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a windup performing a circular movement, repeated
twice.

Of course Jack understood that those on board
the smuggler must be trying to signal to those of
their group who were on shore, the land workers
of the hard-working bunch, which conclusion
caused him to turn his attention in that quarter.

At first he was not rewarded by any discovery
but not in the least discouraged he continued to
wave his glasses back and forth, feeling certain
those continuous signals from out on the gulf
must be noticed and returned.

He chanced to be again watching the moving
gleam when he felt Perk trying to gain his attention
and when this had been accomplished
pointing eagerly off to the east.

Yes, there it was as plain as anything--in fact
there seemed to be two separate lights looking
ocr>   like twin stars and even as Jack watched hefteaw
fix>   like twin stars and even as Jack watched he saw
them carry on in a most remarkable fashion.
Now one would be in violent motion, perhaps
doing some intricate figure that had a meaning;
ocr>   then the other would join iny, {with the pair
fix>   then the other would join in, with the pair
swinging back and forth, crossing each other's
ocr>   path, and going through the most wonderf ^Devolutions.
fix>   path, and going through the most wonderful evolutions.

To Jack's mind they looked like a pair of
gigantic fireflies gone loco with excitement and
carrying on in the most astonishing manner. In-

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