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He lay quite still for a moment. "I'd like to know what that means!" Teddy whispered. "That's brutal!" "That gives me faith in the boy!" exclaimed Jimmie. "What's the answer to that?" demanded Teddy. "They probably saw him doing the wig-wag!" was Jimmie's reply. "They're threatening him." "And they may have been beating him up for doing it? That may be."
A semaphore is frequently substituted for the wig-wag flags both on land and on sea. Navy semaphores on big war-ships consist of arms ten or twelve feet long mounted at the masthead. The semaphore as a means of communication was extensively used on land commercially as well as by the army.
Let's look!" and be followed the pointing stick which, tied to the top of the improvised flagpole plainly meant due west to any one who understood the scout wig-wag code. "Here!" shouted Benny, now casting caution to the light winds of murmuring pines. "Here's more trail. See? It's our secret code of turned over sliver leaves, and it leads to let's see."
Lie still and wig-wag the ambulance when it comes along." He moved rapidly away, and Zaidos obeyed his parting order. In fact he was not able to move. Velo's bullet had cut close to the skull and Zaidos had lost much blood. He was conscious also of a pain in his broken leg, but could not move to see what caused it.
The international code is used by ships of all nations. It is the universal language of the sea, and by it sailors of different tongues may communicate through this common medium. Any message may be conveyed by a very few of the flags in combination. The wig-wag system, a favorite and familiar method of communication with every Boy Scout troop, is in use by both army and navy.
"There are plenty of Americans mixed up in this mess, but they are not doing the signaling, so far as I have heard. It would seem that the wig-wag ought to be in Spanish. I wonder if I could get down the mountain to the man there? It would be easier than climbing." "I'll go with you," decided Frank. "If I fall it will be like rolling a feather bed down the mountains.
Must watch for chance. About three, maybe." It was signed "Kitty." "Another wig-wag rescue," repeated Helen, fluttering with excitement. "Won't it be splendid to take them both away?" "But what shall we do with them?" asked Isabel. "I know one doesn't dare take even a lost child indoors without danger of arrest." "Then we'll keep them on the porch," replied Cleo crisply.
It was often said in the troop that one never knew how to take Tom. "I think Pee-wee is right," he said, "and I guess Roy managed this. I could see he was doing some private wig-wag work, and I think you've all been what d'you call it co-something or other " "Coerced!" suggested Pee-wee. "But as long as I'm elected I'll take the job and I'm very thankful. I won't deny I wanted it.
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