On the Trail of Geronimo — page 327: what you’re looking at

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ON THE TRAIL OF GERONIMO. 313 took place. I was awakened by the reports of ouns, and, when I sprang up, I saw the whole build- ing was in flames. Mother and grandmother had awakened first, and each of them had caught my hand and we hastened out of doors. By the time we were fairly beyond reach of the fire, we were in the hands of the Apaches who had caused all this woe.” “ But Buck and the others—did you see nothing of them?” “Not one of us saw or heard a thing; we thought 93 it possible they might have got away, but “You have no such thought now, Miss Harland!” said Dick, so impressively that she started and asked : “Why not ?—ah, of course, I might have known.” she hastened to add, quick to catch the meaning of the look rather than the question asked by Dick. “Well,” she added with another sigh, “ I am not sure that fate was not more merciful to them than to us.” “You must not despair; your mother and grand mother are depressed, as they cannot help being, but they showa wonderful calmness—”’ “Sh!” she interrupted, raising her hand, as a CoOnniclooo