Ordinary Heroes: The Journal of a French Pioneer in Alberta by Roger Motut, Maurice Legris
By Roger Motut, Maurice Legris
The magazine of Marcel Durieux documents the thrill of harvesting greens after a iciness of rice and beans, of non secular understanding and of robust ties one of the humans, in addition to the soreness that got here from worry, soreness, loss and loneliness in pioneering the West.
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A jovial voice was heard coming from the door of the lobby. 33 "Well! Well! Papa Durieux! Don't look so crestfallen. " It was the happy Rosse who, tapping on my father's back, continued, "Come now! We mustn't get upset. First, let's all go to the bar and have a drink. Nothing like it to set a head back in its proper place! And, after all, there isn't that much cause for the devil's funeral. Henri is going to return to Manitoba to build up his strength; . . he's not the most unfortunate one. Isn't that right?
Right up until nightfall on Saturday, we mowed, coiled, and hauled hay to the large loft in the barn (cleaner than the one we slept in). We also made two large haystacks in a small pasture nearby. On Sunday morning, I wrote my father and addressed the envelope to Post-Office, Red Deer. The four of us piled into the democrat, and we were on our way to Notre Dame de Lourdes. That was the name of the small village with its post office and church, where we went to mass. This mission had been founded by French monks.
Would be fine and that Adrien should continue his massages. The sixth day, he walked slowly around the house with my help; . . he had difficulty in sitting down and getting up again. On the following Sunday, we went to Notre Dame de Lourdes, and Adrien secured the help of a monk who knew something about medicine. He arrived and, upon examining the sore area, asked what first-aid treatment had been given. He then said: "You've done the best. I believe that a vertebra has been displaced; . . " Then he took me aside and said: "You cannot leave Henri at the Boignots.