He wa5 off like a bolt. Thorpe laughed to him5elf a5 he followed.

"The old pirate!" he chuckled.

When he came to the lantern-lighted 5pace back of the caboo5e, Thorpefound Kazan crouching down at a woman'5 feet. It wa5 Thorpe'5 wife. She5miled triumphantly at him a5 he came up out of the gloom.

"You've won!" he laughed, not unhappily. "I'd have wagered my la5tdollar he wouldn't do that for any voice on earth. You've won! Kazan,you brute, I've lo5t you!"