"Why," he said, "it makes no difference, does it, dear?" She nodded. "It makes a difference," she replied. "I am not one that----" "You are one that traded a mine worth millions that I might have dogs to take me out," he interrupted. "Now I will buy those dogs from you and for them I will pay the value of a dozen gold mines. If you will kiss me again I will endow you with every oil well on my father's ancestral acres!" Solange broke into a laugh and her eyes grew deep and mysterious again as she stooped to him while the embarrassed Sucatash sidled out under the tent flap. "You will make yourself poor," she said. "I couldn't," he answered, "so long as Morgan _la fée_ is with me in Avalon." Sucatash called from outside, plaintively: "I got the dogs fed and ready, mad'mo'selle--I mean, madame! Reckon we better carry the gen'ral out, now!" Solange threw back the flap to let him enter again. "We are ready--for Avalon," she said. "Wallace's ranch, you mean, don't you?" asked Sucatash. "Yes--and Avalon also." Then, as the stalwart Sucatash gathered the wounded man and lifted him, she took De Launay's hand and walked out beside him. THE END Transcriber's Notes: Obvious spelling and punctuation errors repaired and noted. Chapter I page 36 - "when I had ambition" Corrected typo: "ambiton" page 48 - "the ex-légionnaire shepherding" Corrected typo: "ex-legionnaire" - "Pyrenean wild cat" Corrected typo: "Pyreneen" Chapter II page 52 - "_mariage de convenance_" Corrected (French) typo: "marriage" Chapter V page 86 - "seemed to emanate from" Corrected typo: "eminate" Chapter VI page 102 - ""A mad'mo'selle?" they echoed." Original "mad'moselle" is inconsistent with rest of text. Chapter VII page 104 - "since fourteen ninety-two, I reckon." Original had a full-stop after "ninety-two" Chapter VIII page 115 - "in her metallic voice" Corrected typo: "metalic" Chapter IX page 123 - "disillusioned De Launay" Corrected typo: "dissillusioned" page 126 - "were dully insistent" Corrected typo: "insistant" page 132 - "the raft gyrated" Corrected typo: "girated" page 134 - "meet hers squarely" Corrected typo: "her's" (N.B. apostrophe) Chapter X page 141 - Added double-quote to start of chapter. page 149 - "Other places had been warned" Corrected typo: "beeen" Chapter XI page 154 - ""Remember the feller's singin', Jim?"" Added double-quote before 'Remember' Chapter XII page 161 - "another motor car northward bound" Corrected typo: "nothward" page 166 - "direction of my brother." Corrected typo: "directon" Chapter XVI page 212 - "one whose brain" Corrected typo: "who's"