19/32 "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. |