The basket appeared to be gaining a little speed as it moved upward. It was swaying giddily from side to side, and had the boys not been used to being in high places on a rolling ship, they no doubt would have been made sick by the swinging of the basket.
"Hurrah!" cried Dan. "I know what I'll do!"
"Are you going to jump overboard?"
"No. Do you see the 'Long Island' lying out there in the harbor?"
"Sure I see her."
"I'm going to wig-wag to her."
Dan stood up while Hickey held him. Then Davis began making signals to the ship with his handkerchief.
"There they go. Some one is answering," cried Davis in high glee. "Won't they be surprised?"
"What are they saying?"
"I can't read the message so far away. I wish we had a glass."