It was a brilliant gathering--brilliant in every sense of the word. The hall was a great effort of the decorator's art; the people were faultlessly dressed; the faces were strong, handsome--fair or dark complexioned as the case might be; those present represented the wealth and fashion of the Western Canadian ranching world. Intellectually, too, there was no more fault to find here than is usual in a ballroom in the West End of London. It was the annual ball of the Polo Club, and that was a social function of the first water--in the eyes of the Calford world.…
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