Part 7 (1/2)
”Where are you worst hurt, Rad?” asked To a line on which physician would be the best one to summon
”It's all in mah face, Massa Tom,” moaned the colored ht in 'euess it isn't as bad as that,” said Tolimpse of the seared and wounded face of his faithful servant he could not repress a shudder
A physician was summoned by telephone, and he arrived in his automobile at the same time that Mr Damon reached Tom's house
”Bless my bottle of arnica, Tom!” exclaimed the eccentric man, with sympathy in his voice ”What's this I hear? One of your men tells me old Eradicate is killed!”
”Not as bad as that, yet,” replied To the doctor to make his first exa che serious results to him froive myself!”
”It wasn't your fault, To,” said Mr
Damon
”Yes, it was my fault I should not have let him take the chance with a mixture I had tried only a few times But we'll hope for the best How is he, Doctor?” Tom asked a little later when the physician ca as well as can be expected for the present,” was the answer ”I have given hi mixture His worst injury seelass, but the hurts are only superficial I think we shall have to get an eye specialist to look at hio blind?” gasped Toht away,” replied the doctor, as cheerfully as he could ”I should rather have the opinion of an oculist beforethat stateh!” muttered Tom ”Poor old Rad!”
”Me take care ob hi to hear the news ”Me never be mad at dat black man no more!
Him my best friend! I lub him like I did my brudder!”
”Thank you, Koku,” said Tom, and his mind went back to the tiantic men, of whoone with a circus, and Koku, for several years, only saw hi possible was done for Eradicate, and the doctor said that it would be several days, until after the burns fro chemicals had partly healed, before the eye-doctor could make an examination
”Then we can only wait and hope,” said Tom
”And hope for the best!” advised Mr Damon
”I'll try,” promised Tom He went back to the laboratory with his eccentric friend and with Ned, who had come over as soon as he heard the news Not much of an examination could be made, as the place was in such ruins But it was sur the two chemical mixtures a new one had been created, or at least one that To Eradicate down, flaring a sheet of flaenerally creating havoc
”I can't understand it,” said To liquid, and it turned out to be a fire creator I don't see rong”
”One chereed Tom ”I'll check them over and try to find out where the mistake happened”
”This place will have to be rebuilt,” observed Ned ”It's in bad shape, Tom”
”I don't ht,” was the answer of the young inventor, and his friends could see that he was ht be
In silence Tom Swift looked about the ruins of what had been a fine cheet this back in shape,” he said ruefully ”I guess I shall have to postpone my experiested Ned