How do you solve the drawers in _The Egyptian Jukebox_ by Nick Bantock?

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How do you solve the drawers in _The Egyptian Jukebox_ by Nick Bantock?

[ Editor: problem statement reconstructed from the postings.  The
questioner had seen the answer in the envelope at the back of the book
and wanted the method for solving the individual drawers. ]

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The Egyptian Jukebox is a pretty cool puzzle book by the author of the
"Griffin and Sabine" books. I recommend it.

The secret is in the colored bars along the top and left side of the
drawer.  On the clue page is a picture of one of the gods mentioned in
the beginning of the book, and a line that looks something like this:
"Ln 26 Wd 13/Ln 2 Wd 8".  This refers to specific lines and words of
the narrative paragraph before the picture of the drawer.  For example,
my example would refer to the 13th word of the 26th line, and the
eighth word of the second line of the story.  Those words spell out a
song title.

The bars on the left side of the drawer spell out the name of the god,
one letter per bar.  The bars on the top of the drawer spell out the
song title, also one letter per bar.  These bars are then used like map
coordinates in the "directions" on the clue page. (e.g., "the U from
the gods")  Follow the directions; at the end of the trail you will
find a letter of the final answer.  Which letter is indicated by the
final sentence on the clue page (e.g., "You are now in possession of
the fifth," i.e., the fifth letter of the answer.)

-- Peter C. Gwinn <pgwinn@nwu.edu>