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It was a warm day, and Rad and I were just back from a tramp to the upper pasture a full mile from the house. We were addressing ourselves with considerable zest to the frosted glasses that Solomon had just placed on the table, when we became aware of the sound of galloping hoofs, and a moment later Polly Mathers and her sorrel mare, Tiger Lilly, appeared at the end of the sunflecked lane.
When Tom entered the room where Rad had been kept in the dark ever since the explosion, the colored man looked at his master with seeing eyes, though the apartment was still but dimly lighted. "I's all right ag'in now, Massa Tom!" cried Rad. "See fine! I's all ready to make more smellin' stuff to put out fires!" "You won't have to, Rad!" cried Tom joyfully.
"Ouch!" exclaimed the young bank clerk involuntarily, and, letting go his hold of the limb, he dropped to the ground, while there came a startled exclamation from the screen of pine branches above him. Detective Rad "Who's there?" came the demand from the unseen person in the tree. "I might ask you the same thing," was Ned's sharp retort, as he nursed his skinned and bruised fingers.
Wait a minute, Rad. I'll soon have the motor fixed, and we'll make another try. I'll take you over to Mr. Damon's with me." "No, sah, Massa Tom. Yo' don't catch dis coon in any mo' airships. Mah mule am good enough fo' me!" shouted Eradicate from the safe harbor of the mule's stable. Tom laughed, and turned to inspect the motor.
But I mus' say dat I'd radder hab Boomerang dan dish yeah animal what I'm ridin'." "Oh, you'll do all right, Rad. Then, if we're all ready, forward march!" cried Tom, and with calls to their animals, the drivers started them off. Hardly had they begun the advance than Ned, who had been narrowly watching one of the natives, hurried up to Tom, and rapidly whispered something to his chum.
"Everything seems to be against me!" "Well, it's always darkest just before daylight," said Tom. "So let us hope for the best. We both have had a bit of bad luck. But when I think of Rad, who may lose his eyesight, I can stand my losses smiling." "Yes," agreed Mr. Baxter, "you have big assets when you have your health and eyesight." Three days later the eye specialist looked at Rad.
I'll see Massa Tom, dat's whut I will. I guess yo' ain't de only deteckertiff on de place. I kin go on guard, too!" and Eradicate, dropping his rake, strolled away in his temper to seek the young inventor. "Well, Rad, what is it?" asked Tom, as he met the colored man. The young inventor was on his way to the mysterious shop. "What is troubling you?" "It's dat dar giant.
No, sah, Massa Tom. I neber did! No, sah!" Eradicate spoke emphatically. "Yes you did, Rad. You took that picture of Koku over my photo telephone, and I want you to show me exactly what you did what wires and switches you touched and changed, and all that." "Yo yo' done say I tuck dat pishure, Massa Tom?" "You sure did, Rad." "Well well, good land o' massy! An' I done dat!"
Damon and Tom approaching. "What's wrong?" asked the young inventor. "'Scuse me, Massa Tom," began Eradicate, "but didn't yo' tell me to spade de garden?" "I guess I did," admitted Tom Swift. "An' you tell me help yes?" questioned Koku. "Well, I thought it would be a little too much for you, Rad," said Tom, gently. "I thought perhaps you'd like help." "Hu!
He said he had enough chickens of his own, and he never did like bulls anyhow. So I guess we'll have to get along without Rad." "It looks like it. Well, go and enjoy yourself. I'll wait here until you come back, though I know you'll be pretty late, but I want to make sure of our lists."
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