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He is taken for a green horn.tenderfoot. The cowhoys Josh
him &c. Kognic is all attention to Polly.
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The more he thinks of getting rid of her father the
more att active the idea seems.
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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.
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men. They slip up a hill and roll a boulder down, almost
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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.
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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

T Bar T men.