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Show Greater Than All Is Love of Country SISTER CLAl RY'j was inspecting the operating" room, w here the major surgeon w;is expected lo arrive at any moment, when she saw a young Fled Cross nurse hurrying: hur-rying: toward her ihroufih the long corridor connectf np 'the opera ti ng room wi.th the ward where the seriously se-riously wounded were lying. Afraid that something hud might have ha ppened in the ward, .Sister Claire, who was in charge, ran to meet the young nurse, whose slen-dPi' slen-dPi' figure, she had recognized as that of Ma da mo Brodier. " Vha t is it, my child?" she ex-cla ex-cla imed, "It wa.s my husband, sister. T did not lie to you when I said that I was married to a n officer at the front who had been decorated with 1 he cross of the Legion of o not-arid not-arid twice mentioned In the orders of the day. hut 1 did not tell you all. Ve were separated, and he married again." Without letting go of the j'Ming ! nurse's hands, which she held In ! ho tli her own, Sister Claire said very earnestly: "To me and you. niadame, that man must he nothing more than a wounded soldier.'' "Hut you must remember, sister, that surely the other wilt hurry to his bedside, and you will not ask nio to witness the meeting between th two." Suddenly slow. he:iy diet's w-e heard in the corridor and a. loud voice, mad with enthusiasm, cried. "Kn avant! En avant! Vive la France!" .Mine. Brodier trembled. "Oh, sister!" she exclaimed; "that is h in vojee." Two male nurses entered carrying a stretcher on which a human form was resting. "The major examined him as he came in." one of them said, "and said that he must be operated on at once. It is apparently the third time he has been wounded and thia time it is very serious." Kefore they had time to dispose of their burden the major rushed in, followed by an assistant surgeon. sur-geon. He looked at the wounded man and said: "AYhat a pity! A splendid soldier!" Then turning toward Sister Claire, with a touch of impatience in his voice, he sa id : "1 thought you had picked out a nurse to assist us. Why is she not here?" V Hhout a moment's hesitation Mine, Brodier stepped forwaru. "1 am ready, major!" Before taking up her position a.t the operating table she whispered into Sister Claire's ear: "Oh. sister, T suddenly understand everything. With these brave soldiers sol-diers only one love counts, that of France. Hp would recognize neither me nor i he other. am no longer ': !'jus." |