On the Trail of Geronimo — page 204: what you’re looking at

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192 ON THE TRAIL OF GERONIMO. but eventful experience in the Southwest to un- derstand that it signified nothing, and he gave it no further thought. Another half hour wore away, and Dick was on the point of uttering his signal, when McGarvey anticipated him. The response was prompt and so far all was well. Directly eastward was the direction in which lay the ranch where Dick had had such a pleasant call in the afternoon, and where, it may be said, his thoughts lingered with a delight that caused him more than once to smile to himself. “Strange,” he muttered, “what changes take place in this life! It seems impossible that only a little more than three months ago she was one of the most admired belles at the Point, and now she is at home in this wild, dangerous country, as sweet and charming as ever, but in a situation which is more perilous than she imagines. The youth was silent a few minutes, and then, as if to check his wandering thoughts, he emitted the signal which had already escaped him several times. He listened as before, but to his surprise there came back no answer. “McGarvey must have heard me,” reflected Conniclooolks (CO)