Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-01-21
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seek with her; the chief engineer
built her q doll house Of stones with
his own hands; and the chief medical
oficer was as concerned when she
caught cold as II the health Of the
army were at stake.
I'VE mustn't get too set up over all
this attention, Clarissa Eileen. my RI.
val" said Marta TO the child. you
are the only little girl and I am the
only big girl within reach. II there
were lots OF others II would be diff
ferentf'
Bouchard was losing flesh: his eyes
were sinking deeper under q heavier
frown. His duty being to get infor-
nation, he was gaining none. HIS
duty being TO keep the Grays' secrets,
there was q leak somewhere In his
own department He quizzed subordi-
mates; he made abrupt transfers. to no
avail.
O.. Meanwhile, the Grays were taking
the approaches to the main line Of
defense, which had been thought-rela'
lively irnmatsrial but had been found
shrewdly placed and their vulnerable
rty overestimated. The thunders OF
batteries hammering them became
routine Of existence, like the passing
of trains to one living near q railroad.
The guns went on while tea was be-
ing served: they ushered in dawn and
darkness; they were going when sleep
came TO those whom they later awak-
ened with q start. Fights as desper-
ate as the one around the house be-
came features Of this period, which
Has only a warming-up practice for
tho war demon before the orgy OF
impending assault on the main line.
Marta began to realize the immeu-
sity Of the chessboard and Of the
forces engaged In more than the bare
statement Of numbers and distances.
II first attack on a position failed,
the wires from the Galland house re-
peated their orders to concentrate
more guns and attack again! In the
end the Browns always yielded, but
grudgingly. calculatingiy, never be-
ing taken by surprise. irTh9 few OF
them who fell prisoners said God
with us! We shall win In the endl"
and answered no questions. Gradually
the Gray army began to feel that 1t
was battling with o mystery which
was fighting under cover, falling back
under cover-a tenacious, %atchful
sent spraySnof' death into
eNsryp finger of flesh that the sGrays
thrust forward in assault. n, sfl 81
Another position taken,i Our lad:
vance continues" was the only news
that Westerling gave TO the army, his
people, and, the, world, which forgot
It's sports and murders and divorce
cases IN following the progress Of the
flrst great European war for two gen.
efatiohs. He made no mention of the
costs; his casualty lists We re- secret.
The Gray hosts were sweeping for
ward as q slow, irresistible tides this
by Partow's own admission. !, He an
nounced the loss of q position a.
promptly as the Grays Its taking. He
published a daily list Of casualties 80
meager In contrast to their own that
the Grays thought 1t 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. ,... ,.7
'Westerling never went to tea at the
'Gallands' with the other oficers, for 1t
was part of his cultivation of great
ness to keep aloof from his 'subordi-
mates. His meetings with Marta hap
pened casually when he went out into
the garden. Only once had he made
any reference to the sand then" of
their interview in the arbor. ar,
1S'I 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 ne confided in her; yetnehe 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 q, loss OF
"0nly ten thousand. In order to rally
herself when she grew fainEhearted
to her task, she learned to picture the
lines of his face hard-set with five.
aeainst-three brutality, wilhelm 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
share, And after every success he
Wepld remark that he was .so much
nearer Engadir, that position of the
main line Of defense whose weakness
she had revealed. 81" ~
r:s'Yopr Engadir!" he came to say.
%Then we shall again profit by your
Information; that Is, unless they have
fortified since you received M I: =
.ssTks haven't. They had lelraady
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