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

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own social station 1 eau see now a..
would be easier for him not TO have
me know" said Marta. Sensitive.
proud and intense--" and look OF
horror appeared In her eyes LAS no
came across the room his face was
transformed / imagine II was like
that OF a man giving no quarter in a
bayonet charged"
Teller had won the day for himself
where friends pleas might have
failed. This was as IL should be, Ian
stron thought.
The right view-the view that you
were bound TO take!" he said.
And yet. don't know your plans
for him. Lanny There is another thing
s'5ar' che replied. with an alb
II tone. But first let US
leave Fellers quarters. We are In
truderB here"
"A man playing deaf a secret tele-
phone installed on our premises with
out our consent--this is all know 30
far" said Marta, seated opposite
Lanstron at one end OF the circular
seat In the arbor OF Mercury.
"Ot course. with our 100000
against their 100000, the Grays will
take the offensive" he said. For US,
the defensive. La Tir is In an angle.
ii does not belong In the permanent
tactical line OF our defenses. Never
theless, there will be hard fighting
here. The Browns will fall back step
by step, and we mean, with relatively
small cost 10 ourselves. 20 make the
Grays pay heavy price for each step
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
Grays, isn't IS? And II you could kill
five for every man you lost, that would
be splendid. wouldn't IT."
Il don't think of Il as splendid There
is nothing splendid about war" he OBJ
jected, not 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 will-o'the.wisp glamour that
draws on soldiers"
We fall back to our first line Of de
dense, lighting all the time. The Grays
occupy La Iir, 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 IL his headquarters
Our house Westerlings headquar.
ters" she repeated With a start that
brought her up erect. alert. challeng-
ing, her lashes Pickering. she recalled
that Westerling had said at parting
that no 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 10 make a
choice3 He had ceased to be- Lanny.
He personhed war. Westerling per.
sonihed war. Il suppose you have
spies under his very nose--in his very !
stan Offices ?" she asked.
And probably he has In ours" said
Lanstron, though we do our best 10
prevent It,"
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 person OF such distinction I'm the /
business OF killing that you also Will
be out OF danger7"
She did not see, as her eyes poured
her hot indignation into his. that his J
manned hand was twitching or how 1
he bit his lips and flushed before he re-
ulied: