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But she did not, and Tom grew a bit despondent as the days went by and no word came. "I suppose they might be offended because I left Rad to do up that package instead of attending to it myself," thought Tom. "Well, I did make a mistake there, but I didn't mean to. I never thought about Eradicate's not reading. I'll make him go to night school as soon as I get back.
"The strongest stunning charge!" ordered the young inventor. "Something that will lay 'em out for a good while. We'll teach 'em a lesson!" That was Eradicate's shotgun going off. It had a double load in it, and the wonder of it was that the barrel did not burst.
But was he an Englishman, an American or " Tom paused and waited for an answer. "I think he were a Frenchman," spoke Eradicate. "I done didn't see him eat no frogs' laigs, but he smoked a cigarette dat had a funny smell, and he suah was monstrous polite. He suah was a Frenchman. I think." Tom and Ned laughed at Eradicate's description of the man, but Tom's face was soon grave again.
His room was equipped with the end in view that he could act promptly and effectively. So, when he heard Eradicate's alarm, though he wondered what the old colored man was doing out of bed at that hour, Tom did not stop to reason out that puzzle. He acted quickly.
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