On the Trail of Geronimo — page 67: what you’re looking at

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

ON THE TRAIL OF GERONIMO. 5g around high and steep rocks, and more than once he was brought to a standstill, under the fear that progress was at an end; but, after drawing upon his supply of matches, he was able to discoversome way to advance further, with the probability that he would soon be checked as before. As nearly as he could judge he had traveled a quarter of a mile in this uncertain fashion, when he received a shock of genuine surprise by the sight of a light ahead. It broke upon him lke the sudden unveiling of a bright star or the hghting of a lantern, and seemed to be only one or two hundred yards away. It was a queer fancy that entered his head, and yet the suspicion was not unreasonable that he was near a party of Indians. The Apaches, besides being the most venomous red men that ever lived, capable of performing more marvelous feats than any other people, had a way, not peculiar to them, of riding whither they chose without asking per- mission of any one. San Carlos reservation was at no great distance, and from what Dick had learned from his companion, he knew that Geronimo and his followers were in the habit of riding over the country to the north, south, east, or west, as fancy CoOnniclooo S (CO)