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The more he thinks of getting rid of her father the more att active the idea seems. Axnulpiuxnxkxkixhxnndx The old man is induced to drive over to the Reserve upon a fake message from one of the Cheihs. He is ambushed and shot. Kognic and his men rash down to the wagon, but Sandy seizes the reins, whips up the horses and races for the ranohhouse. Mccoy has witnessed the murder, bxzxhaaxnnnx unxhiuxtnxsneaxixxuiixxaxhmnifimx and gives chase to the masked men. They slip up a hill and roll a boulder down, almost striking him. They get away, nlkxkxx Kempers murder sets the whole country aflame with excitement. His men vow vengeance upon his murderers. iniiyx andxfixndxxxnknxn Kognio calls on Polly to expr as his sorrow He even asks her if he can help her, by buying the place, and felieving her of the burden of the ranch. Polly tells him she will never gave up. More than ever now wi 1 she carry on. heat: ihxxxhnxpmxxuxannntngxxhxnn An order comes from the Indian department that the sheep are to be permitted entry. Thro graft and politics Kognic and others have won a ninety nine year’ lease on the Indian lands. The Indians are aroused. They know that sheep will devastate a range and eat it to the ground. They call a great powwow, attended also by Polly and the

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