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They reached the roof by cli out of aon the east side of the tower and descending a fifteen-foot ladder that Stern had built for the purpose out of rough branches

"You see it's fairly intact as yet," re at the bread expanse "Only, falling stones have made holes here and there See how they yan into the rooms below! Well, come on, follow me I'll tap with the ax, and if the roof holds me you'll be safe"

Thus, after a little while, they found a secure path to the little station

This di, fortunately constructed of concrete, still stood al door The winds of heaven had centuries ago swept away all trace of the ashes of the operator

But there still stood the apparatus, rusted and sagging and disordered, yet to Stern's practiced eye showing signs of proineer that soht yet be accomplished

And thus they set to work in earnest

First, with the girl's help, he strung his copper-wire antennae from the tiled platforh work this was, but answering the purpose as well as though of the utmost finish

He connected up the repaired apparatus with these antennae, and made sure all ell Then he dropped the wires over the side of the building to connect with one of the dynamos in the sub-basement

All this took two and a half days of severe labor, in intervals of food-getting, cooking and household tasks At last, when it was done-"Now for soineer And with his laain and to assure himself that his belief was correct, his faith that one or two of theave little promise, for water had dripped in on them and they were rusted beyond any apparent rehabilitation The fourth, standing nearest Twenty-Third Street, had by some freak of chance been protected by a canvas cover

This cover was now only a uarded thethat no very serious deterioration had set in

Stern worked the better part of a ith such tools as he could find ordown" the dyna it, part by part

The commutator was in bad shape and the brushes terribly corroded But he tinkered and patched, ha the ain with terrible exertion, decided that it would run