The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1915-01-30

An Insulated Telephone Wire at the
Bottom Of a Crater.
OF crater In the earth made by the
explosion OF heavy shell. The in
structions to all subordinates from the
chief OF intelligence TO look for the
source OF the leak in information to
the Browns made him quick to see a
clew in anything unusual He jumped
down into the crater and not only
found his pains rewarded, but that
the wire was intact and ran under
ground in either direction. Who had
laid it7 Not the Grays. Why was IL
there? He called for one OF HIS men
TO bring buzzer, and II was the work
OF little more than a minute TO cut the
wire and make an attachment. Then
he heard woman's voice talking TO
'Lanny." Who was Lanny? He wait
ed till he had heard enough to know
that IL was none other than Lanstron,
the chief OF staff OF the Browns, and
the woman must be a spy. An orderly
dispatched to the chief OF intelligence
with the news returned with the or.
der:
Drop everything and report to me
in person at once"
"For this have made my sacrifce!"
Marta thought "The killing goes on
by Lanny's orders. not by Westerling's,
this time"
Leaving her mother TO enjoy the
prospect, a slow-moving figure, trance
like, she went along the first terrace
path to point near the veranda
where the whole sweep OF landscape
with its panorama OF retreat mag
lava, the Gray soldiery was erupting
from the range; in columns, still under
the control OF officers, keeping TO the
defiles; in swarms and patches, under
the control OF nothing but their own
emotions Mostly they we're hugging
ton, but some relied on straight lines
OF fight and speed OF foot for escape.
Coursing aeroplanes were playing a
new part Their wireless was inform
ing the Brown gunners where the
masses were thickest. This way and
that the Brown artillery fire drove re-
treating bodies. proddng them In the
back with the fearful shepherdry OF
their shells. Officers swords flashed
In the faces OF the boilers or In hold
ing rear-guards 10 their work Officers
and orderlies were galloping hlther
and thither with messages, in want OF
wires. Commanders had been told 10
hold, but how and where to hold? They
saw neighboring regiments and bri.
gades going and-they had 10 90. The
machine, the complicated modern war
machine, was broken: the machine.
with its nerves OF intelligence cut be.
came a thing OF disconnected parts,
each part working out its own saliva
ton. Authority ceased to be that OF
the bureau and army lists. II was that
OF units racked by hardship. acting on
the hours demand.
Gorged was the pass road. over
flowing with the struggling tumult or
men and vehicles. Self-preservation
breaking the bonds OF discipline was
in the ascendant, and II sought the
highway, even as water keeps to the
river bed Like specks on the labor.
ing tide was the white OF bandages An
ambulance trying tn cut out TO one
side was overturned The frrtic
chauffeur and hospital.corps ordarly
were working to extricate the wcund-
ed from their painful position. A gun
was overturned against the ambulance.
A mckee OF horses and men was form
ms al the foot OF the gar len gate in
front of the narrowing bounds of the
road into the town. as a stream banks
up before d jam OF driftwood The
struggle for right OF way became in
creasingly Wild; the dam of men,
horses. and wagons grew. A Brown
dirigible was descending toward the
great target; but ON closer view It's
commander forbore. the humane i'm
pulse outweighing the desire for rctri.
button for colleagues in camp and
mess who had gone down ia a hole
coust ia ihe aerial battles of the night.
Under the awful spell " the pano-
rama, she did not see Wesierling who
had stopped only few feet distant
with his aide and his valet. nor did he
notice her As the tumult GLAZED his