“There!” cried Jimmie wiping the sweat from his face, for the morning was hot and the work had been arduous, “if there is a Boy Scout within ten thousand miles he’ll know what those two columns of smoke mean.”
“Of course,” said Peter. “If he’s ever been out camping.”
In the Indian signs adopted by the Boy Scouts of America one column of smoke means:
“The camp is here.”
Two mean:
“Help! I am lost.”
Three mean:
“We have good news.”
Four mean:
“Come to council.”