“Dick, ahoy!”
There was a pause and he shouted again:
“Dick, ahoy!”
“Ahoy!” came back faintly from somewhere a long way off.
“There he is!” I cried.
“No—an echo,” said Uncle Jack. “Ahoy!”
“Ahoy!” came back.
“There, you see—an echo.”
“Ahoy!” came again.
“That’s no echo,” cried Uncle Bob joyfully. “Dick!”