It was long past midnight, and Drummond, a rancher, had been asleep for hours. Nothing broke the deep silence except his heavy breathing, and in the distance the mournful cry of a wolf. Suddenly however, there came the creaking sound of a slowly opening door, and with the sound, the rancher became wide awake in an instant. He neither moved nor cried out, his heart was pounding wildly, and fear took possession of his whole body...