On the Trail of Geronimo — page 113: what you’re looking at

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ON THE TRAIL OF GERONIMO. 103 without danger of interruption. He was near the public highway, and he must have suspected that as soon as 1t was known he had left the reservation the cavalry would be after him, and even then were at no great distance. Common prudence, therefore, would suggest that he should defer torturing his captive until secure from interference. That the Apaches held no other sentiment than that of hatred toward the young officer was proven by the desperate attempt of the interpreter to kill him, even when in such imminent peril himself that his escape was wondertul. Captain Campereaux and his company reached the station just as Buck Bragg came back from his fruitless attempt to find Lieutenant Dick, whom he had left clinging to the rocks. The station- keeper had arrived some time before with the wounded driver, Zach Emmons, who was made as comfortable as possible. In the company of cavalry, as a matter of course, there was a surgeon, for nothing was more likely than that his services would be needed before the return. He at once instituted a thorough exami- nation of the driver’s wounds, and pronounced them severe, though not necessarily fatal. His Conniclooo SJ (C(O)