"D'yuh hear that noise, Grant ?" Grant sat up instantly.

"What's the matter ?" he demanded, rather ill-naturedly, if the truth be told.
"Did you hear anything--a funny noise, like--" The cry itself finished the sentence for him.

It came from nowhere, it would seem, since they could see nothing; rose slowly to a subdued shriek, clung there nerve-wrackingly, and then wailed mournfully down to silence.

Afterward, while their ears were still strained to the sound, the bobcat squalled an answer from among the rocks.
"Yes, I heard it," said Grant.

"It's a spook.