. And what mining I do, I'll do it in California."

She scanned his face, amazed at what he was saying, and startled at
his seriousness.

"Come below, and I'll tell you about it," he said, and she went
down before him.

"Marjorie," he said, seeing that Shanghai Tom was out of sight in
the galley, and her father's door was closed, "I've been in love
with you since that first night in the _Manchuria_. But I
thought--well, I thought you had millions!"

"Wilkins told everybody we were rich." She put her hand on his arm
so gently that he could scarcely feel its weight. "I--love you. I
was sure of it when Doc aimed that revolver at you."

He swept her into his arms.

"Thank God you missed the Hong Kong boat," he said.

"I really wanted to see you again," she confessed.

"But you were going home."

"It was I who made Dad miss the _Taming_. Anyway, I didn't tell him
we'd have to get the morning train from Dagupan."

"For that I'm going to kiss you again," said Trask. And he did.

Immediately on the arrival of the _Nuestra Senora del Rosario_ at
Manila the coastguard cutter _Candelaria_ sailed for Dinshaw's
island. Peth and Doc Bird, seeing the steamer approaching,
attempted to leave the island on an uncompleted raft, which broke
up with them, and both were drowned, Doc clinging to the mate when
they were thrown into the water.

The next Hong Kong boat left Manila with Mr. Locke and Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Trask among the passengers.

Shanghai Tom opened a Chinese restaurant in Manila with the capital
provided by Locke and Trask as a reward for his bravery in
disarming the steward.

Trask declares that his days of hunting gold are over. Locke says
that there is no longer a lure for him in tropical islands, and
Mrs. Trask vows that all the romance there is between Cancer and
Capricorn can be claimed by any one who wants it, for she is happy
enough on the west coast of the United States of America, with the
picture of Dinshaw's island hanging in the Trask bungalow.

THE END

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TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES

Obvious typographical errors have been corrected; however,
hyphenation inconsistencies appear as in the original text.

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