"We're Going Up!" Howled Sam.
A glance over the side showed the platform dropping from beneath them at a rapid rate.
Sam made a move as if to jump from the basket.
"Sit down!" commanded Dan. "Do you want to kill yourself?"
"But we're going up," protested Hickey.
"We can't help it. We don't know how to stop the car, and even if we did, I doubt whether we could do it from here. I have an idea that the car is controlled from that engine house down there. I know now why the man came up to look at the car. He wanted to see that everything was right before he started the basket upward."
"Do—do you think we are going to the top?"
"It looks very much that way," answered Dan, with a mirthless laugh.