"They must have given you a sair crack, Davie, man," said he, "a sair, sair crack."
Then he caught sight of the broken butts of two arrows in the sufferer's broad chest, and he turned aside with a heavy sigh.
"Never Never's going, lads," he said, with deep emotion. "Say your good-byes before it is too late."
Emu Bill gently pillowed his dying comrade's head upon his knee, and the tears ran down his rugged cheeks unchecked, and dropped upon Never Never Dave's pallid face.
"EMU BILL GENTLY PILLOWED HIS DYING COMRADE'S
HEAD UPON HIS KNEE"
"Couldn't we carry him over and lay him on the blankets?" whispered Bob.
Mackay sadly shook his head. Then Never Never Dave opened his eyes and glanced at the sorrowing assembly, while his old smile struggled to his lips.