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The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-03-19
CHAPTER XXI.
The Retreat.


Marta remained where Westerling
had left her, rooted to the ground by
the monstrous spell of the developing
panorama of seemingly limitless move
ment. With each passing minute there
must be a hundred acts of heroism
which, If isolated In the glare Of a
days news, would make the public
thrill. At the outset of the war she
had seen the Browns, as part of pre-
conceived plan, in cohesive rear-guard
resistance. with every detail Of per-
sonal bravery utilized factor OF Or
ganized purpose. Now she saw de-
tense, inchoate and fragmentary, each
part acting for itself, all deeds Of per-
sonal bravery lost In swirl Of disor-
ganization. That was the pity of It,
the helplessness of engineers and OF
levers when the machine was broken;
the warning of it to those who under
take war lightly.
The Browns rifle flashes kept on
steadily weaving their way down the
slopes, their reserves pressing clcss GA
the heels of the skirmishers In greedy
swarms. A heavy column of Brown sn-
fantry was swinging in toward the
myriadlegged. writing gray caterpil-
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return of her faculties, she noticed
that both her mother and Minna were
looking significantly at her forearm;
so she looked at, it,. too 1t was
bandaged.s 4.a a~5=
ga cut from a shrapnel fragment"
said doctor. mot Deep" he added.
do l get an iron CROSSE" she asked,
smiling family. 1t was rather pleasant
to be alive.
"All the crosses-iron and bronze
and silver and gold!" he replied.
All firing except occasional scattered
shots had now ceased in the immedi-
ate vicinity, though in the distance
could be heard the snarl of the firmer
resistance that the Grays were max
ing at some other point The Galland
house. for the time being, was isolated
i'm possession of neither side.
isn't there something else can do
to help with the wounded?" Marta
asked. She longed for action In order
to escape her thoughts.
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SAVING UP FOR CHRISTMAS
Series of Episodes That Rather Seem
to Give Baby the Short Enc
of the Deal.

Episode I-"See, baby" said nam
ma, "see the pretty bank I've got you.
Well put it right here on the table,
and every day papa and | will put
some money in it so that when Christ
mas comes baby will be able to buy
some nice presents for Santa Claus to
give to people. Won't that be nice"
Episode H-"Gee-whizz!" said papa.
81 haven't got anything smaller than
a ten-dollar bill, and I, can't change
that on the cars. Got any moneys?
81 don't think I've got a speck Of
change, William!" said mamma.
"Here! Take this quarter out of ba-
by's bank"
Episode III-"Give me some change,
quick, William!" cried mamma. 1.-THE
vegetable man is here, and I want to
buy few things for dinner"
I'm busted" replied papa. Take it
out Of baby's bank"
Episode IV-"Say, mamma" said
ten-year-old Tommy, "can l have five
cents to go to the moving picture
show this afternoon? You promised
l could, you know"
$50 I did, Tommy" said mamma,
with a smile. Here's nickel from
baby's bank. I don't know what I've
done with my pocketbook."
Episodes V, vi, VII, VIII, TX and so
on-The same as the foregoing. with
slight immaterial variations.
Final Episode-"Well, baby" said
Uncle Charley, "are you going to write
a nice long letter to Santa Claus this
Christmas?"
mo, I'm not" replied baby, with a
stern, significant glance at all the
members of the family II shall write
instead, 7 think, to the state board of
bank examiners. Puck
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CHILDREN SHOWED 1T
Effect of Their Warm Drink In tho
Morning.

"a year ago was wreck from cof-
fee drinking and was on the point OF
giving up my position in the school
room because of nervousness.
~ was telling a friend about it and
she said, We drink nothing at meal
time but Postum, and 1t is such COM
fort to have something we can enjoy
drinking with the children
81 was astonished that she would
allow the children to drink any kind
of coffee, but she said Postum was
not coffee, but most healthful drink
for children as well as for older ones.
and that the condition Of both the chill
dren and adults showed that to be a
fact.
II was in despair and determined
to give Postum trial, following the
directions carefully. 1t was decided
success and I was completely won by
its rich delicious flavor.
I'm a short time noticed decided
Improvement in my condition and kept
growing better month after month,
until now I am healthy, and do my
work in the school room with ease and
pleasure. / would not return to nerve
destroying coffee for any money"
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Creek. Mich. Read 1.-THE Road to
MELVILLE" in pkgs.
Postum comes in two forms:
REGULAR Postum-must be well
boiled. 15c and Csc packages.
Instant Postum-is soluble pow
der. A teaspoonful dissolves quickly
in cup of hot water and, with cream
and sugar, makes delicious beverage
instantly. 30c and soc tins.
Both kinds are equally delicious and
cost per cup about the same.
There's Reason" For Postum.
sold by Grocers.
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and thither with messages, in want OF
wires. Commanders had been told to
hold, but how aHA where to hold? They
saw neighboring regiments and brt-
gades going and they had to go. The
machine, the complicated modern war
machine, was broken; the machine,
with it's nerves of intelligence cut be-
came thing Of disconnected parts,
each part working out it's own saliva
ton. Authority ceased to be that Of
the bureau and army lists. 1t was that
of units racked by hardship, acting on
the hours demand. b.
Gorged was the pass road, over
flowing with the struggling tumult OF
men and vehicles. Self-preservation
breaking the bonds Of discipline was
in the ascendant, and it 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 to cut out to one
side was overturned. The frantic
chauffeur and hospital-corps orderly
were working to extricate the wound
ed from their painful position. A gun
was overturned against the ambulance.
A melee of horses and men was form
ing at the foot of the garden gate in
front Of the narrowing bounds OF the
road into the town, as stream banks
up before a jam Of driftwood. The
struggle for right of way became in
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Actors Eiuht Well.

The large number of actors now In
the field for Germany is indicated by
a recent remark of the emperor while
on one of his flying trips to Berlin.
Bent on q visit to Staff Physician Dr.
Won Ilberg, his majesty encountered
a well-known playwright and Gustav
Kadenburg, the actor. Summoning
them to him, he announced that many
others of their profession were at the
front, including two famous actors
who have received the Iron Cross. Il
am very well satisfied with them" the
kaiser declared. "They fight very
well, indeed"
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An Insulated Telephone Wire at the
Bottom of a Crater.

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 retri-
button for colleagues in camp and
mess who had gone down in holo-
caust in the aerial battles Of the night
Under the awful spell of che piano.
rama, she did not see Westerling, who
had stopped only few feet distant
with his aide and his valet, nor did he
notice her as the tumult glazed his
eyes. He was as an artist who looks
on the ribbons Of the canvas of his
painting, or the sculptor on the frag-
ments of his statue. Worse still, with
no faith to give him fortitude except
the materialistic, he saw the altar Of
his god Of military efficiency in ruins.
He who had not allowed the word re-
treat to enter his lexicon now saw q
rout. He had laughed at reserve
armies in last nights feverish defiance,
at Turcas's advocacy of a slower and
surer method of attack. In those hours
Of shifting at wall with his fists and
forehead, in denial of all the truth so
clear to average military logic. If he
had only even few conventional d.
rections all this disorder would have
been avoided. His army could have
fallen back in orderly fashion to their
own range. The machine out of order,
he had attempted no repair; he had al
lowed it to thrash itself to pieces.
The artillery's maceration Of the
human jam suddenly ceased; perhaps
because the gunners had seen the Red
Cross flag which doctor had the
presence of mind to wave. Westerling
turned from sight worse to him than
the killing-that of the flowing retreat
along the road pressing frantically
over the dead and wounded in growing
disorder for the cover Of the town.
Near by were Bellini, the chief Of in
telligence, and a subaltern who had
arrived only a minute before. The sub
altern was dust-covered. He seemed
to have come in from hard ride. Both
were watching Marta, as If waiting for
her to speak. She met Westerling's
look steadily, her eyes dark and still
and in his the reflection of the vague
realization Of more than he had
guessed in her relations with him.
We'll" she breathed to Westerling,
"the war goes oni"
That's it! That's the voice!" ex-
claimed the subaltern In an explosion
of recognition.
A short, sharp laugh Of irony broke
from Bellini; the laugh of one whose
suspicious are confirmed In the mix.
ture of the sublime and the ridiculous.
Marta looked around at the Interrupt
ton. alert, on guard.
"You seem amused" she remarked
curiously.
mo, hut you must have been," re-
piled Bellini hoarsely. Early this
morning. not far from the castle, this
young officer found in the crater made
by ten-inch shell a wire that ran in
conduit underground. The wire was
intact. He tapped 1t. He heard voice
thanking some one for her part In tn
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Daily Thought.

Men imagine that they communicate
their virtue or their vice only by overt
actions, and do not see that virtue or
vice emits breath every moment
r. w. Emerson.
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batteries were trotting along parallel
road. Their plan developed suddenly
when a swath of gun-fire was laid
across the pass road at the mouth of
the defile. as much as to say: Here
we make a gate of death!" At the
same time the head of the Brown in
fantry column flashed it's bayonets over
the crest of hill toward the point
where the shells were bursting. These
men minded not the desperate, scat
tered rifle-fre into their ranks. Before
their eyes was the prize of a panic
that grew with their approach. Kinks
were out of legs stiffened by long
watches. The hot breath Of pursuit
was in their nostrils, the fever Of VIC
tory in their blood.
In the defile, the impulse of one Gray
straggler, who shook handkerchief
aloft in fatalistic submission to the in
evitable, became the impulse Of all.
Soon thousand white signals of sur
render were poisoning. AS the firing
abruptly ceased, Marta heard the faint
roar of the mighty huzzas of the hunt
ers over the size Of their bag.
Some doctors of different regiments
thrown together in the havoc of rem
nants of many organizations, with the
help Of hospital-corps men, were try
ing to extricate the wounded from
among the dead. They heard wom-
ans voice and saw woman's face.
They did not wonder at her presence,
for there was nothing left in the world
for them to wonder at. Had an imp
from hell or an angel from heaven ap-
peared, or shower of diamonds fallen
from the sky, they would not have
been surprised. Their duty was clear;
there was work of their kind to do,
endless work. Units Of the broken ma
chine, in the instinct of their calling
they struggled with the duty nearest
at hand. They begged her to go back
to the house; this was. no place for
her.
But Marta did not want safety. Dan
ger was sweet; it was eXpiation. She
was helping, actually helping; that
was enough. She envied the peaceful
dead-they had no nightmares-as she
aided the doctors in separating the
bodies that were still breathing from
those that were not; and she Steeled
herself against every CHASTITY sight
save one, that of man lying with his
legs pinned under wagon body. His
jaw had been shot away. Slowly he
was bleeding to death, but he did not
realize it. He realized nothing in his
delirium except the nature of his
wound. He was dipping his finger in
the cavity and, dab by dab, writing
''Kill mel" on the wagon body. 1t sent
Keeling waves of ed before her eyes.
Then shell burs. near her and doc
tor cried out:
'She's hit!"
But Marta did not hear him. She
heard only the dreadful crack Of the
splitting shrapnel jacket. She had a
sense Of falling, and that was all.
The next that she knew she was in
a long chair on the veranda and the
vague shadows bending over her grad
ually identified themselves as her
mother and Minna.
ct remember when you were telling
Of the last war that you didn't swoon
at the sight of the wounded, mother"
Marta whispered.
"But l was not wounded" replied
Mrs. Galland.
Marta ceased to be only conscious
ness swimming in a haze. With the
The Washington herald., 1915-09-19
MARK WITHOUT A NAME
IDENTIFIES CADILLAC
First Instance of Motor Car Manufac-
turer Using Simple Coat-of-arms to
Distinguish Product.

Contrary to precedent and custom
among motor car manufacturers who dis
tinguish their products by placing name-
plates or combination name and trade
mark plates on the radiator, the new
Cadillac Eight carries simply coat of
arms. The name Cadillac does not ap-
pear in this device: nor is there anything
In its design to indicate the name of the
car or its maker Therefore it is UNIQUE
among the insignia ordinarily used iiA
marks OF motor car Identification.
The coat of arms Is that of Antoine de
la Mothe Cadillac. This French eXplor-
er. under special commission from King
Louis XIV of France. founded in 170l
settlement on the present site of Detroit.
The little barricaded village In the for
est grew eventually into the city which
is today the center of the automobile in
dustry. When the Cadillac company was
organized. the name >adillac was adopt
ed as representative of Detroit. and the
coat of arms of Sieur Cadillac was Sc
lected as the company's trademark.
This is the first time the heraldic de-
vice has been used by the Cadillac COM
pany in this manner, and the fact that 1t
carries no name has been widely COM
mented upon in automobile circles.
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| ried along in the direction the young
women had taken. "or by following
the trails. for If they were there they
could have found the way themselves
If they are in the woods at all they
must be following a stream. They
are good enough woodsmen to do
that"
So with only a few words of ex-
PLANTATION the two men began to mount
up stream. For over an hour they
searched together and then as their
anxiety grew they separated and each
took up a different stream
AS Roderick went on he could hear
with r-decreasing force the sound
of Martins resounding calls through
the woods. Above it all he could
hear the rush of the streams, which
seemed to grow louder and more mo-
notonous. Gradually sickening
dread of the mountains came upon
him. He felt himself rebelling with
all his soul against the spell of the
hills that Sylvia had described to him
the night before.
Hello. hello" he called at meas
ured intervals. and the roar of tho
stream seemed to try to drown him
out. Hello hello," he called. trying
to outdo the stream.
All at once he heard very family a
cry IN lne distance tnat came upon
him with startling force. 1t was half
4 cry and half a wall, impatient ana
distressed For second he stood
still She-Sylvia-was calling to him
and her voice had come to him above
the roar of the stream and through
the darkness of the mountain side
Apparently she, too. was trying TO
break the influence of the mountain
spell. The cry came again and again,
and. with every sense alert, he struck
out in the direction from which it
seemed to come.
1t was only a few minutes before
he reached her. and as he hurried
through the darkness and stumbled
against the great stumps and under
growth he heard with new interest
the sound of her voice. Now it was
pleading. now almost angry. now for
giving and then at last by the light
of the lantern he saw through the
trees the girl reclining on a time-worn
bowlder.
''Oh. Roderick, I knew you would
find me, Jane and l left the road
and thought We could follow the trail,
but ii grew dark and we missed it.
1t has been a year"
Roderick was holding the girl close
in his arms.
You do love me. don't you, Rod
erick?" she begged. TT has all come
back to me while I waited for you
to come. Roderick. you have broken
the spell of the mountains.'
The Washington herald., 1915-09-19
mitchell CARS
FREE OF SHOCK
Head of Local Company,
Making Absorbers, Tells
Company Of Condition.
RECOMMENDS MACHINE
Nice Thing to Buy Car Which Gives
Comfort at Small Price. Says
W. L. Taylor.
RECOMMENDS MACHINE

Motor cars that are possessed of such
easy riding qualities that the president
Of q company, engaged in the manufac-
ture Of shock absorbers. after a demon
stration of the cars, admits that shock
absorbers could not improve their easy
riding qualities, and then purchases one
of that particular make of car for his
personal use. are rapidly becoming
known to the people of Washington.
William L. Taylor. president Of the Key
stone Spring Works. in a personal letter
addressed to G. S. Maxwell, Of this city.
writes:
Replying to yours Of September Is, I
beg to enclose copy of letter written yes
terday to the Carl H. Page Motor Com
pany, regarding the service I have receiv.
ed from my new Mitchell car I have
driven 1910 miles.
Pleased with the Car.
I'm addition to this 1 would say to you
that there are many good features about
this new car, and 1 am just as well
pleased as when 1 purchased it.
1T has wonderful power and l doubt II
the riding qualities can be improved upon.
There Is real combination In the
hang-up of this car. proven by its riding
qualities and the way it clings to the
road at great speed. and I am pleased
enough to recommend il to my personal
friends
In the letter to Mr.. Willard. vice pres
ident of the Carl H. Page Motor Com
pany. referred to In the above letter. Mr..
Taylor states:
1T is nice thing after having owned
five or six motor cars to be able to pur.
chase one with more power. pep
economy and comfort at a price one-half
below others.
Tire Of Ad Slogans.
People are tiring Of advertising slo-
gans especially about motor cars, and tho
car that can deliver the power is sure to
be selected. One ride in the six Of
49, will convince the average buyer that
il is a wonderful car.
Il have driven nearly 400 miles with
perfect satisfaction and am taking hills
on high-which have never before been
able to do.
IF you will send some Of your pros
poets to me. I think I can do more good
than writing letters"
No greater tribute could be paid to the
engineering skill of J. w. Bate. design
er of the Mitchell cars, than the testi-
money of such an expert on easy riding
comfort as the president of a company
whose business it is to provide means for
insuring easy riding qualities.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-19
ARTILLERY BATTLE CONTINUES.
Night Duels of Big Guns in Western
Theater Violent.

Paris. Sept. H.-Today's official COM
munique reports the great artillery duels
between the French and German forces
as still continuing.
The text of the communique follows:
Might movements in the sector of Neu-
willie. of Roclincourt before Roye and on
the plateau of Quennevieres. consisted
of frequent bombardments by artillery Of
different calihers. There was a battle
with bombs and rifle fire. but no engage
ments of infantry. in the region OF Berry.
au-Bac.
In Champagne around Perthes and be-
tween the Aisne and the Argonne there
were very sharp cannonades.
There is nothing to report on the rest
of the 'front.'.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-19
MADE HIGHWAY TRIP
WITHOUT ACCIDENTS
Performance of Studebaker Car in
Transcontinental Journey Con-
sidered Phenomenal.

The performance of the Studebaker car
in the coast-to-coast tour of the Lincoln
highway is regarded by motorists as be-
ing little short of phenomenal. Travel
ing country rough from hills and noun
tains, and over roads rutted and water
logged in places where highway improve
ment was under way by the unusual
rains of the present year. the Stude
baker made the 5.3IS miles from New
York City to San Francisco without re-
placement of n single part. Nor was 1t
necessary to take down the motor. or
overhaul it. during the trip. Not only
was the staunchness OF the Studebaker
for long-distancc touring and hard usage
proven. but the fact. which is decidedly
interesting to motorists. was developed
that Studebaker service stations average
one to every 3l.5 miles along the Lincoln
highway, and also. that between New
York City and Laramie. Wyo.. dis
tance of 204I miles, there are but three
instances where an automobile tourist
need travel farther than fifty miles to
find Studebaker representative. The
longest Of these three stretches is sew
enty-three miles.
The highway trip was for the purpose
of making motion pictures of the route
and its many points Of interest. that are
to be exhibited over the country. The
May Is. and the trip was completed Au-
gust %, requiring longer time than the
schedule first called for, due to inclem-
ent weather interfering with the work OF
the camera men. The Studebaker not
only covered the 5.3I3 miles without re-
placement OF a single part. or requiring
engine overhauling. but 1t attained the
average OF 1875 miles per gal
Ion Of gasoline. This despite the fact
that the route crosses three mounta n |
ranges. The car has been placed In this
Palace of transportation at the PAN
anna a-Pacifc Exposition. to remain there
Until the close. 1t looks and runs rs well, |
according to r. c. Sackett. the Studebak- |
er representative on the trip, as the day
the rear wheels dipped into tn, Atlantic |
u. Coney Island. headed for the Pacific. |
At the end. to make 1t an actual ocean |
to-ocean journey. the fore wheels Of the
Studebaker, Packard and Stutz cars, |
comprising the cavalcade. we're run into
the Pacific.
The transcontinental tourists were met
outside Of Oakland by Mavor Rclph. Of
San Francisco. heading 800 SItsmobilists, |
" hich served as an escort into the ex-
position grour ds. where they were re-
ceiyed with honors befitt!ne IN event Of
such national interest and Importance.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-19
twenty-five Mitchells Sold.

Miller Brothers automobile and sup
ply house reports the following sales
Of Mitchell cars in Washington during
the past thirty days: Mrs. NJ. b. Boy
den, G. F. Eamich & Co, Frances L.
Adams, H. G. Machen. George Cornell.
Frank Stetson. Thomas G. Wall, T. NJ.
Garrett, Charles E. Miller. Senator
Simmons, Claude E. Miller. Judge
Grafton. DR.. Constas. f. L. Gregg. H.
w. Noell, Mark Sloan. Tyson Janney.
J. H. Fischer. l.. A. Hill, G. F. Ger
man, F. w. Stone. Mrs. Ethel n. Alb
bott. Harry V. Bouic. Lille NJ. Teel.
and Bosier Castle.