One of them was showing signs of returning
consciousness now, and Tom, not willing to inflict needless pain,
even on an enemy, told one of his men, summoned by the alarm, to
bring water. Soon the two men opened their eyes, and looked about
them in dazed fashion.
"Did--did anything hit me?" asked one meekly.
"It must have been a thunderbolt," spoke the other dreamily.
"But it didn't look like a storm."
"Oh, dere was a storm, all right," chuckled Eradicate, who,
having left his mule, Boomerang outside, came into the shed. "It
was a giant storm all right."
The men put their hands to their heads, and seemed to
comprehend. They looked at the rope that bound their feet. Their
forearms had been loosened to allow them to take a drink of
water.
"What does this mean--Ransom--Kurdy?" asked Tom sternly, when
the men seemed able to talk. "Did you attack Koku?"
"It looks as though he had the best of us, whether we did or
not," said the man Tom knew as Kurdy. "Whew, how my head aches!"
"Me sorry," said Koku simply.
"Not half as sorry as we are," returned Ransom ruefully.
"What does it mean?" asked Tom sternly. "There were four of
you.
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