The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-03-27

guessed that settled it. He got nasty
then and said "Yes, it does. Well all
walk" And he leaned over and grab
bed one of the girls by the arm. Well,
| was boiling by that time and with
out thinking / just took one swing
right from the floor. / landed square
and lifted him clear over the back end
of the car. The driver was watching
md as soon as he saw that he Just
opened her up and let her go. Inc
last l have ever seen OF SAID Loole ne
was sitting in the road holding his
jaw. Believe me, if l ever run across
that guy again there is going. to be an
awful battle. When the smoke clear
ed away and we got settled again
discovered that his hat was in the
bottom of the car. had knocked hln
clear out from under it and whaA Is
more | still have it. Am going to send
l. to YOU next week along with lot
of other souvenirs.
When we got to Domremy we got
out and started to look over the place.
But it was near noon aria one of the
girls, both of whom lived there, asked
us in to dinner. And we had one OF
the most wonderful dinners in the A.
| f. r. A real old French dinner in
spot that was practically untouched
| by American troops and that is say
ing something now in France. After
dinner the girls had 10 go to work
and Lem and | took walk around.
forgot to tell you that Domremy is
the birthplace Of Joan of Arc. The
little old church that she used to at
tend is in the center of the little vii
lage which consists altogether Of
about a dozen buildings. 1t is quaint
and old and there is nothing grand
about it. Just across the street is
little store and cafe where they sill
all kinds Of cards and souvenirs of the
! place. l bought lot of them and
they will soon be on their way. got
two sets of everything and want you
to keep one set and give Che other to
my sister to keep for me. Next to the
church is the little home of Joan. It
is fenced in now and there is large
statue of her in the front yard or
court. A caretaker lives there and
keeps the place in spick and span or
der. For fifty centime piece you can
get her to take you through the house
| and see Joan's bed room and her faith
| er's room and all the rest of it. But
| we wanted to get up on the hill so we
were satisfied with the outside of the
house
Up on the hill baS. of the town,
right on the spot where she is sup
posed to have had her first vision,
they are building the most wonderful
cathedral in that part Of France. It
stands out there all by itself and is a
wonderful testimonial of the regard Of
the French for that little peasant girl.
1t took them long time to come to it
but now she is a real God to them.
| The cathedral is not quite finished yet
but inside it are some of the most
wonderful paintings of all history.
And the glass in the windows is Won
derful. When saw those paintings
/ said to Lem. at isn't possible to
4 paint anything like that" Even after
/ had seen them ! would not believe
that it could be done.
OF course, we had to make it a hur-
ry-up visit but ! can tell you right
now that no matter how far a man
travels to see that place he is certain
Nv we'll renaid for his trouble. We
were only up there about half an hour
and started down the hill to catch the
truck. And, of course, it was lust our
luck to get into the village just in
time to see the truck disappearing in
the distance. There was nothing else
to do but wait for another one and we
did not get back into Neufchateau un-
| til five o'clock, which gave us just
4 time to grab bite to eat and catch
the night train back home. And
can tell YOU that when we hit the hay
at IL o'clock that night we did not