The troops did not halt at the farm, but Belle did. At the gate she stopped dead in her tracks, drew in her lolling tongue, sniffed inquiringly the evening air, and like a flash — a white streak along the drive — she raced to the distant tree where,... "With the Help of God and a Few Marines," - Page 42by Albertus Wright Catlin - 1919 - 425 pagesFull view - About this book
| Emma Miller Bolenius - Readers - 1919 - 328 pages
...until she should find him again she evidently had thought that any marine was better than none. 14 "The troops did not halt at the farm, but Belle did....to the distant tree where, on a pile of discarded dressings0 in the shade, the pups were sleeping. 15 "All the corps0 men stopped work and marvelled.... | |
| William Dodge Lewis, Albert Lindsay Rowland - Readers - 1920 - 350 pages
...that any marine was better than none. The troops did not halt at the farm, but Belle did. At the gate she stopped dead in her tracks, drew in her lolling tongue, sniffed inquiringly at the evening air, and, like a flash, a white streak along the drive, she raced to the distant tree,... | |
| Mary Elizabeth Pennell, Alice Mattie Cusack - Reading - 1923 - 310 pages
...was Verdun Belle. Ten kilometers back, two days before, she had lost her master, and until she should find him again she evidently had thought that any...were sleeping. "All the corps men stopped work and marveled. It was such a family reunion as warms the heart. For the worried mess sergeant it was a great... | |
| Nathaniel Lande - War - 1998 - 434 pages
...that any marine was better than none. The troops did not halt at the farm, but Belle did. At the gate she stopped dead in her tracks, drew in her lolling...air, and like a flash — a white streak along the A shattered church in the ruins of Neurilly furnishes a temporary shelter for American wounded being... | |
| Milo Burdette Hillegas, Thomas Henry Briggs - Education - 1927 - 588 pages
...was Verdun Belle. Ten kilometers back, two days before, she had lost her master, and until she should find him again she evidently had thought that any...were sleeping. "All the corps men stopped work and marveled. It was such a family reunion as warms the heart. For the worried mess sergeant it was a great... | |
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