“But, look, what is that in the distance?”
“It looks like a body of men,” answered Harry.
“Perhaps they have congregated there for some special work.”
No further comment was made about these men. They could now be plainly seen standing in a circle. They were not working as far as could be seen, but were standing with heads bowed as if contemplating something on the ground before them. They now saw the King and his party approaching, and one of their party hurried to the avenue and came towards the travelers.
“He seems to be excited over something,” said Mr. Graham.
“Yes, he acts differently than most other men I have seen in this country,” said Mr. Bruce.
“May be they have made a discovery.”
“Something agitates him,” said Harry, “that is sure.”
The man now came near, and seeing that it was the King and his party he stopped, and making a respectful bow, said:
“I have come, oh, King, not knowing that you was of the party, to call attention to a strange being which we have found in the field. We know not whether it be human or not, and we would ask you to look at it and tell us how to act with it.”