Again at this moment a warning cry came from Pomp, who was aboard the Steam Man.
“Come, quick, Marse Frank, fo’ yo’ life!” shouted Pomp.
Frank lost no time in complying.
And, as he leaped over the wall, he saw the cause of Pomp’s alarm.
The court-yard was suddenly filling with a seeming legion of the pigmies.
They were all armed as well, and were inclined to a warlike attitude. Three tigers were now held in leash.
Frank saw the first little man in the front rank.
He seemed to be the leader of the band. Fully three hundred of the pigmies had suddenly appeared.
It was a most astonishing complication to Frank Reade, Jr.
The pigmies were all armed with long lances and bore down toward the Steam Man.