Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-10-21


just as heavy as we can"
you need not use euphonious
terms, she said without lifting her
lashes or any movement except a
quick, nervous gesture Of her free
hand. What you mean is that you
will kill as many as possible Of the
I Grays. isn't is? And - you could Kill
five for every man you lost. that would
be splendid, wouldn't it,"
Il don't think Of It as splendid. There
is nothing splendid about war" he OBJ
jected: mot to me. Marta"
And after you have made them pay
five to one or ten TO one in human
lives for the tangent, what then? Go
on / want to look at war face to face.
free Of the wiIl-o-the-wisp glamour that
draws on soldiers"
We fall back to our first line of de-
dense. fighting all the time. The Grays
occupy La Tir, which will be out Of the
reach OF our guns Your house will
| no longer be in danger, and we happen
to know that Westerling means to
make 1t his headquarters.
our house Westerling's headquar-
ters!' she repeated With a start that
brought her up erect. alert. challeng-
i ing, her lashes pickering, she recalled
that Westerling had said At parting
that he should see her II war came.
This corroborated LanstrOn's informa-
! ton. One side wanted a spy in the
garden; the other a general in the
house. Was she expected to make a
| choice? He had ceased TO be Lanny.
| He persOnified war Westerling per
soniiied war. Il suppose you have
spies under his very nose-in his very
| stan ofllces2" she asked.
And probably no has in ours" sad
lanstron. though we do our lest to
| prevent t."
What a pretty example OF trust
/ among civilized nationsl" she ex-
claimed. You say that Westerling,
who commands the killing on his side.
will be in no danger. and, Lanny, are
you a person OF such distinction in the
business OF killing dat you also will
be out OF danger?"
She did not see. as her eyes poured
her hot indignation into his, that his
manned hand was twitchlng or how
he bit his lips and flushed before he re-
Piled:
Each one goes where he is sent,
link by link. down from the chief of
stan. Only in this way can you have
that solidarity. that harmonious eff
| cheney which means victory"
AN autocracy. a tyranny over the
lives of all the adult males In countries
that boast of the ballot and self-gov.
erning institutional" she put in.
But hope. he went on, with the
qulckening pulse and eager smile that
used TO greet a call from Teller to set
things going" In their cadet days. that
may take out squadron OF dirigihles.
After all this spy business. that would
be TO my taste"
And II you caught a regiment in
close formation with shower OF
bombs. that would be positively heav-
/ emily. wouldn't it?" She bent nearer
TO him, her eyes flaming demand and
satire
No! War--uecessary. horrible. hell.
ish!" he replied Something In her
seemed to draw out the brutal truth
she had asked for in place of euphoni.
Gus terms
when became chief of intelligence
/ found that an underground wire had
been laid to the castle from the Eighth
division headquarters. which viii be
/ our general stan headquarters In time
of war The purpose was the same as
now. but abandoned as chimerical All
that was necessary was to install the
instrument. which Teller did. l. too
saw the plan as chimerical, yet II was
chance-the one out Of thousand
II IL should happen TO succeed We
should play with our cards concealed
and tneirs on the table.
"The rest of Feller's part you hav,
guessed already" he concluded "Yo,
can see how deaf. inoffensive oil,
gardener would hardly seem TO know
Gray soldier from a Brown. how +
might no more occur to Westerlinp Z,
send him away than the family dog u
cat. how he might retain his quarter
i'm the tower: how he could Judge IN,
atmosphere of the stan. whether elate,
or depressed pick up scraps of CONVEX
, sation aud. as trained officer know
the value of what he heard and repor
it over the phone TO partow's head
quarters"
hut what about the aeroplanes?
she asked. Il thought you were to d,
pend on them for scouting"
We shall use them. but they ar
the least tried OF all the new r,
{ sources" he said "A Gray aeroplan
, may cut a Brown aeroplane down b,
fore 1t returns with the news we wan
, AT most when the aviator may desceu
, low enough for accurate Observable
ho can see only what is actually bein
I done. Feller would know Westerling
3 plans before they were even in IN
first steps OF execution This" pla,
ing the thought happily-"this woul
! be the ideal arrangement. while ou
planes and dirigibles we're kept owe
) our lines TO strike down theirs An
! Marta. that is all. be concluded
+ III there is war. the moment IA,
$ Feller's ruse is discovered he will I
+ shot as a spy" she asked.
Il warned him OF that, said La
= stron He is soldier, with Sc
l., I Girrfs sataI{sun TTe sees no mora IA