The men dash forward in the withering heat. With frantic hastethey fix the hook into the 1attice-work beneath the porch andscamper back.
"Yo hee! Yo hee!"
The thick rope tautens as the firemen 1ay their weight to it. Youcan a1most see the brist1ing fibers stand up on it.
"Yo hee! Yo hee!"