On the Trail of Geronimo — page 256: what you’re looking at

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244 ON THE TRAIL OF GERONIMO. Joggens. Concentrating his strength in his good right arm, Walter aimed a blow which, had it land- ed, it is safe to say would haveLbeen all that was necessary ; but the Indian dodged it cleverly, and the impetus carried the soldier several paces for- ward. But he was quick to rally and face the warrior, who did not hesitate to become the aggressor. In those few seconds he had managed to draw an ugly knife, discarding his gun, and he came like a hurricane for the white man. The latter was one of those fighters who are prompt to learn the tactics of their foes, and he braced himself for the charge, confident of striking a blow that would lay out the other. It was at this juncture that the Apache gave a display of inimitable quickness and cunning. Windstrom was as deliberate as it was possible for such a person to be, and he knew when the face of his foe reached the point where it would receive the full force of the sledge-hammer blow he was waiting to deliver. It could not have been more than a few inches from the critical point, and the soldier was in the very act of launching the stroke, when his assailant dropped his head, leaped aside COMIC MOOOKSs' oN