The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1914-10-02

developed In hofT was IL possible GnaI
thu whole idea of the teachers Of peace
was an invention to make converse
ton at his expense3 II SO, she carried
1t OF with . sincerity that suggested
other depths yet unsoUnded.
Very easily" she answered. "YOu
can tell the premier that you cannot
win. Tell him that you will break your
army to pieces against the Browne
fortifcations!"
He gasped. Then an inner voice
prompted him that the cue was
comedy.
Excellent fooling-excelIentl" he
said with a laugh. Tell the premier
that l should lose when / have five
million men to their three mllltonl
What q harlequin chief OF stan l
should bel Excellent fooling! You al!
most had mel"
Again he laughed though in the
fashion Of one who had hardly unbent
his spine, while he was wishing for
the old days when he might take tea
with her one or two afternoons q week.
1t would be fine tonic after his isola-
ton at the apex Of the pyramid sur
veying the Difference Of the lower
levels. Then he saw that her eyes,
shimmerinE with wonder, grew dull
and her lips parted In rigid, pale line
as II she we're hurt.
"You think am joking7" she asked.
why, yes!"
"But / am notI No, no, not about
such n CHASTITY subject as a war to-
day!" She was leaning toward him,
hands on knee and eyes burning like
Goals without a spark. "I"-she paused
as she had before she broke out with
the first prcphecy-"T will quote part
of our children's oath: I will not be
a coward. It is q coward who strikes
first. A brave man even after he re-
ceives blow tries to reason with his
assailant, and does not strike back I'M
til he receives a second blow. shall
not let a burglar drive me from my
house. II an enemy tries to take my
land shall appeal to his sense of Jus
tice and reason with him, but If he
then persists / shall fight for my
home. If / am victorious / shall not
try to take his land but to make the
most of my own. shall never cross a
frontier to kill my fellowmen."
Very impressive she made the oath.
Her deliberate recital Of it had the
quality which justifles every word
with an urgent faith.
you see, with that teaching there
can be no war;" she proceeded, "and
those who strike will be weak: those
who defend will be strong"
Perhaps" he said.
You would not like to see thou
sands, hundreds of thousands, of men
killed and manned, would your" she
demanded, and her eyes held the hor-
ror of the sight in reality. you can
prevent it-you cant" Her heart was
in the appeal.
THE old argument! No, should
not like to see that" he replied. II
only do my duty as y solder to my
country"
THE old answer! The more reason
why you should tell the premier you
can't! But there is still another reason
for telling him." she urged gently.
Now he saw her not at twentySeven
but at seventeen, girlish, the subject
of no processes Of reason but In the
spell of an intuition, and he knew that
something out Of the blue in q fash
was coming.
For you will not win!" she declared.
This struck fire. Square jaw and
sturdy body, in masculine energy, reso-
lutte and trained, were set indomitably
against feminine vitality.
Eyes. We shall win! We shall win!"
he said without even the physical DEM
onstratton of gesture and in q hard,
even voice which was like that Of the
machinery Of modern war itself, a
voice which the aristocratic sniff, the
Louis XVI curls, or any of the old gal
lery-display heroes would have thought
utterly lacking In histrionics suitable
to the occasion. He reAained rigid
after he had spoken, handsome, self
possessed.
There was no use Of beating femi-
nine fists against such a stone wall.
The force OF the male was supreme.
She smiled with q strange, quivering
loosening Of the lips. She spread out
her hands with fingers apart, AZ If to
let something run free from them into
the air, and the fame Of appeal that
had been in her eyes broke into many
lights that seemed to scatter into
space, yet ready to return at her com.
mand. She glanced at the clock and
rose, almost abruptly.
Il was very strenuous riding my
hobby against yours, wasn't II" she ex-
claimed in lutter of distraction that
made 1t easy for him to descend from
his own steed. 81 stated a feeling. /
made guess, threat about your
winning-and all in the air. That's a
woman's privilege; one men grant
isn't it?"
I'VE enjoy doing So" he replied, all
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