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And then the voice of Rad, as he was most often called, went on with: "G'wan 'way! I'll tell Massa Tom!" "Me tell! Big thing! Best for big man tell!" broke in another voice; a deep, booming voice that could only proceed from a powerfully built man. "Koku!" exclaimed Tom, with a half comical look at Ned. "He and Rad are at it again!"
"I had jest been feedin' mah mule, Boomerang. He were pow'ful hungry, Boomerang were, an', when I give him some oats, wif a carrot sliced up in 'em no, hole on did I gib him a carrot t'day, or was it yist'day? I done fo'got. No, it were yist'day I done gib him de carrot, I 'member now, 'case " "Oh, never mind the carrot, or Boomerang, either, Rad!" broke in Tom, "I'm asking you about the fire."
But he was no match for the giant, who, ignoring his struggles, picked up Eradicate, and, flinging him over his shoulder like a sack of meal, brought him to the shack. "There him be, Master!" said the giant. "So I see," laughed Torn. "Now you stay here, Rad." "No, sah! No, sah, Massa Tom!
He done says as how he's on guard a deteckertiff an' I can't go nigh dat buildin' t' sweep up de refuse." "Well, that's right, Rad. I'd prefer that you keep away. I'm doing some special work in there and it's " "Am it dangerous, Massa Tom? I ain't askeered! Anybody whut kin drive mah mule Boomerang " "I know, Eradicate, but this isn't so dangerous.
"I'm glad you did warn me," went on the youth solemnly. Then, as he went closer to the log, he uttered an exclamation. "That has been dragged here by an automobile!" he cried. "It's been done on purpose to injure some one. Come on, Rad, let's see if we can't find out who did it." Something on the ground caught Tom's eye. He stooped and picked up a nickle-plated wrench.
"Koku, get some ropes, and see what you and Rad can do toward getting the aeroplane down," he added to the giant. "Let me know if you need any help." "Me can do!" exclaimed the big man. "Me fix him!" Tom and Mr. Halling made their way down the ladder, while the giant proceeded to study out a plan for getting the airship off the roof.
But maybe I'll never get another chance to send Mary anything. If I do, I'll not let Rad deliver it that's sure." The feeling of alarm engendered among the Indians by the disappearance of their ten fellow-workers seemed to have disappeared. There were rumors that some of the mysterious ten had been seen in distant villages and settlements, but the Titus brothers could not confirm this.
We were grieved, and looked it. "It's very unreasonable," said the Captain, "to disturb us at dinner like this." "If we don't go now I guess it will take a good deal longer to get the car away from the police station," I said. "Besides, supposing Rad has cheeked them and they lock him up, we won't be able to get back till tomorrow.
Murray plucked the man's legs artistically from beneath him, and Kettle gripped his hands and throat. He thrust his savage little face close down to the black man's. "Now," he said, "where's Rad? Tell me truly, or I'll make you into dog's meat. And speak quietly. If you make a row, I'll gouge your eyes out." "Rad, he in divan," the fellow stuttered in a scared whisper.
Tom Swift and his chum looked at one another strangely for a moment in the dim, red light of the dark room. Then the young inventor spoke: "I'm not going to see him. Tell him so, Rad!" "Hold on a second," suggested Ned. "Maybe you had better see him, Tom. It may have something to with Mr. Damon's lost fortune." "That's so! I didn't think of that.
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