Yas, sah, Cap't Barranton, dat's
what it looked lak, fo' sho."
"Does that tally with your impression of it, Frank?" asked Captain
Hazzard.
"Yes, sir, Rastus has put it very well. It was more like an automobile
headlight than anything else."
"Well, nobody could be driving an automobile in the sky," put in the
professor, decisively, as if the matter were disposed of in this way
without any more argument being wasted.
"No, but there are other vehicles that are capable of rising above the
earth," spoke Captain Hazzard, thoughtfully.
"For instance--?" breathed Frank, with a half-formed idea of what he
meant.
"For instance, airships," was the quiet reply.
"Airships," exclaimed Captain Barrington. "Then you think---?"
"That we have some very undesirable neighbors at close quarters,"
rejoined Captain Hazzard.
CHAPTER XXI.
A PENGUIN HUNT.
Although, as may be imagined, a closer watch than ever was kept during
the period of darkness, nothing more was seen that winter of the
mysterious light. The dim twilight preceding spring began to appear in
February without there being any recurrence of the mysterious
incident.
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