He lifted the broadaxe to its place, tenderly, almost lovingly.   anvd [Please select]

At the same instant the screech of shot sounded overhead, we heard the sharp crack-crack of wood rending and splitting,--as with a great broadaxe,--and a medley of blocks and ropes rattled to the deck with the 'thud of the falling bodies.'   anvd [Please select]

I'd be bloody and crushed and--" He checked himself in the midst of these dire forebodings to rise suddenly and cross to the ghastly looking frame with the cords, the hinges, and the great broadaxe that lay harmlessly in the grooves at the top."   anvd [Please select]