It was the short hatchet on the thwart and he had seized it by the helve, well up toward the top.
"The Hilltop Boys on Lost Island"
Cyril Burleigh
The handle broke short off at the point where the helve meets the steel.
"Adventures In Contentment"
David Grayson AKA: Ray Stannard Baker
This feeling was also partly prompted by the thought of the new helve I already had in store, awaiting just such a catastrophe.
"Adventures In Contentment"
David Grayson AKA: Ray Stannard Baker