spark-play

Updated: January 25, 2026

It was, of course, the Continental, and not the Morse, code, and it was not quite the same as stooping over and listening to the crisp, incisive pulsations of a "sounder." But Frank heard and saw and pieced together enough of the message to clutch, in turn, at Durkin's arm, and wait with quickened breath for the answering spark-play. "No such persons on board send fuller description."

Arthur Stringer - Phantom Wires: A Novel