“Take u for twenty-one and f for six,” said Grant.
“Give me three this time,” said Fred. “There aren’t many left.”
“All right. Take i for nine.”
Once more Fred wrote it out as follows:
t - a - k - e - a - 3 - o - u - r - s - e - 4 - u - e - n - o - r - t - h - o - n - e - h - u - n - 4 - r - e - 4 - f - e - e - t - f - r - o - 13 - t - h - e - s - o - u - t - h - e - r - n - e - 24 - t - r - e - 13 - i - t - 25 - o - f - s - h - a - r - k - r - o - 3 - k - t - h - e - n - e - a - s - t - f - i - f - t - 25 - f - e - e - t - a - n - 4 - n - o - r - t - h - 2 - 25 - e - a - s - t - t - h - e - r - t - 25 - t - h - r - e - e - 4 - i - 7.
“That’s the way,” cried George. “Give him some more. Clean it up this time.”
“Let’s see,” said Grant musingly. “What numbers are left?”
“Three, four, thirteen, twenty-four, twenty-five, two and seven,” said George. “I think that’s all.”
“All right,” exclaimed Grant, “we’ll finish it up. Go ahead, Fred, and in place of three put c, in place of four d, put m for thirteen, x for twenty-four, y for twenty-five, b for two, and let’s see, g for seven. That ought to do it.”
“Here I go,” said Fred, beginning to write at once. “You tell me what to do when I come to those numbers.”