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`` You 'll have to haul up for repairs , I guess , '' the captain called up to them . `` Have n't time , '' said Pete , under his breath , and with a hammer and nails , and a big piece of sacking , he went down the leg again , playing his neck against a half-hour 's delay as serenely as most men would walk downstairs to dinner . `` Start her up , boys , '' he called , when the job was done , and , with the leg jolting under his hands as he climbed , he came back into the tower . That was their only misfortune , and all it cost them was a matter of minutes , so by noon of the thirtieth , an hour or two after MacBride and young Page arrived from Minneapolis , it became clear that they would be through in time . At eight o'clock next morning , as Bannon and MacBride were standing in the superintendent 's office , he came in and held out his hand . `` She 's full , Mr. Bannon . I congratulate you . ''