"Send that, then," Jack told Fred, "and ask if there are any instructions. But send it in code," he added.
Fred jotted down, "Ireland probably in six hours," laboriously found the code equivalent of each word and wrote it over the top, and then opened up his call again.
The vessel operator soon responded and wanted to know if he couldn't be let in on the secret.
"Picked this up and relayed it," he radiographed, "but where's it come from, and who are you?"
"Let you know later, and obliged for your trouble," Fred wirelessed back. "Tell me who you are and you'll get suitable reward."
With lightning-like speed the distant operator gave his name, ship and home port.
"Right," Fred flashed back. "Now please relay this."
And he gave the code reply and had it repeated to make certain there was no error in the taking of the odd mixture of words.
"New code on me," the taking operator finally commented, when his repeat had been approved as correct. "Whose is it?"