The famous inventor, however, used a small hatchet, and proceeded to cut his way through.
In this manner he had very soon cleared quite a path.
But suddenly he was brought to a halt in a most startling manner.
Down through a network of vines he suddenly saw a glistening pair of eyeballs.
To his startled fancy they seemed veritable balls of fire, and for a moment he could not act.
They were fixed upon him with piercing and deadly earnestness.
Frank instinctively knew that they belonged to some wild animal.
Just what kind of a creature it was he could not at the moment tell.
But he was satisfied that his position was one of deadly peril.
But he was not one given to fear or hesitation. His mind was quickly made up as to what to do.