CHAPTER XXVI—AN UNEXPECTED ENCOUNTER

“Are you sure you saw a man?” asked Grant skeptically.

“I know I did,” replied George with the utmost conviction.

“What did he look like?”

“He looked like a tramp; a rough looking sort of a fellow with a black beard and an old slouch hat.”

“Only one man?”

“That’s all I saw.”

“What shall we do?” demanded Fred blankly.

“We’ll go down and see what he wants,” said George in a matter of fact tone. “What else is there to do?”