“Yes, that does,” admitted Fred, “but what can n-e-h be? I never heard of that word or e-n-e either.”
“You must remember that it isn’t all done yet by a good deal,” Grant protested. “You see we’ve substituted only three letters so far and it spells two words already. I call that pretty good work.”
“Yes, and in a minute you may run up against a snag and find that you’re all wrong,” said George.
“Quite right,” admitted Grant. “If my system is wrong we’ll find it out pretty soon, too. It seems to me to be worth trying though.”
“Oh, I think so, too,” exclaimed Fred readily. “Let’s try another now.”
“Why can’t you substitute two at once?” said John. “That would save a lot of time.”
“I know it would,” admitted Grant. “It would also double the chances of mistakes and we don’t want to make any if we can help it.”
“We’ll be careful,” said George. “Go into another trance, Grant, and tell us two letters this time. You’re a regular Hindoo fakir and for all I know you may have hypnotized the whole crowd of us.”
“Come on, Pop! Be serious,” exclaimed John.
“I am serious and I’m just as anxious to solve this as you are. You don’t mind if I get a little fun out of it though, do you?”