This gave Barney time to turn the Horse about.
The wagon was now free from the incumbrance of the trailing vines and the Horse quickly galloped out of the chaparral.
The Comanches swarmed about now as thick as bees.
But Barney did not deviate in his course.
He pulled the throttle wide open and sent the Steam Horse ahead at a powerful rate of speed.
Into the crowd of savages the machine plunged.
The shock drove them back. The light ponies were thrown aside and their riders unceremoniously tossed.
There was not weight enough to resist the progress of the Steam Horse.
With baffled yells the savages broke ranks and the Horse went through like a thunderbolt.
It was so dark that Barney was at a loss to know just what course to pursue.