The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1914-11-07
SYNOPSIS.

s@,,s TarstyotS staff intelligence officer OF
the Browns. injured BY fall In MS aero
plane.
CHAPTER u--Ten years later. Yves,
tarling, nominal vice but rea ciuea ~
staff reinforces South La TT, neoi.assS
on war, and speculates on the comPar
tive ages OF himself and Marta. VINO ~
visiting In the Gray capital.
CHAPTER III-westerling calls on
Marta She tells him OF her teaching
children the follies OK war ana ,na ..,s,l.
he is chief or stan. and predicts that ~
ne makes war against the Browns ne
viii not Rins-
CHAPTER Won tho march with tho
b3d OF tho Browns Private Stransky. anar-
chist. decries war and played-out patriot
ism and il placed under arrest. Colonel
Janstron overhearlng, begs him on saying
the anarchist will fight well when en-
ragged and Is AL man..
they bother you much. the little crawl'
ers7"
"The little crawlersf" repeated Tom.
mystihed.
Eyes. Everybody used 10 get 'em
tust from living close together Had
to comb 'em out and pick 'em out or
your clothes. ~ chase We used 10
call It."
mo, grandfather. crawlers have
gone out OF fashion. And no more cpl
denies OF typhoid and dysentery
either" said Tom.
times have certainly changed
grumbled Grandfather Fragini.
Interested In their own reunion. they
had paid no attention to a group or
Toms comrades nearby, sprawled
around newspaper containing the
latest dispatches from both capitals.
Five million soldiers to our three
millionl"
Eighty million people to our fifty
million!"
Because OF the odds. they think we
are bound to yield, no matter II we are
in the right"
let them GOMEZ" said the butchers
son. 'If we have to go, It will be on
wave OF blood"
"And they will come some time"
said the judges son. They want our
land" gsslaa.-. ziai..E lll.ai
~--.W6 gain nothing IL we beat them
back. War will be the ruin OF bust
ness," said the bankers son. 1870
YES. we are prosperous now. Let
well enough alone!" said the manufao-
turers son. .sisaS Efses,ssF
~Sorne say II makes wages higher"
said the laborer's son. but am think
ting It's poor way OF raising your
pay" 1880
= Nfhere won't be any war" said the
bankers son. There can't be without
credit. The banking interests vii
not permit It." !.
There can always be war" said the
Judges son, always when one people
determines to strike at another people
oven IL Il brings bankruptcy"
ut would be war that would MAKE
ell others in history mere exchang'
OF skirmshea. Every able-bodied maj
IN line-automatics hundred shots
mlnute-guns dozen shots minut
and aeroplanes and dlrigibles!" sal
the manufacturers son.
ITO the death, tool
And not for glory We OF the %
who live on the frontier will be figh
Ing for our homes.
IF we lose them Wen never 50
them back. Better die than be beaten
Herbert Stransky. With deep-sS
eyes, slightly squirting inward, and
heavy Jaw, an enormous man who wa
the best shot in the company whe
he cared to be. had listened in silenc
TO the others. his rather thick but q
presslye lips curving with cynician
HIS only speech all the morning ha
been in the midst OF the reception
the public square OF the town when
said:
"rhis homecoming doesn't mes
much TO me. Home7 HE'LL ~
hedgerows OF the world are my home
He appeared older than his year
and hard and bitter. except when b
eyes would light with feverish SC
OF fire which shone as he broke in
n luil In the talk.
Comrades" he began.
"Let us hear from the Socialist"
Tory exclaimed.
mo. the anarchlstl" shouted a
clalist.
There won't be any warl" 81
6transky, his voice gradually rising
the pitch OF an agitator reliehing
sensation OF his own words. "Patri
Ism is the played-out trick OF the rull
classes TO keep down the proletari
Thero won't be any war! Why2
cause there arc too many enlighter
mon on both Sides who do tho worl
work We OF the SD are a =
vinciai lot, but throughout our ar
there are thousands upon thousai
like me. They march. they drill,
when battle comes they will ref
TO flght--my comrades In heart,
whom the flag OF this country me-
no moro than that OF any other co
tryi"
Hold on The nag Is sacre