On the Trail of Geronimo — page 272: what you’re looking at

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2°58 ON THE TRAIL OF GERONIMO. to the animals, who could be relied on to give notice of their approach. Our friends, therefore, felt tolerably secure while holding a brief consultation as to the best course to follow. “We have found out considerable,’ said the lieutenant; “but, after all, Ido not see that it avails much. The Apaches are all around us and in such numbers, too, that we can make no eftfec- tive pursuit. It will be we who escape from them, if escape we do, instead of them escaping from us.” ¢«But I’m thinking,” remarked Windstrom, “that Captain Campereaux can’t be so very far away.” “Have you been watching for a signal from him?” asked Joggens. «You may depend I did not forget to do so.” “What sort of signal did you expect?” asked Bedford. “ The captain and I agreed that if either caught sight of the other, he would try a little of the Apache business. He would use a blanket and thick smoke, or give the column of vapor a wavy motion.” Conniclaoolxs (C(0) mM