This in a measure was disappointing to Eradicate, who
liked the importance of strutting about with a nickel shield
pinned to his coat, to show that he was a member of the
Swift & Company plant. As for the giant Koku, he really
cared little what he did, so long as he pleased Tom, for
whom be had an affection that never changed. Koku would as
soon sit under a shady tree doing nothing as watch for spies
or traitors, of whose identity he was never sure.
So it came that there was not so strict a guard about the
place, and Tom and Ned had more time to themselves. Not that
the young inventor was not busy, for the details of shipping
Tank A to France came to him, as did also the arrangements
for making others in this country and planning for the
manufacture abroad.
It was one evening, after a particularly hard day's work,
when Tom had been making a test in turning the tank in a
small space in the enclosed yard, that the two young men
were sitting in the machine shop, discussing various
matters.
The telephone bell rang, and Ned, being nearest, answered.
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