“Shure it’s a steam horse!” replied Barney. “Did yez niver hear of it afore?”
“No, never!” was the reply. “But who are you?”
“I’m Barney O’Shea!”
“Do you own that Steam Horse?”
“No, sor. It’s the property av Misther Frank Reade, Jr.”
“Ah, I see it now!” cried Captain Elmo. “I have heard of Frank Reade, Jr. Did he not travel out here with a Steam Man once?”
“That he did, sor!”
“Then I understand it all. Then you two chaps are Barney and Pomp, eh? Well, I’m glad to see you.”
“The same, sor!”
“But where is your master, Mr. Frank Reade. Jr.?”