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Tim Bergeron, 29, one of the first Hiram Falls residents to go to war in 1917, and the last to return in 1919, spent most of his time on the front as a cannoneer. One day in late October, his unit faces each other and passes the 18-pound shell down the line to Bergeron who lowers it carefully into the cannon. Just as he does that, just as he is about to close the breech, an enemy shell comes in and takes out every member of his unit. Except him.

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It is mid-afternoon when the storm finally breaks, the snow slows, then stops, just occasional flecks. The clouds zip across the sky. The temperature is #plummeting, even as the sun pokes out. Earl collects his horse at the stable and starts the long ride up Mt. Riga Road, the snow in places almost up to his horse’s chest. The mare knows how to cope, stepping high, bringing up a cloud of snow with each stride. 'She’s a good mare,' Earl thinks. 'Feck it’s cold.'

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