"And what do you think the creature is?"
"Nobody knows," said Fowle. "Of course if that was really known, something might be done."
"It ought to be shot," said Smythe; but Gideon thought not.
They all pretended to be serious, and Smythe quite believed the story, because he was very young. In fact, only one kid had ever refused to believe it.
"No," declared Gideon; "it may be the only beast of its kind in the world, and to shoot it would be a thousand pities."
"Then it ought to be photographed," said Smythe.
"Impossible, because nobody ever sees it," answered Steggles.
"That's no reason," said Smythe; "it might be done with Rontgen rays."
Which shows what a clever kid he was, though so ready to believe this rot about the beast.
"One person did see it, however," said Fowle, "and that was Montgomery, who went into a bank last term, and it left a great impression upon him."