The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-02-12
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Colonel Westerling Of the Grays, see Cap
tain Lanstron, stan intelligence officer OF
the Browns, injured By fall In his aero
plane.
CHAPTER II-Ton years later wes-
ter)ing, nominal vice but real chief of
staff. reinforcss South La Tir, meditates
on war, and speculates on the compare
tive ages Of himself and Marta. who IL
visiting In the Gray capital.
CHAPTER YII-WesterlIng calls on
Marta. She tells him of her teaching
children the follies of war and martial
patriotism, begs him to prevent war wnlle
he, makes war against the Browns he
Will not win.
CHAPTER Won the march with the
b3d 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 ell
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 q spy. Lanstron
ConfeSses 1t Is true.
CHAPTER VI-Lanstron shows Marta
a telephone WIZ IN 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. .s
CHAPTER vII-westerling and the
Gray premier plan to use trivial inter-
rational affair to fonent warlike patriot
ism In army and people and strike before
declaring war. Partow. Brown chief OF
staff, and Lanstron. made vice, discuss
tow reveals his plans to Lanstron.
CHAPTER VIII = AZ 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 IX-The Gray army crosses
the border line and attacks The Browns
check them. Artillery. infantry, aero
planes and dirigbles engage Etransky,
rising to make the anarchist speech Of hia
life, draws the Gray artillery fire. Nicked
by shrapnel splinter. he goes Berserk
and aghts-"all a man."
CHAPTER x - Marta has her first
glimpse Of war in its modern, cold. scien-
tfic, murderous brutality. She allows
CHAPTER XI-The Browns fall bacl.
TO the Galland house. Stransky forages.
Marta sees a night attack. So
CHAPTER xII-The Grays attack in
force. The call of the fight 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
Partow to stop the fighting. Vandalism
by Gray soldiers in the Galland house
which, Marta is notified. will be made
Westerling's headquarters.
CHAPTER XIv-Westerling ana his
STAFF 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 nm Ian.
Ftron on the secret telephone and with
MS assistance plans to give Westerling
false Information that will trap the GRAY
army. Westerling, after questioning her.
forms his plan OF attack upon what he
has learned.
CHAPTER xvT-The Grays win Bordr
Marta continues her role of SPY anl
through her Westerling Is led to concen-
trate the attack on the main line at Enga-
Dir. A leak OF Information is suspected,
hut the source ID undiscovered Positions
are won but the Browns always give way
Erudgingly, never taken by surprise.
CHAPTER xvII-Bouchard is relieved
as stan intelligence officer, and In going
accuses Marta. Westerling thinks hin,
mad.
CHAPTER XvIII-The Grays take the
apron of Engadir in an attack which is
watched by Marta and Westerling. who
Is ut first suspicious of her, but treasures
himself. Partow dies suddenly and Lam
stron succeeds him.
Don't. It's too like Westerling.
has become too trite!" she protested
1.-THE end! If l really were helping
toward that and to save lives and ou
country to it's people, what would m.
private feelings matter? Ny honor
my soul-what would anything mat
ter? For that, any sacrifice. In
only one human being-a weak, luna
tic sort of one, just now!"
Marta, don't suffer so! You ar
overwrought YOU"
Il can say all that for you, Lanny,
she interrupted with the faintest laugh
i'T've said 1t SO many times to myself
Perhaps when ! call you UP again
shall not be 50 hysterical."
Lanstron was not thinking Of war 0
wars combination when he hung u
the receiver. It was some moment
before he returned to the staff room
and then he had mastered his emo
tion.I He was the soldier again.
An hour or SO before the attack thu
telegraph instruments in the Gallant
house had become pregnantly silent
There were no more orders to give
no more reports to come from thu
troops in position until the assault wa
made. officers Of supply ceased Il
transmit routine matters over the wire
while they strained their eyes towart
the range. Officers of the staff moves
about restlessly, glancing at thei
watches and going to the windows fire
quently to see II the mist still held.
No one entered the library wher
Westerling was seated alone wit
nothing to do. His suspense was tina
Iof the mothers who longed for new
of their sons at the front; his helpless
ness that of man ina hospital lobb
waiting on the result Of an operation