Frank sent one of the men back down the cliff, to give Harmon the cue when to make a charge.
Then at a favorable moment Frank gave the order to fire.
Six repeating rifles were turned upon the savages, and as fast as they could be worked, they were engaged in firing a volley down upon the heads of the exposed savages.
The effect was startling.
The savage is never the one to stand in open field and fight. At once a panic seized them.
It was the moment for the charge, and Harmon’s men rushed forward.
Up over the rocks they went. In a twinkling the savages were driven from their entrenchments and utterly routed, and completely dispersed.
Frank Reade, Jr., and Barney saw their opportunity, and rushed upon two of the savages who had Bessie Rodman in charge.
In a moment the girl captive was free once more and among friends. The two guards fled for their lives.
All this had happened in a twinkling of an eye, comparatively speaking. But the fight was not over.