"Well, I done turned on de current, laik I seen you done, Massa Tom."
"Yes, go on. You connected the telephone."
"Yas, sah. Den I switched on that flyer thing yo' all has rigged up."
"You switched on the amplifier, yes. Go on."
"An'--an' den I plugged in dish year wire," and the colored man pointed to one near the top of the booth.
"You switched on that wire, Rad! Why, great Scott, man! That's connected to the arc light circuit--it carries over a thousand volts. And you switched that into the telephone circuit?"
"Dat's what I done did, Massa Tom; yas, sah!"
"What for?"
"Why, I done want t' make mah voice good an' loud t' skeer dat rascal Koku!"
Tom stared at the colored man in amazement.