 The sentence of the court had been "duly carried out." The Captain slowly raised the limp form drooping over the gun, and, wiping the blood from the white face, recognized it as Lloyd, the coward of "D" Company. Reverently covering the face with his handkerchief,...  "Over the Top" - Page 232by Arthur Guy Empey - 1917 - 315 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Mary Augusta Laselle - American fiction - 1919 - 248 pages
...death by the court. "Ping!" — a bullet sang through the air, and Lloyd fell forward across the gun. The sentence of the court had been "duly carried out."...covering the face with his handkerchief, he turned to his "non-coms," and in a voice husky with emotion, addressed them: "Boys, it's Lloyd the deserter. He has... | |
 | Rollo La Verne Lyman, Howard Copeland Hill - Readers - 1925 - 748 pages
...death by the court. "Ping !" — a bullet sang through the air, and Lloyd fell forward across the gun. The sentence of the court had been "duly carried out."...slowly raised the limp form drooping over the gun; wiping the blood from the white face, he recognized it as Lloyd, the coward of "D" Company. Reverently... | |
 | Nancy Gillmore Coryell - Education - 1927 - 224 pages
...did we not? Read those last paragraphs for us on page 198. PUPIL [reading, evidently much impressed]. "The Captain slowly raised the limp form drooping...covering the face with his handkerchief, he turned to his 'non-coms', and in a voice husky with emotion, addressed them: " 'Boys, it's Lloyd the deserter. He... | |
 | Nancy Gillmore Coryell - English literature - 1927 - 218 pages
...did we not? Read those last paragraphs for us on page 198. Pupil [reading, evidently much impressed]. "The Captain slowly raised the limp form drooping...covering the face with his handkerchief, he turned to his 'non-coms', and in a voice husky with emotion, addressed them: " 'Boys, it's Lloyd the deserter. He... | |
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