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    VIII

Before they returned to the lower level into which the lateral tunnel
entered, Matsui and his gang had the power plant going; the ventilator
fans were humming softly, and whenever they pressed a starting button,
the escalators began to move. They got the pumps going, and the
oxygen-generators, and the sewage disposal system. Until the
communication center could be checked and the relay station found, they
ran a cable out to the /Lester Dawes/, landed in the canyon, and used
her screen-and-radio equipment. Before the Claims Office in Storisende
closed, Rodney Maxwell had transmitted in recorded views of the
interior, and enough of a description for a final claim. They also
received teleprint copies of the Storisende papers. The first story, in
an extra edition of the /Herald-Guardian/, was headlined, Merlin Found!