On the Trail of Geronimo — page 251: what you’re looking at

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ON THE TRAIL OF GERONIMO. 239 of the art, and he now fell back on his knowledge. Gun and pistol had been flung aside, and, with his arms free, Joggens threw himself like a flash into the most approved posture of defense. His left arm was extended, while the other was poised just in front of his breast ready to parry any blow. The Apache saw enough to learn that neither of the white man’s hands held any kind of weapon, while he himself grasped a most effective one. That was sufficient, and running nimbly forward, he struck a vicious blow at the breast of the an- tagonist. Joggens did not attempt to parry the stroke, since he would have been likely to receive a hurt, but he leaped just far enough back to avoid the weapon, which cleft the empty air in front of his face. Enough has been said to prove the agility of the red man. Doubtless with training he would have been a skillful boxer, but it had not been his fortune to receive such training, and, as a conse- quence, he could not know enough to seize the ad- vantage that would have been apparent toa skill- ful pugilist. CoOnniclooo (C(O) mM