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Jimmies idea was to so place the fires one above the other, some thing like notches cut in a tree trunk. The reason for this is apparent. Three fires in a line facing the point signaled to signal "Good News." Three notches cut in a tree trunk, one above another, mean "Important Warning!"
The sun was far down in the west and the road under the spruces was dusky, when a singular obstacle halted the march. A tremendous thrashing and crashing at one side of the road signaled the approach of some large animal. A network of undergrowth hid the identity of this unknown, and the men instinctively huddled together and displayed some uncertainty as to whether they should remain or run.
"S.O.S." was signaled and "Stand to," and out we raced for the guns, sans shirt, sans everything, bumping into the trees on our way and falling in shell holes in the orchard. The gas they were putting over at this time was more dangerous than any I had yet experienced, it having a more direct effect on the lungs than any they had yet given us.
Everything was as snug as it could be made aboard the Albatross. Captain Glenn signaled the engine room for five knots. "We'll have to slow down," he explained to Jack. "No need of rushing blindly into the storm. It's coming from the northeast. We'll hold to our course as well as possible. The Albatross has weathered many a hard gale. Guess we will come through this all right."
Nora O'Malley, in her excitement, caught the forward she was guarding by the arm, and again a foul was called; this time, however, the juniors made nothing from it. But the precious time was flying and only four minutes of the first half remained. Again Grace signaled for another secret play, and again the juniors rose to the occasion and thwarted her. It was maddening.
"Don't open your mouth to a soul do you hear? If you do, you'll get yourself into a peck of trouble." The last thing they heard as they left the shop was the barber's howls of assent. At the corner Duvall signaled a passing cab. "Liverpool Street station, in a hurry," he cried. "Half a crown extra, if you make the boat train for Harwich." Dufrenne gazed at his companion in bewilderment.
The target ship was being signaled again and she was coming back. At the first alarm of a submarine in the vicinity she had started coastward. The wireless was snapping. Messages were being sent out announcing the sinking of the U-boat and warning other craft, especially merchant vessels, of the possibility of other undersea boats being in the vicinity.
Presently, maybe the half of an hour afterwards, they signaled to us to haul upon our line, which we proceeded to do without delay, and so, after a great space, we had hauled in all of our rough line, and come upon the end of theirs, which proved to be a fine piece of three-inch hemp, new and very good; yet we could not conceive that this would stand the stress necessary to lift so great a length clear of the weed, as would be needful, or ever we could hope to bring the people of the ship over it in safety.
He had signaled before with great success, his light being a powerful one and capable of carrying to the river without the least difficulty, providing the night was clear. "That is all right," he muttered as he shut off his light, closed the window and turned into bed, having no need of any light and not caring to have any show from the cottage at that hour.
Why, why it's rather a sacred little story to me. I wouldn't exactly want to have anybody laugh about it." "I'll laugh if I want to!" attested Zillah Forsyth forcibly from the other side of the room. Like a pugnacious boy, Rae Malgregor's fluent fingers doubled up into two firm fists. "I'll punch her if she even looks as though she wanted to!" she signaled surreptitiously to Helene.
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