Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-10-09
every finger AZ hesh that the Grays
thrust forward In assault.

thrust forward In assault.
Another position taken. Our ad-'
vance continues" was the only news
that Westerling gave to the army, his
people, and the world, which forgot
its sports and murders and divorce.
cases In following the progress Of the
first great European war for two gen.
erations. He made no mention OF the
costs; his casualty lists were secret.
The Gray hosts were sweeping for
ward as slow, irresistible tide; this
by Partow's own admission. He an
nounced the loss of position as
promptly as the Grays its taking. He
published daily list OF casualties so
meager in contrast to their own that
the Grays thought it false; he made
known the names OF the killed and
wounded to their relatives. Yet the
seeming candor Of his press bureau
included no straw of information Of
military value to the enemy.
Westerling never went to tea at the
Gallands' with the other officers, for 1t
was part of his cultivation Of great
ness to keep aloof from his suborGi,
mates. His meetings with Marta hap
pened casually when he went out into
the garden. Only once had he made
any reference to the And then" OF
their interview in the arbor.
Il am winning battles for you!" he
had exclaimed with the thing in his
eyes which she loathed.
To her it was equivalent to saying
that she had tricked him into sending
men to be killed In order to please
her. She despised herself for the
way he contided in her; yet she had
to go on keeping his confidence, re.
turning tender glance with one that
held out hope. She learned not to
shudder when he spoke OF a loss OF
"only ten thousand" in order to rally
herself when she grew faint-hearted
to her task, she learned to picture the
lines of his face hard-set with FIVE.
against-three brutality, while in com
fort he ordered multitudes to death,
and, in contrast. to recall the smile
of Dellarme, who asked his soldiers to
undergo no risk that he would not
would remark that he was SO much
nearer Engadtr, that position of the
main line of defense whose weakness
she had revealed.
"Your Engadir!" he came to say.
"Then we shall again profit by your
information; that is. unless they have
fortified since you received It,"
''They haven't. They had already
fortified" she thought. She was al
ways seeing the mockery OF his words
in the light of her own knowledge and
her own part, which never escaped
her consciousness One chamber OF
her mind was acting for him; a sec
the other was acting.
"One position more-the Twin Boul.
der Redoubt. it is called" he an
nounced at last 1--WE shall not press
hard in front. We shall drive in
masses on either side and storm the
tanks"
This she was telephoning to Ian
stron few minutes later and having,
in return, all the news of the Browns.
The sheer fascination of knowing what
both sides were doing exerted its spell
in keeping her to her part.
They've lost four hundred thousand
men now, Lanny." she said.
"And we only hundred thousand.
We're whiting them down." answered
Lanstron.
"NThfttling them down! What a
CHASTITY expression!" she gasped. You
are as bad as Westerling and l am
worse than either Of you! IL an
nounced the four hundred thousand as
If they were score-a score in a
game in our favor. ! am helping,
Lanny? All my sacrifice isn't for
nothing?" she asked for the hun
dredth time.
UNNECESSARILY You have saved US