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. St. Nicholas [serial]. and onthe third day the clouds continued to pour downtheir floods upon the city. Streams were swollenand overflowed their banks, carrying awaybridges and washing out roadways. Los Angeleswas cut off from the outside world. It was impossible to seek work in such a storm, although Jack did try several times. Dont you worry, my boy, counseled Jim.This storm is making work for us somewhere. Jim was a better prophet than he realized. Amost interesting piece of work was awaitingthem. The storm was very wide-spread. Itreached out to the edge of the Mojave Desert, and streams that had been dry for years now ranyellow with angry torrents. In the AntelopeValley, about fifty miles from Los Angeles, thegreat aqueduct, on its concrete legs, crossed oneof these ancient stream-beds; but an angry rivernow beat against these legs and they were soonundermined and toppled over on their sides. Thiscaused a wide breach in the big steel pipe, lettingthe water flow out. 348 ON THP: BATTLE-FRONT OF ENGINEERING. THE PIPE AS MORE WATER POURED. THROUGH. Jack read the news in an extra. There s thework the storm has brought us! he cried. Comeon, Jim ! Let s apply for a job. Together they went down to the City Bureauof Water Supply. They were the earliest arrivalsand were given first place on the list of appli- [Feb.. cants. The next day Jack secured the job oftimekeeper, while Jim qualified for work on theconcrete piers. Jack was very glad he did nothave to serve as water-carrier, particularly afterhe had traveled all day in a wagon across thedesert to the scene of the accident and found outwhat a fearfully hot place it was. Antelope Valley was about five miles wide. Alarge siphon, ten feet in diameter, carried thewater down into and up out of the valley. Onthe north side there was a drop of about 200 feet, while the rise on the south side was about thirtyfeet less. Most of the siphon was in the form ofa heavy steel pipe, but near the top of each slopethe steel merged into