Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-09-30


thunder crash 1t the same second.
followed by the thrashing hum Of bull
lets and fragments against the side
of the house.
81 knew that this must GOMEZ"
something within her said. II she
had not been prepared for 1t by the
events of the last twelve hours she
would have jumped to her feet with
an exclamation of natural shock and
horror. AS it was, she felt convul-
sive, nervous thrill without rising
from her seat. A pause. The next
shell burst in line with the first. out
b. the linden-trees; third above the
veranda.
We've got that range. all right"
thought the Gray battery commander,
who had judged the distance by the
staff map. This was all he wanted to
know for the present. He would let
loose at the proper time to support
the elfantry attack. when there were
enough driblets across the road to
make charge. The driblets kept on
coming, and, one by one, the number
of dead on the road was augmented.
Marta was diverted from this proc
ess Of killing by piecemeal by . more
theatric spectacle. A brigade COM
mander of the Grays had licked an
order over the wires and it had gone
from battery to battery. Not only
many field-guns, which are the ter
riers Of the artillery. but some guns
OF siege caliber, the mastiffs, in a
sudden outburst started havoc of
tumbling walls and cornices in the
upper part OF the town.
Then an explosion greater than any
from the shells shot hemisphere OF
lieht heavenward, revealing shadowy
body flying overhead, and an instant
later the heavens were illuminated by
vast circle of fame as the dirigible
ceived it's death-blow. But already
the Brown infantry was withdrawing
from the town, destroying buildings
that would give cover for the attack
in the morning as they went. Two or
three hours after midnight fell ST.
lence which was to last until dawn.
The combatants rested on their arms.
! Browns saying to Grays, 1--WE shall
be ready for the morrow!" and Grays
replying: so shall wei"
Marta at her window. her eyes fol-
lowing the movements of the display,
now here, now there. found herself
thinking of many things, as in the
intermissions between the acts of a
drama. She wondered II the groan-
ing, wounded man were crying for
water or if he were wishing that some
one at home were near him. She
thought OF her talk with Lanstron and
how feminine and feeble it must have
sounded to a mind working In the in
exorable processes of the clash Of
millions of men. She saw his left
hand twitching in his pocket. his
right hand gripping it to hold it stn,
on that afternoon when. for the fffss
time, she had understood his injury
in the aeroplane accident as the tai
ismsn Of hts feel.ngs-his controlled
feelings! Always his controlled feel
! ings!
! She saw Westerling, 30 conscious
! of his strength, directing his chess
men in death struggle against Par
! tow. And he was coming to this house
as his headquarters when the final
test of the strength of the Titahs was
made.
She hoped that her mother was still
sleeping; and she had seconds when
she was startled by her own calmness-
Again, the faces Of the children In
her school were as clear as in life.
She breathed her gratitude that the
procession in which they moved to
the rear was hours ago out Of tho