On the Trail of Geronimo — page 72: what you’re looking at

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64 ON THE TRAIL OF GERONIMO. bers in quick succession, and then make a rush tw the camp fire of the Apaches, appealing to them for protection against the monster. True, he would incur no little risk in taking this step, but not so much as by making a fight with the beast; for defeat at the hands of the latter was certain, while a sudden dash among the warriors would save him from the animal. There was a chance that the Apaches were friendly, or at least indifferent. If hostile, they would find their atten- tion so fully taken up with the brute that perhaps Dick would have a chance of giving them the slip, should the outiook prove unfavorable. The action of the grizzly indicated that he sus- pected the presence of his supper near by, though he was unable precisely to locate it. Instead of moving down the gorge, he snuffed about, clam- bered over some of the rocks, and, as if in the mere wantonness of his massive strength, rolled others aside from his path. All this time he was not more than a dozen feet from the crouching boy, who was on the point, time and again, of making a break for the camp fire without waiting to give the animal a fusillade ; but, if the beast would depart without molesting Conniclooolkxs (CO