: About the tents and cabins were .grouped scores of men from every na- the .civilised world. Long tables set out in the open air .and covered* with such food as the owners of the various huts could pro cure. '. A great fire had been kindled near ithe cabins, at which were placed bar rels of liquor; quarters of beef, veni fecn, and groups of wild fowl were iroasting with a slow success thai filled 'the air with appetising odors.
The ranch had its full share of visi tors; food and drink.were bountifully ■provided.
Yates and Dickinson moved about among the men, excited by liquor and evil passions, and urged them on to every species of excess, like fiends striving to drag humanity down to their own base ievel,

Secure in her chamber, Sybil listened to the tumult and smiled quietly. She really had something in common with Lucrctia Borgia besides the golden tint in her hair.
She was sitting by the window and looking towards the path which led to the mountains, so absorbed in thought that she scarcely heard the shouts and hideous din jhich ascended from be low.
At last she beheld two men on iiorsi.b irk coming down with a guide, one clinched her hands on the win •dow-siil and firmly watched their ap pi'oaeh.
