Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1915-05-05

Lanstron resigned he became chief.
"Partow might have this dream be-
fore he won. but would he now?"
asked the vice-chief NO. He would
go on"
Yes" said another officer. The
world will ridicule the suggestion; our
people will overwhelm us with their
anger. The Grays VIII take it for
sign OF weakness"
Not IL we put the situation rightly
to them" answered Lanstron Not
~ we go to them as brave adversary
j 10 brave adversary, in a far spirit
We can-we shall take the range"
the vice-chief went on in q burst OF
rigid conviction when he saw that
opinion was Iith him. Nothing can
stop this ariLy now" He struck the
table edge With his fist. his shoulders
stiffenins
Please -ptease. don't" implored
Marta softly. TT sounds so like Yves
terling,"
The vice-chief started as II he had
received sharp pin-prick His shout
ders unSonsciously relaxed. He began
fresh study OF certain point on the
table top. Lanstron. looking first at
one and then at another, spoke again,
MS words as measured as they ever
had been in military discussion and
eloquent. He began outlining his own
message which would go with Partow's
TO the premier. TO the nation. to every
regiment OF the Browns, TO the Grays
to the world. He set forth why the
browns. after tasting the courage OF
the Grays, should realize that they
could not take their range. Partow
mad not taught him to put himself In
other mems places in vain The boy
VINO mad kept up his friendship with
engine drivers after he was an officer
know how to sink the plummet into
human emotions. He reminded the
Brown soldiers that there had been
providential answer to the call OF
GOD with u.s." he reminded the pee.
pie OF the lives that would be lost to
no end but to engender hatred; he
begged the army and the people not
TO break faith with that principle OF
Not for theirs, but for ours" which
had been their strength
i should like you all to sign ito
make 1t simply the old form OF the
stan has the honor to report" he said
finally.
There was a hush as he finished
the hush OF deep impression when
one man waits for another to speak.
All were looking at him except the
vfce-chief, who was still staring at the
table as II he had heard nothing. Yet
every word was etched on his mind
The man whose name was the symbol
OF victory to the soldiers. who would
be more than ever a hero as the news
or his charge with the African Braves
travelled along the lines, would go or
record to his soldiers as saying that
they could not take the Gray range.
This was handicap that the vice
chief did not care to accent: and no
knew how to turn a phrase as we'll as
10 make soldierly decision. Ho
looked up smilingly to Marta.
1 have decided that I had rather
not be a Westerling. Miss Galland."
he said. We'll make II unanimous
And you" he burst out to Lanstron-
you legatee OF old Partow: I've al.
ways said that he was the biggest man
OF our time. He has proved It nv
catching the spirit of our time and in
carnating It."
vaguely, In the whirl of her toy.
Marta heard the chorus of assent as
the officers sprang to their feet In the
citation Of being at one with their chief
again. Lanstron caught her arm. fear-
ing that she was going to fan. but
burning question rose in her mind TO
steady her
Then my shame-my senitng men
TO slaughter-my sacrifice WINS not i'm
vain?' she exclaimed.
The sea OF people packed in the
great square of the Brown capitai
made roar like the thunder of waves
against breakwater at sight Of
white spot on a background of gray
stone. which was the head OF an o.oi.
ncnt statesman
1T looks as IL our government
would last the week out, >" the premier
chuckled as he turned TO his coIlea cues
nj the cabinet table.
As yet only the brief bulletins whose
publication in the newspapers had
aroused the public to frenzy had
been received. The cabinet. az eager
for details as the press. had remained
up, awaiting fuller official account
we have a long communication In
preparation" the stan had teIegrapbed
Meanwhile. the following Is submit.
ted
Good heavens! tia not from the
army It's from the gravel" az.
claimed the premier as he read the
first paragraphs OF Partow's message
'Of oil the concealed dynamite evertr
he gasped a. be grasped the full mean
Ing OF the document. that piece Of
news, as staggering az the victory il.
self, that had lain I'm the stan wants
for years Well we needn't ,,i., q;