ent as any; for he
doubtless wore the belt, if not the hanger, habitually; and therefore,
by sewing the document up inside it, he would be sure of always having
it upon his person, with scarcely a possibility of losing it.

Determined to solve the question forthwith, I whipped out my knife and
carefully cut through the suspicious-looking stitches, thus separating
the two thicknesses of leather along their upper edges for a length of
about six inches; then, forcing the two edges apart, I peered into the
pocket-like recess; and there, sure enough, was a small, compactly
folded paper, which I at once withdrew and carefully unfolded. The
result was the disclosure of the following incomprehensible document:--

"11331829 14443401 64519411 74217411 93613918 21541829 154123 49274519
44384914 27163426 41152923 39154319 44214414 44153317 32 24535184
19492442 17321635 24531739 15261943 24381526 29594354 29 43163543
72164627 38537766 79193423 48132915 19412338 18294865 62 93415619
48233516 31233415 43265524 54193743 58274253 87273819 32 43731941
57761738 43581741 19341645 19484368 27435989 28467691 27 43152644
57284327 52193563 74163951 62184227 43699143 68273844 74 58776387
19361641 18424777 19372041 56894566 15452641 19471526 62 91436226
56689115 34425924 42245417 29264163 93284652 831948

"17465383 17322944 17455369 64892351 44742947 16314462 234854 76133526
51235619 31274218 48558817 32294419 43295216 41154619 49 23414354
19431529 24372543 67865983 27385579 23371449 37521342 65 83445515
37497176 92163553 77193323 34164453 72195117 32164418 51 43611635
24375169 25371641 72844458 52741954 26411842 55852439 16 44152623
47193316 45334428 47557716 47537972 91558518 29849842 61 17461545
21321741 15284459 16412642 15451331 53811429 27422743 18 49164419
41436817 41264338 67154528 53164629 47425718 31295743 58 39547697
39645377 16462843 17323867 17472738 57855769 18437485 29 57193329
47349153 97791438 91728386 73564163 53761619 114301848 53711934 26395785
51666378 17382334 45693751 29511829 15392539 35 49153959 92139445
91635467 53355142 51135213 51747294 722371747 19471227 16271847 16471947
12274567 38570277 38671327 26571328 19 48335827 58588814 32163244
72174239 62629224 42112634 46656617 46 31407196 15313161 23417691
36614961 16311941 12311241 41622452 37 62294221 42."

This I studied for a few minutes, in complete bewilderment, and then
carried it downstairs to my mother, who had been called away upon some
household matter som