他努力破译出第二页密码，揭示了所隐藏财宝的内容（2，921磅金子，5，100磅银子，按今天的标准就是价值约为335万美元的珠宝），但未发现埋藏地点，他更不能自拔了。

    “当碰巧揭示出第二页的内容时，我喜悦的心情简直无法形容”，沃德写他本人。然而，这次意外发现虽然使他一时欣喜异常，但却是他最大的不幸，为了那个今已证明是纯粹的子虚乌有之物，他放弃了家庭、朋友和一切正常的追求……当作者回想起为了这一希望他那焦虑的日日夜夜，他的深夜煎熬，他的代价，他的希望和他的失望时，他只能得出了这样的结论：莫里斯先生这一遗产，虽然他的本意是好的，却使沃德因福得祸。

    再来看看那些密码本身：

    第一页：1，700万美元财宝贮藏地点：

    71,194,38,1701,89,76,11,83,1629,48,94,63,132,16,111,

    95,84,341,975,14,40,64,27,81,139,213,63,90,1120,8,

    15,3,126,2018,40,74,758,485,604,230,436,664,582,150,

    251,284,308,231,124,211,486,225,401,370,11,101,305,

    139,189,17,33,88,208,193,145,1,94,73,416,918,263,28,

    500,538,356,117,136,219,27,176,130,10,460,25,485,18,

    436,65,84,200,283,118,320,138,36,416,280,15,71,224,

    961,44,16,401,39,88,61,304,12,21,24,283,134,92,63,

    246,486,682,7,219,184,360,780,18,64,463,474,131,160,

    79,73,440,95,18,64,581,34,69,128,367,460,17,81,12,

    103,820,62,116,97,103,862,70,60,1317,471,540,208,

    121,890,346,36,150,59,568,614,13,120,63,219,812,

    2160,1780,99,35,18,21,136,872,15,28,170,88,4,30,44,

    112,18,147,436,195,320,37,122,113,6,140,8,120,305,

    42,58,461,44,106,301,13,408,680,93,86,116,530,82,

    568,9,102,38,416,89,71,216,728,965,818,2,38,121,195,

    14,326,148,234,18,55,131,234,361,824,5,81,623,48,

    961,19,26,33,10,1101,365,92,88,181,275,346,201,206,

    86,36,219,320,829,840,68,326,19,48,122,85,216,284,

    919,861,326,985,233,64,68,232,431,960,50,29,81,216,