Dear Citizens,
I recently received the following letter from Miss Eugenie Theriot:
April 14
New Toulouse
General Delivery
Mayor Henri Godenot
Dear Mr. Henri,
I’m hoping this letter finds you well. Actually, I hope this letter finds you at all. You see, I have a bad feeling about this radio thing.
I think there is some kind of message in those numbers. I’ve asked the math department here at school, and they don’t know what it is. Maybe you could check the broadcast, and see if it is the same?
The first message:
1, 40, 50, 50, 4, 0, 11, 91, 90, 91, 92, 00, 11, 40, 30, 5, 1, 61, 20, 50, 11, 90, 5, 0, 80, 51, 21, 6
The second message:
0, 12, 02, 00, 51, 31, 62, 0, 1, 41, 5, 1, 20, 11, 40, 40, 91, 40, 7, 0, 80, 51, 80, 5
With gravest concern,
Eugenie Theriot
You will recall that Miss Theriot discovered something strange about the radio station, and the daily fishwrapper published a story about it on March 28.
If Miss Theriot is concerned, I’m concerned. I asked her parents to check the broadcast, and they can’t make Miss Theriot’s crystal set work. I checked with a few citizens who had radios, and they report that the broadcast is the same as Miss Eugenie’s second message.
Your assistance would be appreciated. If anyone can decode these mysterious numeric messages, we may be able to get to the bottom of this. I will pay L$2,500 to the first person able to decode these messages, or half that if they can decode one of them.
Sincerely,
Henri Godenot
Henri Godenot is the mayor of New Toulouse.