The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1914-11-13

personal ambition. She was thankful
that she was looking down as she
spoke, for she could not bring herself
to another compliment. Her throat
was too chilled for that yet.
THE one way to end the feud be-
tween the two nations was a war that
would mean permanent peace" he ex-
planned, seeing how quiet she was and
realizing, with a recollection of her
children's oath, that he had gone lit
tie too far. He wanted to retain her
admiration. 1t had become as precious
to him as a new delicacy to Lucullus.
Eyes, l understand" she managed
to murmur; then she was able to look
up. TITS all so immense!" she added,
Your ideas about war seem to be a
great deal changed" he limited
casually.
las expressed them at the hotel,
you meant" she exclaimed. THAT.
seems ages ago-ages!" The perplex-
ity and indecision that, in a space of.
silence, brooded in the depths of her
eyes came to the surface in wavering
lights. yes, ages! ages!" The waver-.
ing lights grew dim with kind of hor-l
ror and she looked away f1xedly at a.
given point.
He was conscious Of a thrill; the.
thrill that always presaged victory for
him. He realized her evident dis
tress; he guessed that terrible pic
lures we're moving before her vision.
you see, / have been very much
stirred up" she said half apologetical-
ly. There are some questions want
to ask-quite practical, selfish ques-
tons. You might call them questions,
of property and mercy. The longer
the war lasts the greater will be the
loss of life and the misery?"
yes, for both sides; and the heavier
the expense and the taxes"
IF you win, then we shall be under
your flag and pay taxes to your"
Eyes, naturally"
"The Browns do not increase I'M
population; the Grays do rapidly. They
are a great, powerful, civilized race
They stand for civilization"
Eyes, facts and the worlds opinion
agree" he replied. Puzzled he might
well be by this peculiar catechism. He
could only continue to reply until he
should see where she was leading.
"And your victory will mean a new
frontier, a new order of International
relations and long peace, you think p
Peace-a long peace!"
not fight for peace? Was there ever a.
call for more army-corps or guns that
was not made in the name of peace?
He had his ready argument, spoken
with the forcible conviction of an ex,
pert.
This war was made for peace-the
only kind Of peace that there can be"
he said. my ambition, if any glory
comes to me out of this war, is to have
later generations say: He brought
peace!'"
Though the premier, could he have
heard this, might have smiled, even
grinned, he would have understood
Westerling's Inconsistencies of incon-
sistency. The chief of staff had set
himself a task in victory which had
no military connection. Without know
ing why, he wanted to win ascendancy
over her mind.
1.-THE man of action!" exclaimed
Marta, her eyes opening very wide, as
they would to let in the light when
she heard something new that pleased
her or gave food for thought. 1.-THE
man of action, who thinks of an ideal
as thing not of words but as the end
of action!"
Exactly" said Westerling, SEN
sible of another of her gifts. She
could get the essence of thing in a
few words. when we have won and
set another frontier, the power of our
nation will be such in the world that
the Browns can never afford to attack
u.s." he went on. Indeed, no two of
the big nations of Europe can afford
to make war without our consent. We
shall be the arbiters of international
dissensions. We shall command peace
yes, the peace of force, of fact! If
1t could be won in any other way l
should not be here on this Yeranda in
command of an army Of invasion.
That was my idea-for that planned. /"
He was making up for having over
shot himself in his confession that he
had brought on the war as final
step for his ambition.
"You mean that you can gain peace
by propaganda and education only
when human nature has so changed
that we can have law and order and
houses are safe from burglary and
pedestrians from pickpockets without
policemen? Is that it?" she asked.
Eyes, yes! You have 1t! You have
found the wheat in the chatf."
perhaps because I have been see
ing something of human nature-the
human nature of both the Browns ant
the Grays at war. l have seen the
Browns throwing hand-grenades anC