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The Runaway Skyscraper By MURRAY LEINSTER (Concluded) years flee by, three generations were born, grew and begot children, and died again ! Estelle. held faet in Arthur's arms, thought noth- ing of such trivial things. She put her arms about his neck and kissed him, while the years passed them unheeded. Of course you know that the building landed safely, in t_he exact hour, minute, and second from which it started, so that when the frightened and excited people poured out of it to stand in Madison Square and feel that the world was once more right side up, their hilarious and incomprehensible con- duct made such of the wopld as was passing by think a contagious madness had broken out. Days passed before the story of the two thousand was believed, but at last it was accepted as truth, and eminent scientists studied the matter ex- haustively- There has been one rather queer result of the journey of the runaway skyscraper. A certain Isidore Eckstein, a dealer in jewelry novelties, whose office was in the tower when it disappeared into the past, has entered suit in the courts of the United States against all holders of land on Man- hattan Island. It seems that during the two weeks in which the tower rested in the wilderness he traded independently with one of the Indian chiefs, and in exchange for tvio near-peaily necklaces, six- teen fingei -1 ings. and one dollar m money, received a title-deed to the entire island. He claims that his deed is a conveyance made previous to all othei stJps whatever. Strictly speaking, he is undoubtedly light as hi=i deed was signed before the discovery of Ameii(.a The courts, however, are deliberating the question with a great deal of perplexity. Eckstein is quite confident that in the end his claim will be allowed and he will be admitted as the sole owner of real-estate on Manhattan Island, with all occupiers of buildings and teriitoiy piymg him grouiid-reht at a rate he will fix himself. In the meah time, though the foundations are being reenforced so the catastrophe cannot occur again, his entire oifice is packed full of articles suitable for trading with the Indians. If the tower makes an- other trip back through time, Eeljstein hopes to be- come a landholder of some importance. No Jess than eighty-seven books have been written by members of the memorable two thousand in description of their trip to the hinterland of time, but Arthur, who could write more intelligently about the matter than any one else, is so extremely ■ busy that he cannot bother with such things. He has two very important matters to look after. One is, of course, the reenforcement of the foundations of the building so that a repetition of the catas- trophe cannot occur, and the other is to convince his wife — who is Estelle, naturally— that she is the most adorable peison m the universe. He find*? the latter task the moie diflieult, because she insists that liG IS the most adoiable person— The End j;i iiiiiiiiiii]iiiiiiimi!iiiiiiiiii[ii]iiiiiiiitii[iiiii[iiii[iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiliiiiiiiiii[[1ii^ TO OUR READERS SINCF tl e seco d ue of AM'ZmG STORIE? app a ed e have bee 1 te allj overwhelmed th tie n t flatte ng and enthu a.t ! tte s i oro u ead s ti at t 1 as be n ou good io tune to ee n tl e t e ty jea s o£ our e pe ence a publ h s Tie e a e o manj lette s tl at t s ptsscally pn b!e to an ve all of them and e aga n v I I ank all f ou go d tr e d vl 1 a e take tl e

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