"That's a sensible arrangement," Phil told them; "but then it's only what I would have expected of you, Ethan."
They were still gathering bait close by the cabin when there broke out a terrible din.
"It must be Lub!" exclaimed Ethan.
"Yes, I saw him wandering off in that direction a bit ago," added X-Ray.
"What can have happened to him?" exclaimed Phil, his mind running to panthers, ferocious bobcats, hungry bears, and even an excited father, wild with searching for his lost child.
"There he comes now!" cried Ethan.
"How funny he acts," X-Ray went on to say.
Indeed, Lub was carrying on as though he had gone suddenly crazy, leaping up into the air, threshing with his arms, and prancing madly to and fro. All the while they could hear him letting out hoarse yells.