Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-12-20

upon the earth only here or thorc steel
or concrete building still dcned the ravageH
Of time.
Tho wrockaEc Is even moro complete
hero than on Manhattan Island" stern
Judged M he and the glrl atood In front 81
the ruins OF tho postolilcn surveying tho
dohriB The smaller area. of course. would
naturally he covered sooner with tho In
roads OF the forcat. doubt whether there's
enough loft In the whole place TO be OF any
real service to us"
Tomorrow will be time enough to Hec."
answered tho glrl IT'S too late now for
any more work today"
They campcd that night IN an upper story
OF the Pcduot National Bank building on
Hampstead street Here. having cleared out
the bats and spiders they made themselves
an acrie secure from attack, and slept long
and Soundly Dawn found them NJ work
among tho overgruwn ruins, much as
three months before--they had laborod In
tho Metropolitan Tower and about II. Less,
however, remained 20 salvage here For tho
smaller and lighter types OF buildings had
preserved FAR less OF tho relies OF civiliEn-
tion than had been left In the vas, and solid
structures OF New York,
In few places none the less, they Btill
camo upon tho little plies OF tho gray aah
that marked where men and women had
fallen and died but these occurred only In
the most sheltered spots, Stern paid no
attention to them, His OnorgleR and his
attention were now fixed on tho one task OF
getting skins, arms. ammunition and sup
plea And before nightfall, by n systematic
loptlng OF such shops MS remained-per-
haps not above score In all could even
be ontered-the girl and he had gathered
more than enough TO last them on their way
TO Boston. one find which pleased him Inn
mensoly was n dozen scaled glass Jars OF
tobacco.
'As for pipe" said he Il can make
that easily enough, what's more l will -
"a All "a a hot aHaaFN Inn al
the gloom was rcdolcnt again OF good
smoke Thereafter he slept as not for n
long, long time,
They spent tho next day in fnshionlng
new garments and sandals: In putting 10
rights the two rifles Stern had chosen from
the basement OF the State armory and in
making bandollers TO carry their supply OF
cartridges, The possession of "A knife once
moro and OF steel whorewith readily to
strike fire delighted tho man enormously.
The scissors they found IN hardware shop.
though rusty. enabled him TO trim his beard
and hair, Beatrice hailed n warped hard
rubber comb with JOY
hut tho great discovery still awaited
them, the one supreme find which In
moment changed every plan OF travel
opened the world 10 them. and at a single
stroke Increased their hopes ten thousand
fold--the discovery OF the old Paulilac
monoplanO
They came upon this machine. pregnant
WIN huVH vast possibilities, In n concrete
hangar back OF tho Federal courthouse on
anderson street The building attracted
Sterna attention by lta unusual state OF
preservation lie burst In one OF tho rusted
iron shutters and climbed through the win
dow TO sec what might be inside
moment later Beatrice heard cry OF
astonshment and Joy
Good heavens I" the man exclaimed m
penring az the window. Come In Come I'm
SEQ what I've found -
And hs stretched out his hands to help
her up and through the aperture
What 10 II. bOyY More arms? More"
viii your"
An aeropIane7 But i,'s all to pieces, Of
course. and"
Come on In and look Rt IL. I sayl"
ENcltedly he lifted her through tho win
dow See there, viii you2 Isn't that the
eternal limit2 And 20 think I never even
thought of trying TO find one In New York %
lie gehtured at tho dust-laden old ma
chine shat forlorn and In sovereign dis
repair. stood at the other end OF the hangar,
Together they approached II.
"If Il will work" the man exclaimed
thckly; III II viii only work"
But win it?" the girl exclaimed. her
eyes lighting with the excitement OF the
find. heart beating fast az thought OF what
Il might portend. Can you put 1t In shape.
II don't know. Let me lookl who knnyys9
And already ha was kneellng. peering AZ
the mechanism, feeling the frame. the gear,
the stays, with hands that trembled more
than ever they had trombled since their
great adventure had begun.
As he examined tho machine, while
Beatrice stood by, he talked 20 himself
Good thing the framework Is aluminium"
said he "or Il wouldn't be worth a
tlnker's dam after an ths time But as IL
~ "A ha A
braces all gone, rusted out and disappeared
Have 10 be rewired throughout, II { can
hnd steel wlrei II not. IN use braided
leather thongs, Petrol tank and feed pipe
o. X Girder boom needs little atten-
tion. Steering and control column intact
they'll do I"
Part BY part he handled the machine.
his skilled eye leaplng from detail to de-
tail
Canvas planes all gone Of course. Not
a rag left only the frame. But no mat
ter. We can remedy that Wooden levers.
skids, and SO on. gone. Easily replaced.
Main thing is the engine. Locks as though
Il had been carefully covered but 81
course. the covering has rotted away. No
matter wen soon see. Now, this carbur-
eter-"
His Inspection lasted half an hour ,yb,io
the girl. lost among 30 many technlcalitiss.
sat down on the dusty concrete floor bealde
the machine and listened IN . kind Of
dazed admiration.
He gave her, anally, his opinion.
This machine viii so II properly han
dled." said he, rising trlumphantly ana
siapping the dust on his palms ssrhe
chassis needs truing up the eauilibrator
has sagged Qua of plumb. and lhs aiisronl
have got % b Teadiusted bal lts onIy 4
Iaaiter " q fsa days "a tha outside before
she'll ~ in aHans
sThs msia has is lae sazIas ana s
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