Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-01-28

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wonder, they grew sympathetic. '@Thal
expiainsi" she exclaimed. Ills hate
! ful GIAncos we're those OF dslusion. He
was going mad. you meant
YEA" said westeriing. 'that-thai
would explain iti" ~
Il have been told that when people
10 mad thsy always ascrfbe every In
| fury done 20 them 20 the person who
happens 70 have excited their dislike. y
ahs musod-
which seems to have bssn the case
here" Westeriing assented. He did
not know what else 10 say. His pride
was recovering its natural confidence
In the infallibility OF his judgment OF
human beings. He was seeing his sus-
plcions n ridiculous enough TO con-
vict him OF q brain a. disordered a.
Bouchards.
Marta was thinking that she had
been skating on very thin Ice and
that she must 90 on skating till she
broke through. There was an exhila-
ration about II that she could not re-
sist: the exhilaration OF risk and the
control OF her faculties. prompted by
q purpose hypnotically compelling.
Both were silent, she watching the
sky, he In anticipation and suspense.
The rose went violet and the shadows
over the range deepened.
THE guns and the troops walt.
With darkness the music begins!" he
said slowly. with Q start Of stern
,fervor.
"The music-the musicl He calls
II musici" ran through Marta's mind
mockingly, but she did not open her
lips.
"They wait. ready. every detail ar'
ranged" he continued proudly.
The sky merged into the shadows OF
the landscape that spread and thick
ened into blackness. Out Of the drawn
curtains OF night broke an ugly fash
and farther up the slope spread the
explosive circle Of light Of bursting
shell.
THE signall" he exclaimed.
Right and left the blasts spread
along the Gray lines and right and
left, on the instant, the Browns sent
their blasts in reply. Countless tongues
of fame seemed to burst from count
less craters, and the range to rock In
a. torment OF crashes. In the inter-
vening space between the ugly. saw
age gusts from the Gray gun mouths,
which sent their shells from the midst
Of exploding Brown shells, swept the
beams Of the Brown search-lights,
their rays lost like sunlight in the vor-
tex OF an open furnace door.
. Splendid! splendid" exclaimed
Westerling. in a sweep Of emotion at
the sight that had been born Of his
give thousand guns on
our side alone! The world has never |
seen the equal Of this!" Ftsa
Marta looked away from the range |
to his face, very distinct in the garish |
illumination. It was the face Of q
of war seeing all his rehear-
sails and all his labors come true in
qualification to the eye
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mipd. the product Of civilization, with
the citation of a. party leader on the |
door Of a parliament in a crisis.
soon, now!p said Westerling, and
looked at his watch.
Shortly, In the direction Of Engadir,
10 the rear Of the steady flashes
broke forth line after line of flashes
as 1.-The long-range batteries, which SO
IAN had been silent, joined their might
er voices to the chorus, making a con-
tjlupus leaping burst of explosions
over the Brown positions, which were
The real object of the attack .t,.,
1.-The moment I've lived fort" ex-
claimed Westerling. !, "Our infantry is
starting up the apron Of Engadir! We
held back the Are Of the heavy guns
for the purpose Of sup