"Get any of it?" Walter demanded, breathlessly tossing the receiver aside and shutting off the current.
"About two words. He went so fast——Did you get anything?"
"Oh, I've got something; but whether it will make any sense remains to be seen," said His Highness eagerly. "Where is the key! Toss it over."
Clearly and evenly the message ticked itself off.
Then there was silence. Page 240
"Here we go. Dot, dash,——"
"That's the letter A, you squarehead! I know what that first part is; it is always the same and we needn't fuss to translate it. Aboard yacht Siren. I don't care, either, where she is. What we want to get at is what she wants to say."
"But how can we tell where all that stuff leaves off?"
"I mean to tell," declared Walter with determination.