Chapter 1. The Polo Club Ball
_ CHAPTER I. THE POLO CLUB BALL
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.
"My dear Mrs. Abbot, it is a matter which is quite out of my province," said John Allandale, in answer to a remark from his companion. He was leaning over the cushioned back of the Chesterfield upon which an old lady was seated, and gazing smilingly over at a group of young people standing at the opposite end of the room. "Jacky is one of those young ladies

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