"That's
right next to the drug store. We're going to the roof of that, and when
we get there we can go up a short ladder until we get to the roof of the
drug store."
"How did the ladder get there?" asked Frank.
"I bribed a telephone lineman, who was stringing some wires on the
buildings yesterday, to leave it there."
"But what are we going to do when we get on the roof of the drug store?"
asked Fenn.
"You watch and you'll see," Ned answered.
By means of an outside stairway, and by climbing up on a rear porch, the
boys reached the roof of the hardware building. Thence it was an easy
task to get on top of the structure in which the dance was being held.
They could hear the music below them, and the sound of merry feet
tripping to the melody of a two-step.
"There's a scuttle near the center," Ned spoke. "Walk quietly now. It's a
tin roof, and they may hear us, in spite of the music. Go easy!"
They found the scuttle, and it was unlocked. Ned had seen to that, by
giving a judicious hint to the janitor of the place the day before. The
boys cautiously removed the covering to a hole that led into a sort of
attic or ventilating space.
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