"I-S, Is; I-T, it; Y-O-U, you; B-I-L-L, Bill?"
Jumping to his feet, although he almost screamed with pain, Bill grabbed his blanket and held it down over one of the fires, which was still sending out a big smoke; then pulled it off. Again and again he sent up the puffs of smoke. His blanket was blazing; his hands were burned to a blister; he was almost strangled with the smoke; but Bill kept on, until he had spelled out something which could be seen from the top of Bob's Hill, far below:
| .... | H |
| . | E |
| — | L |
| ..... | P |
Then he fainted away.
CHAPTER IX
FOUND AT LAST
WHEN we saw the smoke signal on Greylock, the first thing we thought of was to signal back. But Skinny said:
"Come on. He won't be looking for us here. Bob's Hill is the place. He can see us there."