These were busy days at the Swift plant. Men came and
went--men with queerly shaped parcels frequently--and they
were admitted to the big new building after first passing
Eradicate and then Koku, and it would be hard to say which
guard was the more careful. Only, of course, Koku had the
final decision, and more than one person was turned back
after Eradicate had passed him, much to the disgust of the
negro.
"Pooh! Dat giant don't know a workman when he sees 'im!"
snorted Eradicate. "He so lazy his own se'f dat he don't
know a workman! Ef I sees a spy, Massa Tom, or a crook, I's
gwine git him, suah pop!"
"I hope you do, Rad. We can't afford to let this secret
get out," said the young inventor.
It was one evening, when taking a short cut to his home,
that Mr. Nestor, the father of Mary Nestor, in whom Tom was
more than ordinarily interested, passed not far from the big
enclosure which was guarded, on the factory side, day and
night. Inside, though out of sight and hidden by the high
fence, were other guards.
As Mr. Nestor passed along the fence, rather vaguely
wondering why it was so high, tight and strong, he felt the
ground trembling beneath his feet.
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