The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-01-29

CHAPTER lat their home on the IRON
tier between the Browns and Grays Mar
ta Galland and her mother. entertaining
Colonel Westeriing OF the Grays see Cap
tain Lanstron, staff intelligence officer Of
the Browns. injured BY fall In his aero
plane.
CHAPTER n-Ten years later. Wes-
terling, nominal vice but real chief OF
staff reinforces South La Tir, meditates
tive ages OF himself and Marta. who Ii
visiting in the Gray capital.
CHAPTER 1I1-westerling calls on
Marta She tells him Of her teaching
children the follies Of war and martial
patriotism, begs him to prevent war while
he is chief Of staff, and predicts that II
he makes war against the Browns he
will not win.
CHAPTER Won the march with the
$50 of the Browns Private Stransky. anar-
chist, decries war and played-out patriot
ism and is placed under arrest. Colonel
Lanstron overhearing, begs him off saying
the anarchist will fight well when en-
ragged and is 'all 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 a spy. Lanstron
confesses it 10 true.
CHAPTER vI--Lanstron shows Marta
a telephone With Feller has concealed in
q secret passage under the tower for use
to benefit the Browns in war emergen-
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.
CHAPTER vII-westerling and the
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
staff, 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 zone.
Marta hears her child pupils recite the
peace oath.
CHAPTER N-Ths Gray army crosses
the border line and attacks. The Browns
check them. Artillery. infantry. aero
planes and dirigiblss engage. Stransky.
rising to make the anarchist speech Of his
life, draws the Gray artillery fire, Nicked
by shrapnel, splinter he goes Berserk
and fshts-"all q man."
CHAPTER X - Marta has her first
glimpse Of war in its modern, cold. scien-
tif1c, murderoug brutality. She allows
the secret telephone to remain.
CHAPTER xI-The Browns fall back
Marta sees night attack.
CHAPTER x1I-The Grays attack in
for Feller, he leaves his secret telephone
and goes back to his guns. Hand to hand
aghting. The Browns fall back again.
CHAPTER XIII--Marta asks LAnstron
over the secret telephone to appeal to
Partow to stop the nghting4 Vandalism
BY Gray soldiers in the Galland house
which, Marta Is notified, will be made
Westerling's headquarters.
CHAPTER xIv.-Westerling and his
star 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
tron on the secret telephone and with
mis- assistance plans to give Westerling
false inforMation that will trap the Gray
forms his plan Of attack upon what he
has learned. ~ -
CHAPTER xvT-The Grays win Bordir
Marta continues her role Of spy and
through her Westerling Is led to concen-
trats the attack on the main line at Enga-
dir: leak Of information Is suspected
are won but the Browns always give way
grudg1ngly, never taken by surprise.
CHAPTER xvII-Bouchard IL relieved
accuses Marta. Westerling thinks hin
mad.
-"You thought Of that-as you shoul'
>-as dol" he said.
He took her hands in his, pulsini
warm with the flowing red of hi
strength. She let them remain life
lessly, as If she had not the will t.
take them away, the instinct of he
part again dominant. To him this wa
another victory, and it was discover
the discovery of melting weakness
in her for the first time, which magn
fed his sense of masculine power. H
tightened his grip slightly and sh
shuddered
"You are tired!" no said, and it hur
her that he should be SO consideratt
"The killing-to end that! It's a
] want" she breathed miserably.
"And the end is near" he sait
Eyes, now, thanks to you'll"
Thanks to her! And she must liste
and submit to his touch
"Then engineers and material wer
ready to go In" he continued. "B'
fore morning, as | had planned, W
shall be SO we'll fortified in the pos
tion that nothing can bulge us. Thi
success SO strengthens my power wit
the staff and the premier that nee
not wait on Fabian tactics. I al
supreme I shall make the most {
the Generalization of this blow to th
enemy. / shall not wait on slow al
proaches In the hope of saving lif
Tomorrow shall attack and keep o
attacking till all the main line Is ours
"Now you are playing your real par
the conqueror!" she thought gladl
"Your kind Of peace Is the ruin Of al
other people; the peace Of helples
enemy. That is better"--better for ht
; conscience. Unwittingly, she allowe
her hands to remain In his. In the p
ralysis of despair she was unconscior
that she had hands. She felt that sh
could endure anything to retrieve th
error into which she had been th
means of leading the Browns. An
the killing--it would not stop, 81
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