As it did so, Barney and Pomp were seen rushing down the steps.
Their joy to discover that the Steam Man had been safely recovered knew no bounds.
“I tell yo’, Marse Frank, dat dar am big piles ob gold an’ silver in dat ar temple,” cried Pomp.
“Bejabers, that’s so!” cried Barney. “An’ I cud hardly get the naygur to come away from it.”
“Where did you rascals go?” asked Frank, sharply.
“Way up in de top ob de temple,” replied Pomp.
“Didn’t you hear me when I called?”
“Bejabers, we did that, an’ it was mesilf as answered yez,” replied Barney. “But I couldn’t get the naygur to come away.”
“Did you hear the whistle of the Steam Man?”
“I did that, an’ that brought us down quick enough,” replied Barney.