"Oh, ay, she's well enough.

But Joe Cumberland ain't." "No ?" "He's dyin' Dan." And Dan replied calmly.

"He's kind of old, I s'pose." "Old ?" said Buck, with a sort of horror.

"Yes, he's old, right enough.
D'you know why he's dying?
It's because you went away the way you done, Dan.

That's what's killin' him." Something of thought came in the face of Barry.
"Maybe I understand," he said slowly.