Where M and B are set in stone
And to Congress, R is known
L sits and left
Beyond his shoulder
Is the Fair Folks’
Treasure holder
The end of ten by thirteen Is your clue
Fence and fixture
Central too
For finding jewel casque
Seek the sounds
Of rumble
Brush and music
Hush.
Fortress north
Cold as glass
Friendship south
Take your task
To the number
Nine eight two
Through the wood
No lion fears
In the sky the water veers
Small of scale
Step across
Perspective should not be lost
In the center of four alike
Small, split,
Three winged and slight
What we take to be
Our strongest tower of delight
Falls gently
In December night
Looking back from treasure ground
There’s the spout!
A whistle sounds.
At the place where jewels abound
Fifteen rows down to the ground
In the middle of twenty-one
From end to end
Only three stand watch
As the sound of friends
Fills the afternoon hours
Here is a sovereign people
Who build palaces to shelter
Their heads for a night!
Gnomes admire
Fays delight
The namesakes meeting
Near this site.
If Thucydides is
North of Xenophon
Take five steps
In the area of his direction
A green tower of lights
In the middle section
Near those
Who pass the coliseum
With metal walls
Face the water
Your back to the stairs
Feel at home
All the letters
Are here to see
Eighteenth day
Twelfth hour
Lit by lamplight
In truth, be free.
American Page / Japanese Page
Acrostic: ITALIAN FENWAY
Beneath two countries
As the road curves
In a rectangular plot
Beneath the tenth stone
From right to left
Beneath the ninth row from the top
Of the wall including small bricks
Seven steps up you can hop
From the bottom level
Socrates, Pindar, Apelles
Free speech, couplet, birch
To find casques destination
Seek the columns
For the search.
Of all the romance retold
Men of tales and tunes
Cruel and bold
Seen here
By eyes of old
Stand and listen to the birds
Hear the cool, clear song of water
Harken to the words:
Freedom at the birth of a century
Or May 1913
Edwin and Edwina named after him
Or on the eighth a scene
Where law defended
Between two arms extended
Below the bar that binds
Beside the long palm’s shadow
Embedded in the sand
Waits the Fair remuneration
White house close at hand.
Lane
Two twenty two
You’ll see an arc of lights
Weight and roots extended
Together saved the site
Of granite walls
Wind swept halls
Citadel in the night
A wingless bird ascended
Born of ancient dreams of flight
Beneath the only standing member
Of a forest
To the south
White stone closest
At twelve paces
From the west side
Get permission
To dig out.
Acrostic: ABBOT/CABBOT
American Page / Japanese Page
At stone wall’s door
The air smells sweet
Not far away
High posts are three
Education and Justice
For all to see
Sounds from the sky
Near ace is high
Running north, but first across
In jewel’s direction
Is an object
Of Twain’s attention
Giant pole
Giant step
To the place
The casque is kept.
Pass two friends of octave
In December
Ride the man of oz
To the land near the window
There’s a road that leads to
Dark forest
Where white is in color
With two maps
After circle and square
In July and August
A path beckons
To mica and driftwood
Under that
Which may be last touched
Or first seen standing
Look north at the wing
And dig
To achieve
By dauntless and inconquerable
Determination
Your goal.
The first chapter
Written in water
Near men
With wind rose
Behind bending branches
And a green picket fence
At the base of a tall tree
You can still hear the honking
Shell, limestone, silver, salt
Stars move by day
Sails pass by night
Even in darkness
Like moonlight in teardrops
Over the tall grass
Years pass, rain falls.
Acrostic: SELOY
American Page / Japanese Page
In the shadow
Of the grey giant
Find the arm that
Extends over the slender path
In summer
You’ll often hear a whirring sound
Cars abound
Although the sign
Nearby
Speaks of Indies native
The natives still speak
Of him of Hard word in 3 Vols.
Take twice as many east steps as the hour
Or more
From the middle of one branch
Of the v
Look down
And see simple roots
In rhapsodic mans soil
Or gaze north
Toward the isle of B.
View the three stories of Mitchell
As you walk the beating of the world
At a distance in time
From three who lived there
At a distance in space
From woman, with harpsichord
Silently playing
Step on nature
Cast in copper
Ascend the 92 steps
After climbing the grand 200
Pass the compass and reach
The foot of the culvert
Below the bridge
Walk 100 paces
Southeast over rock and soil
To the first young birch
Pass three, staying west
You’ll see a letter from the country
Of wonderstone’s hearth
On a proud, tall fifth
At its southern foot
The treasure waits.
Image 5 / Verse 12: Chicago
Painting Name: CastleHat
Painting Inspired by: Time Bandits
Latatude Longitude 41 / 87
Month: May
Birthstone: Emerald
Time: 5 o’clock
Flower: Lily
Nation: Ireland
Line tying verse to image: Fence and Fixture
Litany quote: “Brilliant as eyes of Celtic folk, Cold morning green, their Emerald.”
Parks Department: N/A
Official Contact: N/A
Dig Status: Solved Gem value: $1,200 in 1982
Key Color: Green
Casque Fairy: Leprechaun
Lid Time: 5 o’clock
Stephen Bryant’s Focus Crop
Common Verse Matches to City
Common Image Matches to City
Common Maps or City Name in Image
None
On the helmet just behind the ear and above the blue strip, it looks like “55 STAR” with “Red” just underneath. The flag of Chicago of course has 4 red stars, so could be a nod to that. The 55 could be for I-55, which replaced the Old Route 66. Route 66 started/ended in Chicago not far from the location of the casque.
JJP said in his recent interview w Ward that yes he used interstates as hints in paintings
The chimney to the left of the windmill/water tower has the word “fire” written on it. This of course is a reference to the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.
Toward the bottom of the blue stripe on the figures left shoulder it looks like it says “PIER”. The word is written in a darker shade of blue. Most likely a reference to Navy Pier.
Behind the ear, roughly in line with the top of the object that looks like a block and tackle, it looks like it says “BULLS”.
Where is the “fence and fixture” in relation to the find spot?
It is part of the fence along the west side of the park, just south of Jackson St. The dig site is a few feet to the east of the fence, in line with the “fixture.”
This web page identifies “Nation” as “Ireland” which is not entirely accurate. If you read the book carefully you’ll find that this puzzle’s nation is actually “Celtic” which is a combination of Ireland and Scotland. This is significant because the casque was buried in Grant Park, and Grant is a Scottish surname. I believe that to be BP’s intended connection between the puzzle’s immigration group and the casques hiding spot.