"I wish you would. I'm fond of the poor thing, and my hand shakes. You've seen the surgeons at work, I expect."
"Yes, indeed." And he tenderly and carefully stitched up the dog's side, while Jim held him.
"What do we do with the game?" said he.
"Oh, Jerry will be along on our tracks presently," said Jim. "He brings me the tail, and does what he likes with the rest. I wonder where Sam and Alice are?"
"Oh, they are right enough," said Halbert, laughing. "I dare say they are not very anxious about the kangaroo, or anything else. That's 'a case,' I suppose?"
"Well, I hope it is," said Jim; "but you see I don't know. Girls are so odd."
"Perhaps he has never asked her."
"No; I don't think he has. I wish he would. You are not married, are you?"
"My God—no!" said Halbert, "nor ever shall be."
"Never?"