On the Trail of Geronimo — page 70: what you’re looking at

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62 ON THE TRAIL OF GERONIMO. CHAPTER VIII. AN UNWELCOME CALLER. Iv was at this critical juncture that Lieutenant Whitcomb heard Buck Bragg calling to him from the top of the precipice a considerable distance away. It would have required very loud shouting on the part of the young officer to reply, and it need not be said that he made no attempt to doso. His own safety demanded that he should hold his peace. His first thought, when he heard the sight noise behind him, was that one of the Apaches was returning along the gorge and was passing near him. Without moving from the spot, he stooped down until the bowlders on all sides shut him out of sight of any one not within touching distance. The character of the sound which had alarmed the youth convinced him that the warrior did not suspect his proximity, since there was no effort on his part to avoid betraying himself; but a moment’s CoOmmiclooolks _—oe ae ee eee te