“Where did it come from?”
“I don’t know. But it was close at hand.”
Thoroughly scared, both boys looked on all sides. Then, of a sudden, Fred let out another exclamation.
“There it is! Right on the shelf of rocks yonder! Oh, Andy, it’s a mountain lion!”
CHAPTER XXVII
THE MOUNTAIN LION
It was a time of extreme peril, and both of the Rover boys realized it. The shelf of rock was not over twenty feet ahead of them, and on this rested the mountain lion, crouched as if for a spring.
Fred had scarcely spoken when both horses began to snort and stamp their feet as if wanting to turn and run away.