On the Trail of Geronimo — page 346: what you’re looking at

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Sea. ON THE TRAIL OF GERONIMO. and rode slowly back to the camp of Captain Campereaux. The exchange had been effected much more successfully than any one would have dared to believe possible. During this impressive interview Caleb Harland kept out of sight in the background. He was so nervous and unstrung by his anguish and his alter- nate hope and fear, that he dared not trust himself to ride out while the exchange was under way. Coolness and self-restraint were necessary, and he knew he would be likely to spoil everything by rush- ing forward to embrace his loved ones. But when the women were brought into the lines, and each in turn threw herself into his arms, and their tears of joy mingled, there was not a dry eye among the spectators, whose lives had uccustomed them to the most affecting scenes. Lieutenant Whitcomb, too, received the heartiest congratulations of his comrades and brother officers, for his escape, all things considered, was one of the most remarkable in the history of the war on the Southwest border. As for Geronime, little need be added concern- ing him. Captain Campereaux pushed the pursuit as sharply as he could; but, as before, the wily econniclooalks (CO)