Pitch-Wood Fire
which is to gleam out upon the treacherous approaches to the harbor.
Having fuel for the make-believe fire, and white stone, or paper, cut ready for building, your lighthouse may be erected in a few moments. Pierce a small hole in the exact centre of [Fig. 324] C, and bend down the sides, allowing the side flap of each to extend around the corner and on the outside of the adjoining side. Slip the end of each flap through the slit which it covers, shown by B, [Fig. 315], and bend back the end that comes through on the inside; fit the end of the fire ([Fig. 326]) tightly into the hole C on the top of [Fig. 324] and the work will resemble [Fig. 327]. Through the two slits on each side of the fire slide the two bottom flaps of the fifth or top story; flatten the ends of the flaps up tight to the under side of the top of the fourth story. Be sure to keep the front side of each succeeding story directly under the front side of the one over it, that the steps may fit in place. Fasten each lower story to the one above in the same way that you attached the fourth to the fifth.
Fig. 327.—Fourth story with pitch-wood fire ready for fifth story.
When the Pharos is finished make the three flights of
White Marble Steps
leading to the top of the lighthouse. Cut the top flight ([Fig. 328]) of stiff white paper. Let it measure one-half inch in width and four and one-half inches in length, including the top landing. The side extension K of the landing should be three-quarters of an inch long. Fold the flat, straight strip of paper back and forth many times, in fan fashion and crease firmly to form steps ([Fig. 329]). Slip the extension K into the slit I on the right-hand side of the top of the fourth story, and slide the bottom of the stairs into the slit H on the left-hand edge of the third story. Make the next flight of steps like the top ones, only longer—five and one-half inches in length before being creased. Place the end of the platform extension over the bottom of the top flight; run it through the slit H which turns at right angles from the edge and fasten the bottom of the steps in the right-hand slit edge (G) of the second story. Attach the third flight of marble steps diagonally across the second story in the same manner. The paper strip for these last should measure when flat seven inches in length.