“Well, what is it now, Rad?” asked Tom, not altogether pleased at being interrupted.
“Ha! Ha! Dat Koku giant, he sleepin’ yit!” chuckled Rad.
“Is that all you come in to tell me—that Koku is sleeping yet?” exclaimed Tom, a bit wrathfully.
“He suah sleep!” went on Rad. “I git ahead ob him. I’s de early worm dat tickles de birds dis mawnin’.”
“What do you mean—early birds and worms?” and Tom smiled in spite of himself. “No one is going fishing, is there?”
“I doan know ef he’s gwin fishin’ or not, Massa Tom, but he’s outside waitin’ to come in.”
“Who is?” the young inventor inquired.
“Man whut wants to see you.”
“Good night, Rad! Why didn’t you say it was a visitor instead of gassing away about Koku sleeping and worms and birds and all that? Though I suppose you’re so proud of having gotten ahead of that giant of mine you can’t help feeling good.”
“Das right, Massa Tom!” chuckled Eradicate Sampson. “I done fool dat giant dish yeah mawnin’. But heah’s de letter he done gif me fo’ you,” and the colored man extended a card.