The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-01-08


published 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.
Westerling never went to tea at tho
Gallands' with the other officers, for 1t
was part Of his cultivation of great
hess 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 And then" OF
their interview In the arbor.
II am winning battles for you'll" he
had exclaimed with the thing in his
eyes which she loathed.
To her 1t 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 he confided in her; yet she 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 loss of
"only ten thousand" In order to rally
herself when she grew faint-hearted
to her task, she learned to picture the
lines of his face hard-set with Ave-
against-three brutality, while in CON-
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
would remark that he was so much
nearer Engadir, that position of the
main line of defense whose weakness
she had revealed.
"Your Engadir!" he came to say.
"Then we shall again profit by your
information; that Is, unless they have
fortified since you received it."
"They haven't. They had already
fortified" she thought. She was al
ways seeing the mockery Of his words
in the light of her own knowledge and
her own part, which never escaped
her consciousness. One chamber of
her mind was acting for him; sec.
and chamber was perfectly aware that
the other was acting.
Zone position more-the Twin Boul-
der Redoubt, It is called" he an
nounced at last. I'VE shall not press
hard In front. We shall drive in
masses on either side and storm the
tanks"
This she was telephoning to Ian
stron few minutes later and having,
in return, all the news Of the Browns.
The sheer fascination of knowing what
both sides were doing exerted its spell
in keeping her to her part.
They've lost four hundred thousand
men now, Lanny," she said.
"And we only hundred thousand.
We're whiting them down." answered
Lanstren.
"Whittling them down! What q
ghastly expression!" she gasped. "You
are as bad as Westerling and am
worse than either Of you! IL an
nounced the four hundred thousand as
If they were score-a score in q
game in our favor. | am helping,
Lanny? All my sacrifice isn't for
nothingT she asked for the hun
dredth time.
"Immeasurably. You have saved US
many lives!" he replied.
"And cost them many?" she asked.
Eyes, Marta, no doubt" he admitted;
"but no more than they would have
lost in the end It is only the mount
ing up Of their casualties that can
end the war. Thus the lesson must
be taught"
"And can be Of most help when the
attack on the main defense Is begun"
"Yes."
"And when Westerling finds that my
information is false about Engadir-
then"
She had never put the question to
him In this way before. What would
Westerling do If he found her out?
"My God, Marital" he exclaimed. "If
I'd had any sense would have thought
of that in the beginning and torn out
the phone! I've been mad mad with
the one thought OF the natlon-inhu,
man in my greedy patriotism. / will
not let you co any further!"
1t was a new thing for her to be
rallying him; yet this she did as the
strange effect Of his protest on the
abnormal sensibilities that her acting
had developed.
Thinking Of me-little mel" she
called back. "Of one persons COM
fort when hundreds of thousands OF
other women are In terror; when the
destiny of millions Is at stake! Lanny
you are in blue funk!" and she was
laughing forcedly and hectically. I'm
going on-going on like one in q
trance who can't stop II he would
It's all right, Lanny. l undertook the
'tAsk myself. must see 1t through"
After she had hung mp the receiver
her buoyancy vanished. She leaned
against the wall Of the tunnel weakly
Yes, what If she were found out? She
was thinking Of the possibility seri
ously for the first time. Yet, for only
a moment did she dwell upon It be