On the Trail of Geronimo — page 214: what you’re looking at

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202 ON THE TRAIL OF GERONIMO. CHAPTER XXIV. A CLOSE CALL. Ir Walter Windstrom had shown an unusual rashness in his pursuit of his horse, his natural caution returned now that he had secured the valu- able animal. Instead of riding back to the camp, where he had left his friends so unceremoniously, he checked his steed while a goodly distance away, and debated what the best course was to pursue. Nothing would have been more foolhardy, after his experience, than to ride directly back ; and, if the vigilant Apaches expected anything of the kind, they were destined to find their mistake. He had been favored in too marked a degree by fortune to tempt her again. Nevertheless, he did desire to open communica- tion with his friends, and, above all, to learn the strength of the red skins who had dared to steal so close to camp, when two sentinels were on guard. Connicloooks (CO) im