“For those who can catch it.”
“I think we could drop him.”
“With a rifle?”
“Yes; if I can get in range.”
“Try it.”
“You take the wheel.”
The professor grasped the spokes, put on more speed, and Frank took a rifle and went out on deck.
The deer was speeding over the ice like the wind, and the ice boat rushed after it furiously.
A loud buzz arose from the wheels and a crackling from under the big steel runners.
Fast as the deer was going, the animal was no match for the ice ship, and it gradually bore down upon the creature.