made a mistake, as is shown upon an attempt at the same conclusion:—
| J | f | h | i | i | r | v | o | l | a |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| e | g | h | h | q | u | n | k | z | |
| f | g | g | p | t | m | j | y | ||
| f | f | o | s | l | i | x | |||
| e | n | r | k | h | w | ||||
| m | q | j | g | v | |||||
| p | i | f | u | ||||||
| h | e | t | |||||||
| d | s | ||||||||
| r |
This gives the word as Jeffemphdr, an expression which, if it can be expressed at all, is very dissimilar from that we expected, after being told that the sentence read—
The Times is the Jefferies of the press.
We have taken this trouble and used this space in the endeavour to see if the letters would make “Jefferies,” because