Golly! Look at him squirm!" and Rad laughed shrilly, which
accounted for some of the sounds Tom had heard.

Then came yells of rage and pain from the giant, and they were
so loud and vigorous, mingling with Eradicate's as they did, that
it was no wonder Tom was startled. The sounds were heard in the
other shops, and men came running out. But before then Tom had
put an end to the trouble.

One look showed him what had happened. Just how or why Koku and
Eradicate had entered the electrical shop Tom did not then stop
to inquire. But he saw that the giant had grasped the handles of
one of the electric machines, designed for charging Leyden jars
used in Tom's experiments, and the powerful, though not
dangerous, current had so paralyzed, temporarily, the muscles of
the giant's hands and arms that he could not let go, and there he
was, squirming, and not knowing how to turn off the current, and
unable to ease himself, while Eradicate stood and laughed at him,
fairly howling with delight.

"Ha! Guess yo' won't do no mo' spadin' in' Massa Tom's garden
right away, big man!" taunted Eradicate.

"Be quiet, Rad!" ordered Tom, as he reached up and pulled out
the switch, thus shutting off the current. "This isn't anything
to laugh at."

"But he done look so funny, Massa Tom!" pleaded the colored
man. "He done squirm laik--"