The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-12-31

hawkeyed. with q great oeaK nos.
and iron-gray hair. Intensely and sol
emnly serious, lacking a sense OF
humor. ne would have looked at home
with his big. bony hands gripping
| broadsword nilt and his lank body
clothed In chain armor. He had
maotiff's devotion TO its master for his
! chief
Since Lanstron became chief OF in
telligence OF the Browns information
seems 10 have stopped" said Wester-
| ling, but not complainingly. He appre-
ciated Bouchard's loyalty.
Yes, they say he even burns his
laundry bills, he IS SO careful Bou-
chard replied
But that we ought TO know" Wes-
terIing proceeded, referring very in
sistently 10 a secret of the Browns
which had bafiied Bouchard Try
woman" lie went on with that terse,
hard direCtuess which reflected one OF
his sides. There IS nobody like
woman for that sort of thing. Spend
enough to get the right woman"
Turcas and Bouchard exchanged a
glance, which rose suggestively from
the top OF the head of the seated vice
chief Of staff. Turcas smiled slightly.
while Boucharf was craven as usual
You could hardly reach Lanstron
though you spent a queens ransom,
said Bouchard in his literal fashion.
II should say not.' Westerlng ex
claimed. NO doubt about Lanstrons
being all there, | saw him ten years
ago after his first aeroplane flight un
der conditions that proved it, How
ever, he must have susceptible subor-
dinates"
Well set all the machinery we
have to work. to find one, sir" Bou-
chard replied.
Another thing, We must dismiss any
idea that they are concealing either
artillery or dirigi6les or planes that
we do not know Of" continued Wester-
ling That is q fgment of our appre-
tensions. The fact that we find no
truth in the ruInors proves that there
is none. Such things are too important
to be concealed by one army from an.
other"
"Lanstron certainly cannot carry
them in his pockets remarked Tur-
cas-. Still, we must be sure" he
added thoughtfully. more to himself
than to Westerling, who had already
turned his attention to documen,
vi bipl, los1 or, tho Jocly
The 128th Regiment has been or
dered to South La Tir, but no order
yet given for the 1920, whose place II
takes" he explained.
Westerlirg replied.
After they had withdrawn, the look
that passed between Turcas and Bou-
chard was a pointed question. The
1921 to remain at South La Tir! Was
there something more than "newspa-
per talk" in this latest diplomatic
crisis between the Grays and the
Browns? Westerling alone was in the
confidence Of the premier OF late ANY
exchange Of ideas between the two
subordinates would be fruitless sur.
mise and against the very instinct OF
STAFF secrecy, where every man knew
only his work and asked about no one
else'S
Westerling ran through the papers
that Turcas had prepared for him II
Turcas had written them, Westerling
knew that they were properly done
Having cleared his desk into the hands
Of his executive clerk, he looked at the
clock. 1t had barely turned four He
picked up the final staff report of OBJ.
servationS on the late Balkan cam.
paign. just printed in book form,
glanced at it and laid it aside. Already
he knew the few lessons afforded by
this war done on the cheap" with
limited equipment and over bad roads
No dirigibles had been used and few
planes. 1t was no criterion, except in
the effect Of the fire Of the new pattern
guns, for the conflict of vast masses of
highly trained men against vast masses
Of highly trained men, with rapid
transportation over good roads, com
plete equipment, thorough organiza
ton, backed by generous resources, in
the cataclysm OF two great European
powers.
CTO BE CONTINUED)