"Mebbe a couple o' hunters," suggested Cap Slater. "We ain't quite off the earth yit."
"An'—an'—why, say—is that a bear they have with 'em?" blurted out Jack, his eyebrows knitting in perplexity. "Somethin' whoppin' big, anyhow. Where's your glass, Bob?"
An animal of no small proportions had suddenly popped into view beside the horsemen.
"What do you see, Somers?" cried Jack, eagerly, as the field-glass was leveled.
A very strange expression came over Bob's face. He stared, apparently in speechless astonishment, paying no attention to the impatient queries which came from all sides.
"I say," howled Jack, "can't you speak?"
"It doesn't seem possible," murmured Bob, at length.
His voice indicated the greatest bewilderment.
"What doesn't seem possible?" yelled Dick.
"I can't believe it!"