The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1914-11-14


link by link, down from the chief OF
stan. Only in this way can you have
that solidarity, that harmonious ell
cheney which means victory
AN autocracy. a tyranny over the
lives OF all the adult males Ia countries
that boast OF the ballot and self-gov.
erning instItutlons!" she put in.
But ! hope" he went on, with tho
quickening pulse and eager smile that
used TO greet call from Teller to set
things going" In their cadet days, that
may take out squadron OF dirigibles.
After all this spy business. that would
be TO my taste"
And II you caught regiment In
close formation with a 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-necessary, horrible, hell
ish!" he replied Something in her
seemed to draw out the brutal truth
she had asked for in place OF euphonl-
GUS terms.
When became chief OF intelligence
| found that an underground wire had
been laid TO the castle from the Eighth
division headquarters, which will 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 Feller did. |. too,
saw the plan as chimerical, yet II was
a chance-the one out OF a thousand.
If IL should happen to succeed we
should play with our cards concealed
and theirs on the table.
The rest OF Feller's part you have
guessed already" he concluded. you
can see how deaf. inoffensiye old
gardener would hardly seem 10 know
"A Gray soldier from a Brown: how IL
might no more occur TO Westerllng TO
send him away than the family dog or
cat; how he might retain his quarters
in the tower; how he could Judge the
atmosphere OF the stan, whether elated
or depressed. pick up scraps OF CONVEX
sauon, and. az trained officer. know
the value OF what no heard and report
1t over tho phone TO Partow's head
quarters"
But what about the aeroplanes ?"
she asked. Il thought you were TO do
pend on them for scouting"
I'VE shall use them, but they are
the least tried OF all the new re-
sources" he said. "A Gray aeroplane
may cut a Brown aeroplane down be-
fore IL returns with the news we want.
At most. when the aviator may descend
low enough for accurate observation
he can see only what is actually being
done. Teller would know Westerling's
plans before they were even in the
first steps OF execution. This"-play-
Ing the thought happily-"this would
be the ideal arrangement, while our
planes and dirigibles were kept over
our lines to strike down theirs. And !
Marta, that Is all" he concluded.
III there is war. the moment tina
Feller's ruse is discovered no VIII
shot as a spy7" she asked.
81 warned him OF that. said Ian
stron He is a soldier, with a sol. |
iier's fatalism. He sees no more dan.
Ter In this than in commanding a bat.
cry in a crisis"
Suppose that the Grays win? Sup
bose that La Tir is permanently
heirs? p"
They shall not win! They must
lot!" Lanstron exclaimed, his tone as
'igid as Westerling's toward her sec
md prophecy.
Yet II they should win and Wester-
Ing finds that | have been party to
his treachery, as shall be now that
am in the secret. think Of the posi-
ion OF my mother and myself" she
continued HAS that occurred TO you,
! friend. In making our property, our
garden, our neutrality, which is our
My defense, factor In one OF your
,lans without our permission
Her eyes, blue-black in appeal and
eproach. revealed the depths OF a
wound as they had on the terrace steps
'efore luncheon, when he had been
pprised OF q feeling for him by seeing
dead under his blow The logic OF
he chief of intelligence withered. He
Understood how a friendship TO her
vas indeed. more sacred than patriotic
'assion. lie realized the shame OF
What no had done now that he was
rec OF professional influences.
You are right, Marital" he replied.
IL was beastly Of me there is no ex.
use"
lie looked around to see an orderly
rom the nearest military wireless sta.
ion.
i was told 1t was urgent, sir" said
he orderly. In excuse for his intrusion,
8 he passed a telegram TO Lanstron.
Immediately Lanstron felt the touch
Z the paper his features seemed to
AXE on a mask that concealed his
bought as he read.
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