On the Trail of Geronimo — page 227: what you’re looking at

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

ON THE TRAIL OF GERONIMO. P15 between his style and that of ordinary archers.” “Did you compliment the old fellow’s skill ?” “You may depend upon it I did in the best Apache I could roll off. I said the bow beat the rifle in stealing up to a camp of hostiles, and pick- ing off an enemy without arousing the rest. He grinned more than ever, and gave me to under- stand that the trick had been used many a time for that very thing. It is no wonder, therefore, that you did not hear any sound, for there was none to hear.” “[ must believe your statement, because you make it, though I never heard of anything of the kind before. Possessing such skill, I wonder that the Apaches do not use the bow and arrow alto- gether, and discard the rifle.” ‘They do better—they use both.” This conversation was carried on in snatches, with frequent interruptions, caused by the neces- sity of the speakers keeping their attention upon their surroundings. Finally, it was brought to an end, or rather changed, by the sound of firing a considerable distance away. “Walt is having a brush with them,” remarked Joggens. (C(O) nn) Cc 6)(0)(6) (C(O) mM