The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1914-11-26
SYNOPSIS

Grays Marta Galland and her mother,
entertaining Colonel Westerling Of
the Grays, see Captain Lanstron, staff J
intelligence officer Of the Browns, in
jured by a fall in his aeroplane.
CHAPTER II-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 -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
/ hearing, 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 Lam
strom that she believes Feller to be q
spy. Lanstron conffesses it Is true.
i CHAPTER VI-Lanstron shows
Marta a telephone which Feller has
concealed in a 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 and
the Gray premier plan to use tri-
vial international affair to Torment
warlike patriotism in army and pee
pie and striking before declaring war
Partow, Brown chief Of staff, and
Lanstron, made vice, discuss the
trouble, and the Brown defenses. Par.
tow reveals his plans to Lanstron.
II CHAPTER VIII-At the frontier
the two armies lie crouched for at
tack and defense. In the town witt
the non-combatants fleeing from the
danger zone. Martha hears her chilt
pupils recite the peace oath.
CHAPTER IX-The Gray. arm!
crosses the boarder line. and attacks
The Browns check them. Artillery
infantry, areoplanes, dirigibles en-
gage. Stansky, rising to make tn
anarchist speech of his life, draws tn
Gray artillery fire. Nicked by shrap
mel splinter he goes Berserk AM
fghts-"all man."
CHAPTER X-Martha has he
first glimpse Of war in its modern
cold, scientific, murderous brutality
She allows the telephone to remain
Soon an the town was in darkness
for the Grays had cut the wire in tn
main conduit shortly after she ha
heard the groans Of the wounded mar
There the automatics broke out in
mad storm, voicing their feelings a
getting a company in close order In
street for the space Of minute, bt
fore those who escaped could plaste
themselves against doorways or fin
cover in alleys. Then silence fror
the automatics and q cheer from tn
Browns that rasped out Its trump
like the rubbing together Of steel file'
From the line Of defense, that IL
cluded the first terrace Of the Gallan
grounds as the angle Of redoubt, nc
shot, not q sound; silence on tn
part of officers and men as profoun
as Mrs. Galland's slumber. while on
of the Browne search-lights. like som
great witch's slow-turning eye in
marrow radius, covered the lower to
races and the road.
Marta gave intermittent glances |
the garden; the glances of guardia
She happened to be looking In thi
direction when figures sprang acroI
the road, crouching, running with Il
short, quick steps Of no body NOV
ment accompanying that Of the leg
The search.light caught them In me
ciless silhouette and the automat
and the rifles from behind the san
bags on the first terrace let go. Son
Of the figures dropped and lay in Il
road and she knew that she had Sc,
men hit for the first time. Others, 81
thought, got safely to the cover Of Il
gutter on the garden side. OF tho
on the road, some were still and son
she saw were moving slowly back I
their stomachs to safety. Now Il
search.light laid its beam steadily
the road. Again silence. From q
upper terrace came great voice, ii
that OF the guns, from human throa
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