Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-09-15

.houss. II an enemy tries 70 take my
lland shalt ay0sal u his sense Of Jus
tice and reason With him, but II be
then persists ! shall fight for my
home. II am victorious shall not
TRY to take his land but to make the
most of my own. l shall never cross q
frontier to kill my fellowmen.'"
/ Very impressive she made the oath,
Her deliberate recital OF 1t had the
quality which justifies 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 mon
killed and manned, would you?" she
demanded, and her eyes held the hor.
ror Of the sight in reality. "Ycu 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 soldier 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.
I Now he saw her not at twenty seven
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 fash
was coming.
4 For you will not win!" she declared.
i This struck fire. Square jaw and
sturdy body, in masculine energy, reso-
lutte and trained, were set indomitably
against feminine vitality.
YES, we shall win! We shall win!"
he said without even the physical dem
onstration of gesture and in a hard,
even voice which was like that of the
machinery Of modern war itself, a
voice which che aristocratic sniff, the
Louis XVI curls, or any of the old gal
lery-display heroes would have thought
utterly lacking in hjstrionics suitable
to the occasion. He remained 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 a strange, quivering
loosening of the lips. She spread out
her hands with fingers apart. as 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 conf
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 a fiutter of distraction that
made it easy for him to descend from
his own steed. II stated feeling.
made a 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
urbanity.
"Thank you!," she said simply. 81
must be at home in time for the chill
dren's lesson on Sunday. My sleeper
is engaged, and il am not to miss the
train l must go Immediately"
With an undeniable shock Of regret
he realized that the interview was
over. Really, he had had very good
time: not only that, but
will 1t be ten years before we meet
again." he asked
Perhaps. unless you change the
rules about officers crossing the from
tier to take tea" she replied.
Even if did. the vice-chief of staff
might hardly co.
Then perhaps you must watt she
warned him. until the teachers of
peace have done away with all from
tiers"
COR, II there we're war, should
GOMEZ" he answered in kind. He half
wished that this might start another
argument and she would miss her
train. But she made no reply. "And
you may come to the Gray capital
again. You are not through traveling!"
he added.
This aroused her afresh: the fame
was back in her eyes.
Yes. l have all the memories Of my
journeys to enjoy, all their lessons to
study" she said. There is the big
world, and you want to nave had the
breath of all it's climates in your lungs,
the visions of all it's peoples yours.
Then the other thing is three acres
and COW. If you could only have the
solidarity Of the Japanese. their pub
lie spirit, with the old Chinese love OF