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The first part was written in Japanese characters.

         After Mika translated the numbers, the Code Bust-

         ers quickly solved the code.
            “Okay,” Quinn said, “we’ve got the coordinates to

         find the first waypoint.”
            “Yeah,” M.E. said, “but what’s all this other stuff

         underneath, where it says ‘Clue?’”

            Luke read the information at the bottom of the
         page out loud: “There are twelve items buried in

         the  cornerstone  here,  including  atlases,  reference

         books, guides to Washington, D.C., census records
         from 1790 to 1848, poetry, copies of the Constitution

         and the Declaration of Independence, and a Bible.”

            The five kids looked at each other and frowned.
            “What’s that supposed to mean?” M.E. asked.

            “It  must be a  clue  to  the waypoint  where we’re
         supposed to go,” Quinn said.

            “Sounds like a cemetery,” Luke said. “That’s

         where things are usually buried.”
            “Yeah, but they bury  people in cemeteries, not

         stuff like that,” Cody said.
            Luke scanned the rest of the clue. “There’re also





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