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as the head of another home. His two young daughters then were all he had in the world, and as the sequel proved, they were all the world to him. Sally, the older girl, was sixteen last April, and Lulu fourteen last March — neither of the girls much more than children. For two months past a couple of worthless scoundrels have been lying around pretending to work about the sawmill, about a mile and a quarter from Herring’s ranch. They travel under he names of F. O. Thompson and J. H. Staples. Staples about six months since was sent up from Doming to the county jail under a three months sentence for petit larceny, where he served out his time, and has since laid around the sawmill. Thompson is ostensibly a working man, but his chief income is supposed to be derived from horse stealing. During the past two months, whenever the father was absent from the ranch, these hounds have been in the habit of calling upon and courting these young ladies. They were warned that if the father ( 73 )