INVITED TO LEAVE CAMP Lanterns hung here and there on poles lighted the camp.

Men who toil hard all day do not usually want a long evening.

Many of the men were already inside their tents or shacks, preparing for bed.
At least two hundred, however, were still stirring in the streets of the camp.

Tom led his friends near one of the groups.

A warning hiss was heard, and then a man in a remote group, urged by his comrades, rose and staggered toward a shack.