Code 42 : The Dancing Men Code

 

 

Dancing men code

 "The Adventure of the Dancing Men", one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle collected as The Return of Sherlock Holmes. Doyle ranked "The Adventure of the Dancing Men" third in his list of his twelve favorite Holmes stories. This is one of only two Sherlock Holmes short stories where Holmes' client dies after seeking his help. The other is "The Five Orange Pips", part of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

In the short story of Sherlock Holmes called 'The Adventures of the Dancing Men' a man tells Holmes that his wife, Elsie, recieves notes with dancing men on them. This turns out to be a secret code.
Below you will find the alphabet of these dancing men. Men with a flag denote the last letter of a word.

a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h	i	j
k	l	m	n	o	p	q	r	s	t
u	v	w	x	y	z
0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9