On the Trail of Geronimo — page 336: what you’re looking at

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322 ON THE TRAIL OF GERONIMO. A few minutes later Captain Campereaux was surprised by the arrival of another outsider in camp. One of the guards, while on duty, caught the outlines of a horseman in the gloom. After chal- lenging him and exchanging some questions and answers, he learned that he was a white man, and invited him to come forward. The invitation was accepted, and, as the man rode into the lines and dismounted, he announced himself as Caleb Harland, the owner of the ranch burned the evening before. The distress of the man may perhaps be im- agined, when hurrying forward, he found his home in ashes and no signs of any of his family. The charred remains of the bodies having been buried he did not know what had become of the ranchmen. Harland was an experienced campaigner, but an almost unaccountable good fortune saved him from the Apaches that were so numerous in the vicinity. At aloss what course to take, he rode off aimlessly over the prairie, and was guided by Providence in the direction of the camp of the troopers. He caught the glimmer of the fire in the distance, and, after some maneuvering, became convinced that GOmichboo (C(0) im