Santiago was again summoned to surrender; and this time the summons was so seriously considered that, two days later, it was obeyed.

Although no one knew it at the time, the last shot of the campaign had been fired and the war was virtually ended.
But the last shot had stricken down brave, generous, light-hearted Rollo Van Kyp just as he had covered himself with glory and was within a hair's-breadth of safety; for, as Lieutenant Norris knelt anxiously beside his friend, the gallant young trooper lay as though dead, with blood streaming over his face..