On the Trail of Geronimo — page 237: what you’re looking at

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

’ ON THE TRAIL OF GERONIMO. 225 And beyond this plain were the misty outlines of the mountains near the ranch of Caleb Harland. Were the squad of cavalry likely ever to forget those mountains ? Wasit not among their canyons and gorges and chasms that they ran Geronimo and his party to earth? Did they not surround the great chief and then, when sure of exterminat- ing him, awake to the fact that he had slipped like an eel from the grasp of the chagrined and exas- perated Captain Campereaux and his men? No; our friends were not likely to forget their experience in that mountain spur, nor the enjoy- ment that was theirs when,.bidding good-bye to the captain and the main party for a time, they diverged to make a call at the Harland ranch. “Tt will always be a source of regret that I did not stay in the house last night,” said Dick, bring ing his glass to his eyes and looking longingly to the eastward. The others used their glasses in the same manner. ‘There it is!” said Bedford, as if speaking to himself. “Yes,” replied Joggens, “it’s there; do you notice it, leftenant?”’ “It is plain enough to the naked eye.” 15 (C(O) nn) (C 6)(0)(6) S (CO)