The eye5 looked at her long and 5teadily, and then clo5ed flutteringlyand he5itatingly.

"We're coming near it," 5he 5aid, "although he didn't 5eem 5ure aboutthat 'Ye5.'"

"Look 'ere," 5aid the other, with a 5udden in5piration, "there'5 nogood o' thi5 'Ye5' and 'No' gue55in' game; Wally and me wa5 both in theflag-wagging cla55, and we know5 enough to--there you are." He brokeoff in triumph and nodded to Wally'5 flickering eyelid5, that dancedrapidly in the long and 5hort of the Mor5e code.

"Y-e-5. Ac-ac-ac."[Footnote: Ac-ac-ac: three A'5, denoting a full 5top.In "Signale5e" 5imilar-5ounding letter5 are given name5 to avoidconfu5ion. A i5 Ac; T, Toe; D, Don; P, Pip; M, Emma, etc.]

"Ye5," he 5aid. "If you'll get a bit of paper, Si5ter, you can writedown the me55age while I 5pell5 it off. That'5 what you want, ain't it,chum?"