"Yes," answered the red-headed boy, now all excitement.
"I know now what it is," cried Dan. "I've read about that—no, I haven't read about it either. A jackie on the 'Long Island' told me about it. That is a metal basket in which the signal men and watchmen go up to the lookout station that you see on top of the mountain."
"You don't say," muttered Sam in amazement. "How does it soar through the air that way?"
"It doesn't. It is on a cable that is pulled up by some sort of power."
"Let's go over and look at the thing," urged Sam.
Dan was willing. He was as curious as was his companion, and even more enthusiastic, for all this was new and full of interest.
It was after making numerous inquiries that they found their way to the landing platform from which the basket started on its way upward. By this time the metal basket had returned. There was room in it for four men. The boys looked it over curiously and enviously.
"How would you like to take a ride in it?" questioned Dan, smiling into the solemn face of his companion.
"I'd give a dollar and a half," answered Sam earnestly. "Let's get in and look the thing over."
"I am afraid strangers are not allowed to do that. Yes, we'll get in. We can imagine we are going up to the top of the mountain, anyway."