Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-09-29

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She Looked Up to See Gray Dlrisible.
and works Of art and put them in the
cellar. where they win be safe"
Tho captain Of engineers in COM
mand. seeing Marta. hurried toward
her.
Miss Galland, isn't itr' he asked.
VI have been waiting for you. IL
well, found that / could not make
the situation clear to your mother"
He thinks me in my second child
hood or ott Of mx head" Mrs. Galland
explained with shade of tartness.
And he has been SO polite in trying
to conceal his opinion, too" she added
with q comprehending smile.
The captain flushed in embaYrass-
ment.
I'll can't speak too strongly" he
declared when he had Fegained his
composure. Though everything seems
TO be safe here now, It may not be in
an hour. You must 90, al Of you.
This house will BE- an Inferno % soon
~ the 53d falls back, and can't pos
sibly get your mother to appreciate
the fact, Miss Galland."
"But said that did appreciate It
and that the GallAnds have been in
infernos before-perhaps not az bad
% this one that 10 coming-but, then,
the Gallands must keep abreast Of the
hmes,' replied Mrs. Galland. Il have
asked Minna and she prefers to re.
main. an glad Of that. am glad
now that we kept her, Marta. She IL
a. loyal as my old maid and the butler
and the cook were to your grand
mother in the last war All. the Gal
lands had many servants them"
This isn't like the old war. This
place will be shelled, enfiladed! And
you two" the captain protested des-
perately.
Il became Galland when 1 mar
ried." said Mrs. Galland. "ahd the
Galland women have always remained
with their property in time Of war.
Naturally. shall remain!"
Miss Gallsod, 1t was you-your in
duence l was counting on to" The
captain turned to Marta sin final ap-
peal.
Mrs. Galland was watching her
daughters face intently
I'VE stay!" replied Marta, and the
captain saw in the depths of her eyes,
. cold blue-black, that further argu-
ment was useless.
Now came the sweep of rising roar
from the sky with the command to at
tention Of the rush Of a fast express
train past a country railway station.
Two Gray dirigibles with their escort !
Of aeroplanes were bearing toward the |
pass over. tho pass road. The auto
matte and the rihemen in the tower
banged away to no purpose. but the
central sections OF the envelope Of the
rear dirigible had been torn in shreds:
It was buckling. Clouds Of blue shrap-
mel smoke broke around its gondola
A number Of feld-guns Joined forces
with battery Of high-angle guns in a
havoc that left a drifting derelict; the
remainder Of the squadron had COM
pleted its loop and was pointing
toward the plain.
From q, great altitude. literally out !,
Of tho blue Of heaven, high over the
Gray lines, Marta made out a Brown
squadron of dirigibles and planes de-
scending across the track Of the
Grays.
The Gray dirigibles. stern on, were
little larger than umbrellas and the
planes than swallows: the Brown diri-
gibles, side on, were big sausages and
their planes specks. To the eye, this
meeting was like that Of two small
hocks OF soaring birds apparently un-
able to change their course. But
imagination could picture the fearful |
clash of forces. whose wounded would
md the succor Of no hospital except |
impact on the earth below.
Marta put her hands over her eyes
for only . second, she thought. before
she withdrew them in vexation-i
hadn't she promised herself not to be
cowardlyf-to see one Brown dirigible |
and two Brown aeroplanes ascending |
ct . sharp angle above cloud of |
smoke to escape the highsangle guns
Of the Grays.
We've got them all! No lips sur
vive to tell what the eye saw!" ex-
claimed the engineer captain. his
words butbling with the Joy Of water
IN tho sunlight. "As thought" he
continued IN professional enthusiasm
and discf1minasion. !!
With high-power binoculars glued to
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