MESSAGES INTO SPACE
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about him, Tom Swift pressed the key, making and breaking the current until he had sent out from Earthquake Island the three letters—"C. Q. D." And he followed them by giving their latitude and longitude. Over and over again he flashed out this message.
Would it be answered? Would help come? If so, from where? And if so, would it be in time? These were questions that the castaways asked themselves. As for Tom, he sat at the key, clicking away, while, overhead, from the wires fastened to the dead tree, flashed out the messages.
