The Battleship Boys Swung Into the Chorus.
The Battleship Boy made the figures, wigwagging slowly. Among the men on the forward deck there were only three who were not quick to read the signals. These Dan ordered to step forward. A few minutes proved, to his own satisfaction, that their minds were too sluggish to enable them to make very good signalmen.
"You three men need not report to-morrow," he said.
"That boy is bound to command, Coates," announced the captain with emphasis. "Davis!"
"Aye, aye, sir," answered Dan, turning and saluting.
"You and your friend, Seaman Hickey, turn to and give an exhibition of wig-wagging. It will be instructive, as well as entertaining, to all of us."
Dan's eyes lighted with pleasure.
"'Red, White and Blue,'" he said, as he passed a flag to Sam. "Follow me giving the next lines."
"Will that save my twenty-five?"
"It may."