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The Wireless Operator
Island was passed, and Governor’s Island, with Fort Winthrop, and now the narrow harbor was close at hand. Meantime the radio man had handed to the captain the answer to the latter’s wireless message, directing him where to dock the Iroquois.
How interesting it was to Henry. To be sure, the scene lacked the picturesqueness of the New York Harbor, with its unique sky line and its Liberty Statue, yet it was wonderfully fascinating. High before them towered two shafts. One was almost exactly like the Washington Monument, which was entirely familiar to Henry even though he had never seen it. He rightly guessed that this must be Bunker Hill Monument, and he was glad that it was so near at hand. If he had opportunity, he meant to visit it. The other tower was just as evidently a building. It reminded Henry of the Metropolitan Tower in New York. The captain told him it was the Boston Custom House. The remainder of the city looked much like any other city. It was a mass of buildings, some big and some little, crowded together so that one could hardly be distinguished from another. In the docks lay vessels—goodly steamships and some many-masted schooners; and of course there were tugs and smaller craft. But the harbor life was quiet indeed compared with the bustle in the waters of