The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1914-12-04
SYNOPSIS

A SS""SCSA Vic OEVWAS dHu
Grays Marta Galland and her mother,
entertaining Colonel Westerling of
the Grays, see Captain Lanstron, staff
intelligence officer of the Browns, in.
iured by a fall in his aeroplane.
CHAPTER LI-Ten years later.
Westerling, nominal vice but real
chief Of staff, reinforces South La Tir,
meditates on war, and speculates on
the comparative ages of himself and
Marta, who is visiting in the Gray
Capital.
CHAPTER III-Westerling calls on
Marta. She tells him of her teach
ing children the follies of war and
martial patriotism, begs him to pre-
vent war while he is chief of staff,
and predicts that If he makes war
against the Browns he will not win.
CHAPTER IV-On the march with
the 53rd of the Browns Private
Stransky, anarchist, decries war and
played-out patriotism and Is placed
under arrest. Colonel Lanstron over
hearng, begs him off saying the an
archist will fight well when enraged
and is "all man."
CHAPTER V-Lanstron calls on
Marta at her home. He talks with
Feller, the gardner. Marta tells Ian
strom that she believes Feller to be q
spy. Lanstron conffesses it is true.
CHAPTER vI-Lanstron shows
Marta telephone which Feller has
concealed in secret passage under
the tower for use to benefit the
Browns in war emergencies, pointing
out it's value as being in the center OF
the fighting zone in case Of war
Marta consents for it and Feller to
remain for the present. Lanstron de-
clares his love for Marta.
CHAPTER VII-Westerling AMI
the Gray premier plan to use a tri-
vial international affair to Torment
warlike patriotism in army and pee
pie and striking before declaring war
Partow, Brown chief of staff, anC
Lanstron, made vice, discuss the
trouble, and the Brown defenses. Par.
tow reveals his plans to Lanstron.
gCHAPTER YIII-At the frontier
the two armies lie crouched for at
tack and defense. In the town with
The non-combatants fleeing from the
danger zone. Martha hears her chile
pupils recite the peace oath.
CHAPTER IX-The Gray army
crosses the boarder line and attacks
The Browns check them. Artillery
infantry, areoplanes, dirigibles en-
gage. Stansky,rising to make the
anarchist speech Of his life, draws the
Gray artillery fire. Nicked by a shrap'
mel splinter he goes Berserk anc
fights-"all a man."
CHAPTER X-Martha has he1
first glimpse Of war in its modern
cold, scientific, rnurderous brutality
She allows the telephone to remain
"You engineers, take your rifles
sand bayonet into anything that wears
tgray!"
Get back, you men by the tree, tc
avoid their hand-grenades! Form uK
behind them, everybody"
mo matter IL they do get in at first!
Back, you men, from under the tree!'
There was not single rifie-shot. In
"a silence like that before the word to
fire in duel, all orders were heard
iand the more readily obeyed because
iDellarme's foresight had impressed
their sense upon the men In his quiet
way.
The sand-bags by the tree were
blown up by the Grays. Then, before
the dust had hardly settled, came 9
half score of hand-grenades thrown by
the first men Of Gray wedge, scram
bling as they were pushed through
the breach by the pressure Of the
mass behind. In that final struggle
lof enc set Of men to gain and another
to hold position, guns or automaticI
or long-range bullets played no part
1t was the grapple Of cold steel witt
cold steel and muscle with muscle, II
the billowing, twisting mob Of wres
tiers, with no sound from throats bu
Straining breaths; with no quarter, NJ
distinction Of person, and bloodsho
eyes and faces hot with the effort O
brute strength striving. in primitive
desperation, to kill In order not to b,
killed. The cloud Of rocking, writhinl
arms and shoulders was neither 60
ing forward nor backward. Its move
lment was that Of Q vortex, while tn,
gray stream kept on pouring through
the breach as II It were only the frs
Ifood from some gray lake on tn
other side Of the breastwork.
Marta had come to the edge Of tn
Iveranda, at once drawn and repellet