On the Trail of Geronimo — page 74: what you’re looking at

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66 ON THE TRAIL OF GERONIMO. from behind the clouds that had been veiling its face for some time, the head and shoulders of an enormous grizzly loomed to view over the rocks and directly above him. Against the moonlit sky beyond, the massive front looked as if stamped in ink, the outlines so clear that. there could be no mistaking the animal. The beast had evidently scented something, but a doubt of its nature led him to halt on the edge of the inclosure, while he thrust his snout slightly forward in the effort to learn what it was. All was blank darkness in the shallow well, so that the grizzly could see nothing, and, since the uncer- tainty of the nature of the danger is the ter- rifying element to a wild animal, the beast waited for the object, whatever it might be, to identify itself. | The lieutenant held his revolver tightly clasped in his right hand, but, suspecting the cause of the bear’s hesitation, he hardiy breathed. Should the grizzly decide to make his onslaught upon the youth, the situation of the latter could not have been worse. All that he could rely upon was that his rapid firing upon the beast would demoralize him for a few seconds, during which he could Connicloooks (C(0)