Chapter XII 
THE GILA MONSTER: An Arizona Stranger 
The Blair automobile and trailer pulled to a stop 
beside the road in southern Arizona. Great cactus 
trees, leafless but covered with thorns, were thick on 
every side. 
Father Blair had been driving, and he got out to 
stretch his legs. He hadn’t gone twenty feet when 
something caught his eye. 
“Hello!” he exclaimed. “What’s this?” 
“Did you call?” Mother asked from the trailer. 
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