On the Trail of Geronimo — page 133: what you’re looking at

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ON THE TRAIL OF GERONIMO. 123 some treachery, for while he had something to gain, he had absolutely nothing to lose by his savagery. Immediately following this declaration was the sentence announcing his purpose of firing. This was like the note of the rattlesnake, though of less extent, and, accompanied as it was by a move of his Winchester, the New Englander received per- haps two seconds’ warning. But it was enough. Had the discharged bullet passed through his heart, his fall to the earth could not have been more sudden. Indeed it was so nearly simultaneous with the firing of the gun that every one of the troopers behind him believed it was because he was struck by the bullet. But the next instant the mistake was evident. Josh Joggens, instead of falling in an open place, had dropped behind a bowlder, alongside which he had been wise enough to place himself before open- ing the interview with the miscreant. To relieve the minds of his friends from all apprehension, he now turned his homely face toward them, and with a broad smile, waved his hand to them. “He’s up to some trick, is the spalpeen,” said Winstrom in a guarded voice. ‘He wants the (C(O) nn) Cc 6)(0)(6) (C(O)