“By steam?”
“Certainly.”
The trapper scratched his head and looked perplexed.
“Mebbe I’m a sucker an’ a greenhorn,” he said, “but I reckon that runs jest ther way a puffin’ lokermotive does?”
“Exactly,” replied Frank.
“Umph!” grunted the trapper. “’Pears to me, I hev heerd of the iron hoss. But I s’pose it had to go on rails.”
“By no means!” replied Frank, “the Steam Horse needs no rails to travel on.”
“Do tell? Kin he go fast?”
“Almost a mile a minute!”
“Whew!”