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But he saw that the giant had grasped the handles of
one of the electric machines, designed for charging Leyden jars
used in Tom's experiments, and the powerful, though not
dangerous, current had so paralyzed, temporarily, the muscles of
the giant's hands and arms that he could not let go, and there he
was, squirming, and not knowing how to turn off the current, and
unable to ease himself, while Eradicate stood and laughed at him,
fairly howling with delight.
"Ha! Guess yo' won't do no mo' spadin' in' Massa Tom's garden
right away, big man!" taunted Eradicate.
"Be quiet, Rad!" ordered Tom, as he reached up and pulled out
the switch, thus shutting off the current. "This isn't anything
to laugh at."
"But he done look so funny, Massa Tom!" pleaded the colored
man. "He done squirm laik--"
But Eradicate did not finish what he intended to say. Once free
from the powerful current, the giant looked at his numb hands,
and then, seeming to think that Eradicate was the cause of it
all, he sprang at the colored man with a yell. But Eradicate did
not stay to see what would happen.


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