"We'll have to try something else."
"Is there anything to try?" asked Earle, in a faint voice. He
was on the point of fainting for lack of air.
Tom looked desperately around. There was one piece of heavy
machinery that might be moved to the other side of the engine
room. It was bolted to the floor, but its added weight, with that
of the crew and passengers, together with what had already been
shifted, might turn the trick.
"Let's try to move that!" said Tom faintly, pointing to it.
"It will take an hour to unbolt it," said one of the men.
"Koku!" gasped Tom, pointing to the heavy apparatus. "See if--
see if you--"
Tom's breath failed him, and he sank down in a heap. But he had
managed to make the giant understand what was wanted.
"Koku do!" murmured the big man. Striding to the piece of
machinery, the legs of which were bolted to the floor, Koku got
his arms under it. Bending over, and arching his back, so as to
take full advantage of his enormous muscles, the giant strained
upward.
There was a cracking of bone and sinew, a rasping sound, but
the machinery did not leave the floor.
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