Quietly they set their burden down: he
To grin; moaned; moved his head from side to side. He gripped the stretcher; stiffened; glared; and screamed,"O put my leg down, doctor, do!" (He'd gotA bullet in his ankle; and he'd been
Horribly through the guts.) The surgeon
So kind and gentle, saying, above that crying,"You must keep still, my lad." But he was dying.