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