On the Trail of Geronimo — page 335: what you’re looking at

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ON THE TRAIL OF GERONIMO. O21 CHAPTER XXXVIII. CONCLUSION. ‘Wr have now only one thing to dread,” re. marked Captain Campereaux to the surgeon, after the Apache had departeu on his mission. “What's that ?” ‘“ Geronimo may have put Whitcomb out of the way before he found out we had his son.” “We shall not have to wait long after sunrise to-morrow to learn. If Whitcomb has been shot, of course Geronimo will use all his cunning to conceal it until after his heir is delivered into his hands.” ‘He has fooled us several times, but he won’t fool me in this business. We won’t loosen our grip on the young scamp until we are dead sure of the others. The chief thinks a good deal of that son, and, since he knows we will keep our pledges and make no attempt to trick him, and that he has only to lose by such attempt on his part, he will make a fair exchange if it is in his power to do so.” (C(O) mM