"Come on up, fellows. We're having a ride up to the clouds," wig-wagged Dan.
Glasses already were trained on them from more than one ship in the harbor.
"Two enlisted men going up on the cable, sir," said the officer of the deck to the captain of the "Long Island."
"Who are they?"
"I'll ascertain, sir."
Dan caught a flash of the signal flag as the sun shone down on it, and, with quick intuition, he understood that the ship was asking who they were. He signaled their names back.
"I can't read you so far away. Have no glasses," wig-wagged Dan. "Going up by accident."
The information was quickly conveyed to the captain of the "Long Island."
"Those boys are both wired for electricity," laughed the commanding officer. "All they need is a dynamo to set them in operation, and they usually carry the dynamo about with them."
"I'm afraid they will get into trouble with the authorities, sir," said the executive officer.