In the end, Tamea makes the selection for Dan. When Tamea rejects Dan and sends him back to Maisie, he breaks down sobbing:
TAMEA versus MAISIE

At the end of the story, we witness Dan sailing back to America with Maisie, yet looking thoughtfully back to Tamea and Riva as they go away in the range:

Here’s the tale behind the story: the illustrator Dean Cornwell wed Miss Mildred Kirkham in 1918. Cornwell looked at his painting of Dan and Maisie cruising away and decided to transform end result.
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