a mystery that ought
to puzzle the ingenuity of the Chief of the Criminal
Investigation Department of the metropolitan police.
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