The doctor's duffel bag . 21 TWO PICTURES. t; kWO pictures are heregiven from a doctorsdaily round of dispensarywork. One is taken justat sunset. The ambulancedrives down the streetof the bombed and destroyed village, utter ruineverywhere, not one house left with one roomhabitable; utter desolation and silence. Suddenlythe ruins of the church appear, the roof, towers,walls battered down, but in the chancel with anopen arch behind showing the beautiful eveningsky, hangs the Christ, full size, upon the cross, un-touched. Unspeakably strange, that figure, in suchruin! Can you wonder that the inha
The doctor's duffel bag . 21 TWO PICTURES. t; kWO pictures are heregiven from a doctorsdaily round of dispensarywork. One is taken justat sunset. The ambulancedrives down the streetof the bombed and destroyed village, utter ruineverywhere, not one house left with one roomhabitable; utter desolation and silence. Suddenlythe ruins of the church appear, the roof, towers,walls battered down, but in the chancel with anopen arch behind showing the beautiful eveningsky, hangs the Christ, full size, upon the cross, un-touched. Unspeakably strange, that figure, in suchruin! Can you wonder that the inhabitants believethis miracle an omen of Frances salvation? Sud-denly down the desolate street, smiling a welcomefor the stranger, strolls a woman in her woodenshoes. She is one of the three or four returned ref-ugees, and she takes the Doctor into part only of herkitchen, all that is left of her home, where she hasthe remnants of a stove, a broken table, a pitcher,and some straw to sleep upon. It is still her home and 23 she smiles. Oh, th
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