Then the lad tried listening again.
Suddenly a look of joy flashed over his face.
“He’s getting an answer!” yelled Tom in huge excitement. Ned Banks, hardly less enthusiastic, capered about.
Jack’s pencil traced the message from space on a pad of paper placed on an empty box before him.
“What is it? What’s the matter?”
Once more he began sending furiously.
“We have been driven on a desert island off the Mexican coast.”
“Where is it?” came the reply. “Give latitude and longitude.”
Jack swiftly flashed back the required information. Then he asked a question.
“Who is this?”