with a bullet hole through it, was left at the Cross-roads,

with a message that a man who had died at the house of the person who left it
as he was trying to make his way back to his command, asked to have that sent

to Vashti Mills.
The End.

• bullet [´bulit] n.子弹 (初中英语单词)
• trying [´traiiŋ] a.难堪的；费劲的 (英语四级单词)