The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-04-01
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CHAPTER xx-csatiavss.
In the inner room. whose opening
door gave glimpses OF LAnstron and
the division chiefs. . magic Of secret
council which the Juniors could not
quite understand had wrought the won
der. LAnstron had not forgotten the
dead. He could see them: he could
see everything that happened. Had
not Partow said to him: Don't Just
read reports. Visualize men and
events. Be the artillery. be the in.
fantry. be the wounded-live and think
In their places. In this way only can
you really know your work."
His elation when he saw bis plans
going right was that of the instrument
OF Partows training and Narta's serv.
ice. He pressed the hands Of the men
around him: his voice caught in his
gratitude and his breaths were very
short at time. like those Of q spent,
happy runner at the goal. Feeding on
victory and growing greedy of more.
his division chiefs were discussing how
to press the war TIL the Grays sued for
peace: and he was silent in the midst
Of their talk. which was Interrupted
By tho ringing Of the tunnel telephone.
When he came out of his bedroom,
Lanstron's distress was 80 evident that
those who were seated arose and the
others drew near in inquiry and sym
pathy. 1t seemed to them that the
chief of staff, the head Of the machine,
who had left the room had returned an
Individual.
"The connection was broken while
We were speaking!" he said blankly
THAT means 1t must have been cut
BY the enemy-that the enemy knows
Of Its existence!"
Perhaps not. Perhaps an accident
"A chance shot," said the vice-chief.
mo. I'm sure moi" Lanstron replied
I am sure that 1t was cut deliberately
and not by her"
"The SD Regiment IL going forward
I'm that Questionable same regiment
that defended the house-and It can't
90 any faster that It 10 going" the
vice-chief continued. rather incohefent-
". He and the others NO less felt the
news - 4 personal hlow. Though ab-
sent In person. Marta had become in
spirit IN intimate Of their hopes and
councils.
she 10 helpless-in their power!"
Lanstron said. There 10 no telling
what they might do to her in the rage
OF their discovery. must 80 to her!
am going to the 'front.'"
A young officer of the Grays who
was with the signal-corps section, try
ing to keep q brigade headquarters in
touch with the stan during the retreat,
two or three miles from the Galland
house. had seen what looked like an in.
sulated telephone wire ut the bottom
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 q
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 1t! Not the 0rays. Why was II
there? He called for one Of his men
to bring buzzer, sad 1t was the work
OF little more than q minute to cut the
wire and make an attachment Then
he heard a womsa's voice talkinn to
"Lanny." Who was Lanny? He wait.
ed till he had heArd enough to know
that 1t vas none other than Lanstron
the chief OF staff Of the Browns, and
the woman must be spy. An orderly
dispatched to the chief OF inteliigence
with the news returned with the or.
der:
Drop everything ants report to me
in person at once"
For this have rade my sacrifice, ="
Marta thought "The killing goes on
by Lanny's orders not by Westerliug's.
this time"
Leaving her mother to enjoy tho
prospect. a slow-moving figure, trance
hke. she vent along the first terrace
path to q point near the yeranda
where The whole sweep of landscape
with It's panorama of retreat mag
neti'ed her senses. Like the gray of
laws, the Gray soldiery was erupting
rom the range; in columns. still under
she control of officers, keeping to the
Viefiles; in swarus and patches. under
the control of nothing but their own
emotions. Mostly they were hugEine
cover. from instinct IL not from direc-
tion. but some relied on straight lines
Of flight and speed of foot for escaps
Coursing aeroplanes were playing a
new part. Their wireless was inform.
sag the Brown gunners where the