On the Trail of Geronimo — page 292: what you’re looking at

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278 ON THE TRAIL OF GERONIMO. they could be pursued. If Geronimo found they caused any inconvenience, he would not hesitate to slay every one of them. The lieutenant was tempted, almost beyond his power of resistance, to draw bead upon Geronimo, and after dropping him in his tracks, rely upon the darkness and his own skill to extricate himself from his peril. Such an act, though seemingly cruel in itself, would have been the best possible service he could render the frontier, for with Geronimo slain, the revolt of the Apaches could be put down with little difficulty and many innocent lives saved. The more he reflected upon it, the more inclined was he to make the effort, even though the chances were that he would be captured before he could get away, and subjected to a torturing death. “T believe Pl try it!” he muttered, bringing his gun round in front preparatory to aiming and firing. MY LITTLE ‘‘ SPECIAL FRIEND” CoOnniclooolkks (C@)