The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-01-08
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CHAPTER %-Aa their AOaAs On the frcH-
tier between the Browns and 0rAys Mar
fn 0AllAnd and Aee mother, entertaining
Colonsl WsstsFllns Of tho GFays. zee Cap.
the Browne, EjNssA 81 Q 6ll IA his Asss-
plans. .iff
CHAPTER Hr--EeM ysarp laAss. weA..
terlinG, nominal vice but real chief o.
on war. and speOulatss on the compare
tve ages Of himself and Marta. who y
visiting N the Cray capital
CHAPTER rII-Wsstsriing saus On
Marta. She tells him Of her teaching
children the follies Of war and martial
patriotism, bsss him to prevent war while
he Ia chief Of stan, and predicts that II
he makes war against the Browns he
win not win.
CHAPTER IV-On the march with the
SD of the Browns Private StranSky, anAr-
chist. decries war and played-out patriot
Ism and IL placed under arrest Colonel
Lanstron overhearing. beGs him of saying
the anarchist will fight well when en-
ragged and Ia AL man."
CHAPTER v-Lanstron calls on Marta
at her home. He talks with Feller, the
gardener. Marta tells Lanstrom that she
believes Feller TO be q SPY. Lanstron
Confesses 1t is true.
CHAPTER VI-Lanstron shows Marta
a telephone which Feller has concealed In
q secret passage under the tower for ugs
to benefit the Browns In war omergen-
Cies, pointing out Its value as being In
the center Of the fighting zone In case of
war. Marta consents for 1t and Feller
to remain for the present. Lanstron de-
clareS his love for Marta
NrY A r,yrIcr VyTY w..&..y-- 49, -
Gray premier plan to use trivial inter-
national affair to foment warlike patriot
ism in army and people and strike before
declaring war. Partow. Brown chief OF
stan, and Lanstron, made vice, discuss
the trouble. and the Brown defenses. Par
tow reveals his plans to Lanstron.
CHAPTER VIII - At the frontier the
two armies lie crouched for attack and
defense In the. town with the non-com-
batants fleeing from the danger xone.
Marta hears her child pupils rscits the
peace oath.
CHAPTER TX-Ths Gray army crosses
check them, Artillery. infantry, asro-
planes and dirigibles engage. Stransky.
rising to make the anarchist speech Of hiA
life, draws the Gray artillery 1re. Nicked
by q shrapnel splinter he goes Bsrssrk
and nghts-"au . man"
CHAPTER Z - Marta has her frst
glimpse of war in it modern, cold. scien-
tifc, murderous brutality. She allows
the secret telephone to remain.
CHAPTER xI-Ths Browns fall back
TO the Galland house. Btransky forages.
Marta sees . night attack.
CHAPTER XII-Ths arays attack IN
force. The call Of the hght too strong
for Feller, he leaves his secret telephone
and goes back to his guns. Hand to hand
fighting. The Browns fall back again.
CHAPTER xIII-Marta asks LAnstron
over the secret telephone TO appeal to
Psrtow {. stop the hghting Vandalism
which. Marta IL notified, win be made
Westerling's headquarters.
CHAPTER xIv-WesterlinS and his
stan occupy the Galland house. At tea
with Marta, Westerling begins to woo
her: disclosing his selfish ambitions.
Marta apparently throws her fortunes
with the Grays and offers to give valua-
BILE Information.
CHAPTER xV-Marta calls UP Ian
ptron on the secret telephone and with
his assistance plans to give Westerling
army. Westerhng, after questioning her.
forms his plan Of attack upon what he
has learned.
Eyes, 1t was strange our meeting on
the frontier in peace and then in war!'
she exclaimed at random. The sound
of the remark struck her as too sub
ydued; as expectant, when her purpose
was one Of careless depreciation.
II have met q great many women
las you may have imagined" he pro
ceeded. "They have passed in review
They were simply women, witty and
frail or dull and beautiful, and one
meant no more to me than another
Nothing meant anything to me except
my profession. But never forgot you
You planted something in mind:
memory of real companionship."
Eyes, made the prophecy that
came true!" she put in. This ought
to bring him back to himself and hie
ambitions, she thought.
"Yes!" he exclaimed, his body stiff
fening free of the back Of the seat
,"You realized what was in me. YOU
foresaw the power which was to be
mine. The fate that first brought us
together made me look you up in the
capital. Now 1t brings US together
here on this bench after all that has
passed in the last twenty-four hours.
She realized that he had drawn per
iceptibly nearer. She wanted to rise
and cry out: Don't do thisl Be the
chief Of staff, the conqueror, crushing
the earth with the tread of five agalns
three!" It was the conQueror whom
she wanted to trick, not man whose
earnestness was painting her decei
blacker, Far from rising, she made nj
movement at all; only looked at he
hands and allowed him to go on, con
Iscioue of the force of personalit!
that mastered men and armies nov
warm and appealing In the full tide o
another purpose.
"The victory that I was thinking o
tlast night was not the taking Of Boz
idir. It was finer than any victory Il
war. It was selfish--not for arm,
jand country, but born Of humal
weakness triumphant; a human weak
ness Of which my career had robbie,
me-" he continued. ''It gave me
Joy that even the occupation Of tn
browns capital could not give. ha'
come as an invader and had wol
your confidence"
''In causel' she interrupted hui
iriedly, wildly. to stop him from goin