Your father had been wounded in the shoulder and it would not have been long before--" "Who are the Taggarts ?" questioned Calumet, his lips setting strangely.
"They own a ranch near here--the Arrow.

The motive behind their desire to kill your father makes another story which you shall hear some time if you have the patience," she said with jeering emphasis.
"I ain't particular." The girl's lips straightened.

"Grandfather helped your father drive the Taggarts away," she went on.

"Your father was living here alone because several of his men had sought to betray him and he had discharged them all.

Your father was wounded very badly and grandfather and I took care of him until he recovered.