On the Trail of Geronimo — page 135: what you’re looking at

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ON THE TRAIL OF GERONIMO. 125 ever, that the New Englander wished the outlaw to believe his shot had been fatal, Dick did his best to carry out the strategy. “We supposed you would respect the flag of truce. We certainly would have shown you that courtesy, instead of shooting down the bearer like a dog in his tracks.” The outlaw laughed again. | “ That’s a little way I have. I knowed you would soon begin doin’ your best to shoot me, and so what’s the use of waitin’? I hope that green- horn didn’t suffer any.” ‘Poor fellow!’ said the leutenant, ‘he don’t seem to have suffered at all; you deserve a dozen deaths for shooting him down in that way.” “Wal, all you’ve got to do is to get the bulge on me and shoot; I’m waitin’ for another flag of truce.” “T’ll own that you are pretty well fixed, and it will be a hard job to rout you out; but if we can’t shoot you, we can hold you there till you starve or perish with thirst.” “ Go ahead and do it then !” was the defiant re- sponse ; “‘ maybe I hain’t anything to eat here, and maybe there ain’t no water to be reached.” COmmicloo© (Co)