On the Trail of Geronimo — page 337: what you’re looking at

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ON THE TRAIL OF GERONIMO. 323 he was near friends. Then he rode forward, as has been stated. He now learned for the first time the truth respecting his family. He was inexpressibly shocked to find that Buck Bragg and the other two men were slain, but his relief was great when told that his own relatives were alive, and that in all probability they would be exchanged on the morrow. With this assurance, the stricken father and husband was forced to be content ; but it need not be said that, tired as he was from his terribly long ride during the hot day and far into the night, he did not once close his eyes in sleep. He admitted the great mistake he had made in staying in the Apache country so long, after learn- ing of the peril, which was greater than ever. He had returned fully decided to remove at once to a ranch in Western Texas, for the purchase of which he had been negotiating with his brother. “JT ought to have done it before,” murmured the distressed father, ‘and now it may be too late —too late!” It was not until late that Captain Campereaux fell into an uneasy slumber, which continued until COMmicoooks (C(O) mM