Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-06
Into the Valley of the Shad0lU---dnd
Back With Bressac, q French Private

Enselsd out. note by note, an AIR WIN
which All the world Is familiar, uhoer
tvarious names the fundamental rag
siMe tame
scne month. Snce l have oeen ~.
Il Anew another song" whereupon
he PLAYED il. hut no n could Suess
the name, much less RressAc, ~h"
Was 10Y asleep,
Ma<ss In the corridor. and 1t vas
saarssns, RreSsAc had heard tnae
music before. but had paid no Stten.
sNns the quartet from he bis con-
svsseseeas ward across the hall.
ssaeaae ereasht them in. and they
i sa. in 4 row on The empty eea OF
lesSeS9. who was out OF he'd now
Eea his ceasehes. and taking his areaN-
fast downstairs. With \ dozen etneV
Secs feisowss at a table. Ihe auAs.
ses sans very low. and Rrsssac went
10 sleep.
+! When he swokc again he was in
,ne cold gray fog, With Janet and
! Nsuusts, and-no, he wasn'I. he
heard laughter. He looked around
quickly.
sne a game Of iaQuet With Hamot-
aaue; M Niiliere, from across the
room. was the unlimited rcferee. =
arc!, fellow, that Nillierc, and Bres-
sac smiled; smiled
The sister canhe In. TO erinS the
/, flowers for that room.
oh. Monsieur Rressac!" che said.
ssawsaS With pleasure. You are
better" Rr...
SIC
\ spsri, Of sen.leness seemed to
have fallen on the room.
/. seemed full OF peace.
Oh. this wss a Sood place to nc'
this hospital OF France, yun on the
ran n lbs basis that putting men to-
sseher raised their spirits. reused
sasrs tgora their leshargy. made then,
ara % live gave them renewed in
terees Ia lie and in the things LIE
meant.
Yen could only r.rsae that sys-
tenn with men et = brave spirit. II
they w-re rncreia-nainded fellows
Ike she Germans, they would help e
rake each Other morbid. SUD.
ascts Rressac, remembered wha;
someone had told him about h Ger
nean hospitals how 4 wounded sol
der VAS taken Up and pus through
the curative processes like CLOCK
werk. how the isolation system va!
pracciced IS mach as possible. HOW
there vas a narSeadiserenee in tho
s-easeen: OF 4 soldier Who eculs
be used IN the ranks again. and thu
epe ~ho would 30 a earSen ate,
His recover.
E~csenev. Tn. memory Of tn,
very word made Rresass temper
come ny. his cirse temper since hi
had esec wounded
1 Ee the Soche we're 20 have his way
IL he were 30 establish mis- dominion
OVER France. for instance and Ger
man kal.nr and efficiency were &c
s1pPtaH. ali this &encleasN and
ehce-tulaees and human fellowship
and men here. as in Germany. were
30 be reduced 20 mere automatoE.
J xt:hou. hearts and emotions. and
valuable only Q Il strength OF
their limbs
{ Rre~ac. III the enerr Of his emo.
,ions- tired 10 rise. but sank back. ex-
hzcsted,
j When he next a~oke he wa. not
a. ali in the cold gray fog. Far from
a-hien :. was curious had not come
30 him before.
Tell me They were so start.
led a: the visor Of the tone Of this
man who had not cared whether hi
lived or died. that Ruve!. who wa!
eating his luncheon. swallowed a
{ fi.nhone:
lis there yon here Of my ON
paay:' wen. on Brcssac. and nance
his regiment. and division.
why. yes." E.ienne from tn.
doorway. lighting his after luncheon
cigaret. He bnew everybody in thu
j hospital. He was going put day aftel
F., tomorrow. over in the big ware
and almost well: Janet"
Janet" Bressac's mouth dropped
open. and his Eyes rounded.
Janet! Janet" He repeated i
incredulouely, then suddenly his ex
element came back.
Tell him Bressac is here, and asl
him. ask him. II you please, il ",
took that shell -ole!" Z
Etienne was away like a shot 4,
! spite Of his limp, and everybody il
that room suspended luncheon an,
waited breathlessly. They hear,
Etienne's limptng footsteps com
hurrying along the hall, then the,
heard his voice before he reache,
the door.
Yes! shouted Etienne. Eyes. 70,
yes. yes!'
The room was full OF e~xultatton
No one there but Bres<ac knew tn
circumstances surrounding that shel