"Yo' jest bet yo' cain't let go!" chimed in the voice of
Eradicate. "I done knowed yo would git into trouble ef yo' come
heah, an' I'se glad ob it! So I is!"
"What is it, Rad? What has happened to Koku?" cried Tom,
running forward, for though no very powerful current could be
turned on in the electrical shop at this period of unuse, there
was enough to be very painful. "What is it, Rad?"
"Oh, dat big foolish giant, Koku, done got his se'f into
trouble!" chuckled the colored man. "He done got holt ob one ob
dem air contraptions, Massa Tom, an' he cain't let go! Ha! Ha!
Golly! Look at him squirm!" and Rad laughed shrilly, which
accounted for some of the sounds Tom had heard.
Then came yells of rage and pain from the giant, and they were
so loud and vigorous, mingling with Eradicate's as they did, that
it was no wonder Tom was startled. The sounds were heard in the
other shops, and men came running out. But before then Tom had
put an end to the trouble.
One look showed him what had happened. Just how or why Koku and
Eradicate had entered the electrical shop Tom did not then stop
to inquire.
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