Wakefield Damon as they rounded the corner of the house and
looked into the newly spaded garden. There stood the giant, Koku,
holding aloft in the air, by one hand, the form of the struggling
colored man, Eradicate Sampson. And Eradicate was vainly trying
to get at his enemy and rival, but was prevented by the long-
distance hold the giant had on him.

"Yo' let me go, now! Yo' let me go, big man cried Eradicate.
"Ef yo' don't I'll bust yo' wide open, dat's whut I'll do! An'
'sides, I'll tell Massa Tom on yo', dat's whut I'll do!"

"Ho! You tell--I let you fall!" threatened Koku.

His threat was dire enough, for such was his size and strength
that he held the colored man nearly nine feet from the ground,
and a fall from that distance would seriously jar Eradicate, if
it did nothing else. The colored man's eyes opened wide as he
heard what Koku said, and then he cried:

"Let me down! Let me down, an' I won't say nuffin!"

"An' you let me scatter dirt?" asked Koku. for such was the
giant's idea of working in the garden.

"Yes, yo' kin scatter de dirt seben ways from Sunday fo' all I
keers!" conceded Eradicate. Then, as he was lowered to the
ground, he and the giant turned and saw Mr. Damon and Tom
approaching.

"What's wrong?" asked the young inventor.