On the Trail of Geronimo — page 271: what you’re looking at

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

ON THE TRAIL OF GERONIMO, YASY ¢ that they had detected no signs of their enemies in the neighborhood, though all were convinced they could not be far away. Along the base of this mountain spur the grass and vegetation grew more luxuriantly, and here and there were tiny streams of water, some of which, issuing from beneath the rocks, flowed out on the sandy plain, gradually diminishing in volume until swallowed up in the quenchless sand. The increased vegetation and moisture extend- ing for many miles produced such excellent graz- ing ground for the cattle of Caleb Harland that the explanation can be found why he was so loath to leave the place for one less favored by nature. The wearied horses made good use of the re- spite. They drank from the purling streams and cropped their fill of the succulent grass that grew abundantly around them. The sun was still well up in the sky when the four comrades gathered at the base of a towering rock, some distance from the smoking ruins. The position was carefully chosen and was believed to be safe against sur- prise from the Apaches. The ponies were crop- ping the grass near. No Indian scout could come within gunshot of the men without passing close Li CoOnniclooo SJ (C(O) im