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By and by the caathered near the fire to lounge and sed in interested conversation with two Mexicans, evidently sheep

herders If the wind and cold had not ht have found the scene picturesque How black the night! She could

scarcely distinguish the sky at all The cedar branches swished in

the wind, and fro a rocky

shore Presently Glenn held up a hand

"Listen, Carley!" he said

Then she heard strange wild yelps, staccato, piercing, somehow

infinitely lonely They made her shudder

"Coyotes," said Glenn "You'll cos

bark back"

Carley listened with interest, but she was inclined to doubt that she

would ever become enamoured of such wild cries

"Do coyotes come near camp?" she queried

"Shore Sometimes they pull your pillow out from under your head,"

replied Flo, laconically

Carley did not ask any more questions Natural history was not her

favorite study and she was sure she could dispense with any first-hand