On the Trail of Geronimo — page 239: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

ON THE TRAIL OF GERONIMO. O2E lately, Geronimo has got more warriors with him than we belaved.” ‘“ He hadn’t many when he left the reservation,” put in Braxton, “as we all know, but the worst Indians of San Carlos have been stealing off to join him.”’ “Tt must be so,” added Bedford, “ for they had enough of them to destroy Harland’s ranch and at the same time to give us all we wanted to do among the bowlders.” “ T don’t believe the captain will get back tothe fort without another brush with Geronimo, but I don’t see much chance of ever driving that scamp into acorner. We shall have to negotiate with him before we can wind up the war.” But time was precious, and, nodding to his com- panions, the heutenant started down the slope, the horses all turned toward the point where the pencil of smoke stood out in such bold relief against the sky. ecommiclooolkks (C(O) mM