All 3 Uses

beckon
in
Lord of the Flies
(Edited)

He was eager, impatient, beckoning, so that Roger went to him.
p. 62.9 *

beckoning = called (to come by using a hand gesture or a nod)
They saw that straight away; saw what they had really known down on the beach when the smoke of home had beckoned.
p. 68.1

beckoned = called (figuratively, by leading to a desired goal)
Certainly one was to send up a beckoning column of smoke; but the other was to be a hearth now and a comfort until they slept.
p. 162.2

beckoning = signaling (to come)

Definitions:

(1) (beckon)
to call -- typically to ask or tell someone to come nearer by using a hand gesture or a nod of the head
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
Much less commonly, beckon can be a gesture that points in a direction.