The Hidden Message Code

In this message you read every third word to discover the hidden message.  You could write a message where you read every fourth word or tenth word. The friend who is receiving the message needs to know which words to read.  The biggest problem with this type of message is it can be very difficult to compose, especially if both messages make sense.

Mary, Queen of Scots, used this type of cipher to send messages to her supporters outside her prison. Unfortunately for her, Queen Elizabeth I’s spy agency was able to break the code.

Bill and Joe hope to find cool springs to quench their eternal thirst, cleansing them from anger and all the hurt found in human heart and beating breast.

In this cipher, you count three letters first and then the message starts.

The solution to this week’s code is:

Hope springs eternal from the human breast.  Alexander Pope