The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1914-11-20

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batteries hammering them became a
routine Of existence, like the passing
of trains to one living near a railroad.
The guns went on while tea was be-
ing served; they ushered in dawn and
darkness; they were going when sleep
came to those whom they later awak-
ened with start. Fights as desper.
ate as the one around the house be-
came features of this period, which
was only warming-up practice for
the war demon before the orgy OF
impending assault on the main line.
Marta began to realize the immen-
sixty of the chessboard and OF the
forces engaged in more than the bare
statement OF numbers and distances.
If first attack on position failed,
the wires from the Galland house re-
peated their orders to concentrate
more guns and attack again. In the
end the Browns always yielded, but
grudgingly, calculatingly, never be-
ing taken by surprise The few of
them who fell prisoners said, God
with usl We shall win in the end!"
and answered no questions. Gradually
the Gray army began to feel that 1t
was battling with a mystery which
was fighting under cover, falling back
under cover-a tenacious, watchful
mystery that sent sprays Of death into
every finger Of flesh that the Grays
thrust forward In assault.
Another position taken, Our ad-
vance continues" was the only news
that Westerling gave to the army, his
people, and the world, which forgot
its sports and murders and divorce
cases in following the progress Of the
first great European war for two gen.
erations. He made no mention of the
costs; his casualty lists were secret.
The Gray hosts were sweeping for
ward az slow, irresistible tide; this
by Partow's own admission. He an
nounced the loss of position as
promptly as the Grays its taking, He
published q daily list OF casualties SO
meager in contrast to their own that
the Grays thought 1t false; he made
known the names Of the killed and
wounded to their relatives. Yet the
seeming candor of his press bureau
! included no straw of information o.
military value to the enemy.
Westerling never went to tea at th'
Gallands' with the other officers, for 1
was part of his cultivation Of great
ness to keep aloof from his subordi
mates. His meetings with Marta haT
pened casually when he went out int
~ nnIH hoA hn mad
any reference to the And then" Q
their interview in the arbor.
II am winning battles for you'll" h
had exclaimed with the thing in hi
eyes which she loathed.
To her 1t was equivalent to sayin
h that he had tricked him into sendin
l. men to be killed in order to pleas
her. She despised herself for tn
D. way he confded in her; yet she ha
G. to go on keeping his confidence, r.
# turning a tender glance with one this
held out hope. She learned not
Il shudder when he spoke Of a loss {
d "only ten thousand" In order to rail-
herself when she grew faint-hearte
e to her task, she learned to picture tn
Q. lines of his face hard-set with fiv
against-three brutality, while in cor
a, fort he ordered multitudes to dealt
Ie and, in contrast, to recall the smi
Il, of Dellarme, who asked his soldiers
undergo no risk that he would nj
ia share. And after every success /
n would remark that he was 80 muC
re- nearer Engadir, that position of Il
ID main line Of defense whose weakne'
she had revealed.
"Your Engadir!" he came to ga
le "Then we shall again profit by yo1
"a. information; that is, unless they ha'
a fortified since you received It,"
er "They haven't. They had alreaC
of fortified" she thought. She was 1
N, ways seeing the mockery Of his wor
ty In the light of her own knowledge al
ny her own part, which never escap
be hes consciousness. One chamber
de her mind was acting for him; a 81
set and chamber was perfectly aware tn
in the other was acting.
zone position more-the Twin DO
IRE der Redoubt, 1t is called" he {
,as nounced at last. I'VE shall not pre-
ng hard in front. We shall drive
sit, masses on either side and storm
ng TANKS"
he This she was telephoning to L
ng, stron a few minutes later and haVi
ess in return, all the news Of the Brow
YER The sheer fascination Of knowing WI
en-. both sides were doing exerted It's 81
in in keeping her to her part.
ers They've lost four hundred thouss
me. men now, Lanny," she said.
nd, "And we only hundred thousa
ing We're whiting them down." answe
of Lanstron.
sa's "Wbittling them down. What
ion CHASTITY expression!" she gasped. "'
Ter; are as bad as Westerling and
md worse than either Of you'll IL
leer nounced the four hundred thousand
With If they were a score-a score Il
ical game in our favor. l am help