Had any of the travelers ventured to leave the cage while on the mountain, they would have been shot down instantly.
Barney and Pomp returned the fire with telling effect.
The bullets rattled against the impervious steel netting of the cage in a shower.
The greasers made the air ring with their defiant yells and cries.
But Frank kept on to the foot of the mountain.
A little while later the Steam Man was speeding over the plain.
The greasers did not pursue them.
They remained upon the mountain and were quickly lost to view.
Frank kept the Steam Man on a westerly course.
He had decided to cross to the opposite wall of the mountain range, with the hope of finding an entrance there.