Cipher Challenge
S.D.L.'s First Challenge
Introduction
A correspondent signing as S.D.L. submitted this three-paragraph cryptogram from Stonington, Connecticut, and Edgar Allan Poe printed it in the July 1841 issue of *Graham's Magazine*. Period transcription
1
Cauhiif aud frd sdftirf ithot
26
tacd wdde rdchfdr tiu
44
fuacfshffheo fdoudf
62
hetmsafhie tuis ied
79
herhchriai fi aeiftdu wn
100
sdaef it iuhfheo hiidohwid wn
125
aen deodsf ths tiu itis hf iaf
149
iuhoheaiin rdff hedr; aer ftd
173
auf it ftif fdoudfin
190
oissiehoafheo hefdiihodeod
215
taf wdde odeduaiin fdusdr
237
ounsfiouastn.
249
Saen fsdohdf it fdoudf
268
ihufheo idud weiie fi ftd
289
aeohdeff; fisdfhsdf, A fiacdf
313
tdar ief ftacdr aer ftd ouiie
337
iuhff de isie ihft fisd herd
360
hwid oiiiuheo tiihr, atfdu
382
ithot tahu wdheo sdushffdr fi
407
ouii aoahe, hetiusafhie oiiir
432
wd fuaefshffdr ihft ihffid
455
raeoeu ft af rhfoicdun iiiir
479
hefid iefhi ftd aswiiafiun
502
dshffid fatdin udaotdr hff
525
rdffheafhil.
536
Ounsfiouastn tiidcdu siud
559
suisduin dswuaodf ftifd
580
sirdf it iuhfheo ithot aud
602
uderdudr idohwid iein wn
623
sdaef it fied desiaeafiun wdn
648
ithot sawdf weiie ftd udai
670
fhoehthoafhie it ftd onstduf
695
dssiindr fi hff siffdffiu.