Evening journal., 1918-03-04


and Hamotaque and Joisseau and Etien-
ne" He ratified y OF like a prescrip-
ton.
Bressac awoke, as usual, In the cold
gray fog. He was with Janet and Maui
netai From some place nearby came
the purr Of machine gun fre-No There
was something wrong with the sound
this time.
It wa more like the tinkle or a mu-
s.cal instrument.
There was laugh unmistakably
the-e was a lauShl
B-essac f-owned at the interruption
as be orened his eyes wider and turned
his head.
His room was lsr~er, much larger
there was another bed by the side Of
his. and IN 70 sat a fellow with black
hair and a bristlinq black mus'ache.
and a wide erin which dl-closed the
'act that two front teeth were missing
This was Villlere, and he had a man
dol'n.
"'Auow said Nleulerc cordially
catching Rscssac's eye Nilliere had been
learning ENGLISH IN the trenches, and
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A LAUGH from the door where leaned
saucv no'lu with q raksh cap ant
c'Qsret In his mouth.
"Sav vour other American word. VII
/ liere." invited this noilu in French III
was Ftienne. and there was a media
on HIM
"coodhvew ohlioed N'lliere eaily.
play Monsieur Bros ac vow new So
iect'on. NOiie~a" invited another voice
a very well cultivated voice indeed
a-d R-essac rolled he ewes 10 see. q
ihe other corner of the room. li"ht
haired. slende~-faced young fellow
with the ve~y tiniest Of colo~less mus
htaches. sitting up in bed energeticall,
weaving a French was boat. splendid,
camoufa9ed. ont OF colo~ed straw
Permit me-" offered the insoucian
E'lenne from the DOORWAY. "Monsieu
B~es-ac. 7 have the honor 10 n~esen
Monsieur Hamoia1ue. and the sleepin
rnoi who Is IOisseu ] have also On
h0r0r lo u~o~ani Monsieur Ruvel wh
Is t1e u"e-idani of this room by unani
m0r- rlnri'un. Monsieur Ruvel ] hav
the great honor 60 present Monsieu
B~a-sac.'
Bres-ac rolled his ewes a~ain. 10 Sc
Monsieur Rtvel. gentleman of man
Whisters. In the bod near the doo
neeline an orange with keen interest II
would never he OF any move value {
This world. but he was ve~y we'll lover
II am hanny 10 welcome Monsieu
Bressac" said President Ruvel ga
Won S'ng. Nonsieur?"
Nfonsieur B~essac closed his ewes. bt
, opened them again
. "Goodw exclaimed me president m
, they an lauched. "Villiere sin0s. whe
we hermit IT. and one such Is enough
The grin on the face OF Villiere WI
s marvellous 10 see. He grinned inst
. we'll having one LEG as n he had two
p Am permitted" he inquired toucl
= 'ng a preliminary chord on his mand
z lin.
mot Immediately on the arrival
3 any new member" declared Preside
: Ruvel n~mlv. whereat thev all lauehe
including Vlliere It took verv litl
n 20 mafe these fellows lauTh. But "
NAV nlav vour new selection
q Good" lauehed Nilliere. d'splayi
~ the oan In lis grin, and taking up h
o. mandolin. from which the "E" stril
was missinc, he SYSTEMATICALLY pick
n ont. note nv note, an air with whi
y an the world is ramllsr. under vario
q names: the fundamental raetime tur
. 81 have only rlsved the mandolin o
. month since I have been here" G
claimed Villiere with naive priue.
4 81 know another song" whereupl
a he plaved it. but no one could que
l. the name, much less Bressac, who w
p now asleep.
4 Music in the corridor. and 10 w
a mornin~i B~essac had heard that mus
d before. but had paid no attention: {
% quartet from the big convaloscent wa
across the hall
T. Etienne broucht them in. and th
10 sat In a row on the emntv bed Of 10
sean. who was ont Of bed now. on .
crutches. and takinc his hreakfi
IN downstairs. with a dozen other go
,r fellows: at a table The quartet sa
very low, and Bressac went to slei
& When he awOke acaiu he was in
ss cold gray fog. with Janet and Maupe
a and-no. he wasn't. He heard Taught
ID He looked around quickly.
Joisseau was back, and was playins
le same Of iaquet with Hamotaque; a
Villiere from across the room. was
o. unlimited referee A droll fellow. O
Vlliere and Brassac smiled; smile
OF The sister came in, 10 .bring
flowers for that room.
iv "Oh. Monsieur Bressacr she sa
e. slowing with pleasure. You are b
terw
he Eyes. thank you, returned Bressa
de A spirit Of gentleness seemed TO h'
cd fallen on the room.
70 seemed fun Of peace.
nh, this was a good place to be, {
en- hospital Of France. run on the ba
ed OF gentleness and cheerfulness. run
~ the basis that putting men toget
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