The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1915-01-09

his own hands; and the chief medical
officer was as concerned when she
caught cold az II the health OF the
army were az stake
we mustn't get too set up over an
this attention, Clarissa Eileen, my RI
val" said Marta 10 the child You
are the only little girl and / am tho
only big girl within reach n there
were lote of others l. would be dir.
tercnte
Bouchard wos losing flesh his eyes
were sinking deeper under heavier
trown Ills duty being to get infor-
nation. he was gaining mono MS
duty being 10 keep the Grays secrets.
there wac leak somewhere In his
own department he quizzed subordl.
mates he made abrupt transfers, 10 no
avail
Meanwhile the Grays were taking
tia approaches 10 the main line OF
defense. which had. been thought rela.
lively immaterial but had been found
shreWdly placed md their vulnerable
ny overestimated The thunders OF
batteries hammering them became "A
routine of existence, like the passing
Of trains 10 one living near a railroad.
The guns went ON while tea was be-
ms served, they ushered I'm dawn and
darkness. they were going when sleep
came to those whom they later awak.
ened with "A start Fights as desper.
I ate as the one around the house be-
+ came features of this period. which
was only n warminE.up practice for
the war demon before the orgy OF
impending assault on the main line.
Marta began TO realize the immen-
4 slty OF the chessboard and OF tho
/ forces engaged in more than the bare
statement OF numbers and distances.
Z II a first attack on a position failed,
| the wires from the Gallaud house re-
peated their orders to concentrate
more guns and attack again In the
end the Browns always yielded, but
4 grudgingly, calculatingly, never be
/ ing taken by surprise. The few OF
/ them who fell prisoners said God
with as. We shall win In the endi"
and answered no questions Gradually
( the Gray army began 10 feel that il
was battling with mystery which
! was fighting under cover, falling back
under cover--a tenacious. watchful
mystery that sent sprays OF death into
every finger of flesh that the Grays
thrust forward IN assault
Another position taken Our ad-
that Westerling gave TO the army, his
/ people, and the world, which forgot
I It's sports and murders and divorce
cases in following the progress OF the
1 first great European war for two gen.
erations. He made no mention OF the
costs his casualty lists were secret.
The Gray hosts we're sweeping for
ward as slow. irresistible tide this
by Partows own admission. He an
nounced the loss OF a position as
| promptly as the Grays It's taking lie
published a daily list of casualties so
meager in contrast TO their own that
the Grays thought Il false he made
known the names OF the killed and
wounded 20 their relatives Yet the
seeming candor of his press bureau
included no straw of information OF
military value to the enemy.
Westering never went 20 tea al the
Gallands' with the other officers. i,r II
was part OF his cultivation OF great.
ness to keep aloof from his subordi
mates His meetings with Marta hap
pened casually when he went ont into
the garden Only once had he made
any reference 10 the And then" OF
their interview In the arbor
II am winning battles for you," he
had exclaimed with the thing in his
eyes which she loathed
TO her II was equivalent 10 saying
that she had tricked him into sending
men 10 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 a tender glance with one that
held out hope She learned not to
shudder when he spoke of a 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 ive
againstthree brutality, while In com
fort he ordered multltudes TO death,
and, in contrast. 10 recall the smile
or 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. 10 say
Then We shall again profit by your
informatlon' that n. 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 Congr iOueupgg One chamber OF