The tree branches are like the bare bones of an old skeleton rattling in a fierce, cold wind. Tonight, a feud that has lasted generations will end violently, and permanently. That's the dramatic set up for the short story The Interlopers by the British writer H.H. Munro, who wrote under the pen name Saki. Through a couple of ironic twists, the story explores the foolishness in carrying hatred to the extreme and reveals how powerless we are against the forces of nature.