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If he must have Koku's help, he would have to climb the stairs to his bedside. The giant always aroused as wide awake as at noonday. But while the young inventor hesitated a sudden, but muffled, snap the breaking of metal sounded. Tom knew instantly the direction from which the sound came.
An instant later, freed by this turning motion from the grip of the sand bank, the submarine shot to the surface. Up and up she went, breaking out on the open sea as a great fish darts upward from the hidden depths. It was the work of only a few seconds for the man nearest it to open the hatch, and then in rushed the life-giving air. Tom and his companions were saved, and by Koku's strength.
"Dat true, Master Tom?" and Koku's voice trembled. "Well, I've never seen such a fish, I'm sure, but the natives tell about it." Koku seemed to be considering the matter. Strange as it may seem, the giant, though afraid of nothing human and brave when it came to a hand-to-claw argument with a wild animal, had a very great fear of the water and the unseen life within it.
And from then on he rode on one side of Tom, while the giant, Koku, strode along on the other. He had established himself as Tom's bodyguard and even though Eradicate insisted on remaining, Koku would not go away. "I guess I'll have to keep 'em both," said Tom, with a grin, "but I'm going to change Koku's name." "What are you going to call him?" asked Ned. "Let's see, what month is this?"
"Looks like he wouldn't try to stab me to deaf wid no spear no mo'," went on Rad, inclined to approve of Koku's sufferings. "If he died you'd be mighty sorry, old man," declared Tom, sternly. "Sho' would. Be a mighty hard job to bury him," was the callous response.
The Indian giant raised his big fist, and Tom saw in it a rock, which the big man was about to bring down on Koku's head. "Look out, Koku!" yelled Tom. Tom's giant slid to one side only just in time, for the blow descended, catching him on his muscular shoulder where it only raised a bruise. And then Koku gathered himself for a mighty effort. His face flamed with rage at the unfair trick.
"As to just what it is," replied the other slowly, "I'm not sure yet. When I analyzed it, I found a substance absolutely new to chemistry." "Where did you get it?" asked Ned. "I scraped it from that meteorite down in Koku's country in South America." Ned whistled. "Ever since we found that thing which we called a planet stone, you've been discovering all sorts of things about it."
"Don't hit me again!" whined someone. "I won't try to escape!" Tom flung open the door and saw his giant servant dragging a man up the steps. A feeling of tremendous relief swept over young Swift as he discovered his precious green disk in Koku's left hand. "Ha, Master Tom! Catchum bad mans tryin' to sneak through gate! See green thing stick out of pocket and grabbum bringum here.
"What is it?" asked his chum, Crowding into the booth. "Look at that plate! Tell me what you see!" Ned looked. "Why why it's Koku's picture!" he gasped. "Exactly!" cried Tom. "In some way my experiment has succeeded when I was away. Eradicate must have made some new connection by his monkeying. Ned, it's a success! I've got my first photo telephone picture! Hurray!"
He was answered almost at once by more yells. "Oh, Master! Come quickly!" cried the giant. "There are many men here. There are stowaways aboard!" For a moment, after hearing Koku's reply, neither Tom nor his friends spoke. Then Ned, in a dazed sort of way, repeated: "Stowaways!" "Bless my " began Mr. Damon, but that was as far as he got.
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