Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-09-14

his early days. appeared so when he
met them again. But, at the worst, he
looked for an interesting half-hour.
The throbbing activity OF the streets
of the capital, as his car proceeded on
the way to her hotel. formed an ener-
.getic accompaniment to his gratifying
backward survey Of how all his plans
had worked out from the very day of
the prophecy. Had he heard the re.
mark Of a great manufacturer to the
banker at his side in q passing limouS.
Inc. There goes the greatest captain
of industry OF US ALI" Westerling
would only have thought: Certainly.
/ am chief of STAFF. am at the head
OF all your workmen at one time or
another!" Had he heard the bankers
answer. But pretty poor pay. pretty
small .dividends!" he would have
thought, Splendid dividends-the divi-
dends of power!"
He had caste contempt for the men
Of commerce, with their mercenary
talk about credit and market prices;
and also for the scientists. doctors, en-
gineers, and men Of other professions,
who spoke of things in books which
he did not understand. Reading books
was one Of the faults of Turcas, his as
sistant. No bookish colder, he knew.
had ever been great general. He re-
scented the growing power Of these
leaders of the civil world, taking dis
tinction away from the military, even
when, as a man Of parts. he had to
court their influence. His was the
profession that was and ever should
be the elect. A penniless subaltern
was gentleman, while he could never
think of man In business as one.
All the faces in the street belonged
to strange, busy world outside his in.
terest and thoughts. They formed
what was known as the public, often
making a clatter about things which
they did not understand, when they
should obey the orders Of their gu
periors. OF late, their clatter had been
about the extra taxes for the recent In
crease of the standing forces by an
other corps. The public was bovine
with parrots head. Yet it did net
admire the toiling OK. but the sagie
and the lion.
AS his car came to the park his eyes
lighted at sight of one of the dividends
one feature of urban life that ever
gave him thrill. A battalion Of the
12Sth, which he had ordered that after
noon to the very garrison at South La
Tir that he had once commanded, was
marching through the main avenue.
Youths all, OF twenty-one or two, they
were in muddy-grayish uniform
which was the color Of the plain as
seen from the veranda of the Galland
house. Where these came from were
other boys growing up to take their
places. The mothers of the nation
we're doing their duty. All the land
was a breeding-ground for the divi-
dends of Hedworth Westerling.
I At the far side of the park he saw
another kind Of dividend-another
group Of marching men. These were
not in uniform. They were the unem.
ployed. Many were middle-aged, with
worn. tired faces. Beside the nag OF
the country at the head Of the process
sion was that of universal radicalism.
And his car had to stop to let them
pass. For an instant the indignation
Of military autocracys rose strong with
in him at sight Of the national colors
in such company. But he noted how
naturally the men kept step; the
solidarity of their movement. The
stamp Of their army service in youth
could not be easily removed. He real
lied the advantage of heading an army
In which defense was not dependent
on mixture Of regulars and volun-
teers, but on universal CONSUMPTION
that brought every able-bodied man
under discipline.
These reservists, In the event of
war, would hear the call Of race and
they would fight for the one flag that
then had any significance. Yes, the
old human impulses would predomi-
nate and the only enemy would be on
the other side Of the = ontier. They
would be pawns of his will-the will
that Marta Galland had said would
make him chief Of staff.
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general unrest? Wasn't the nation
growing stale from the long peace? He
was ready for war now that he had be-
come vice-chief, when the retirement
of His Excellency. unable to bear the
weight of his years and decorations in
the field, would make him the supreme
commander One ambition gained, he
heard the appeal of another; to live
to see the guns and rifles that had
fred only blank cartridges in practice
pouring out shells and bullets, and AL
the battalions that had played at sham
war in maneuvers engaged In real
war, under his direction. He saw his
columns sweeping up the slopes Of the
Brown range. Victory was certain. He
would be the first to lead great mod
ern army against a great modern
army; his place az the master Of mod
ern tactics secure in the minds of all
the soldiers of the world. The public
would forget its unrest in the thrill OF
battles won and provinces conquered,
and its clatter would be that of &C.
claim for new idol Of its old faith.
(ro Be Continucd.)
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