The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-02-19
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Ia Galland and her mother, entertaining
Colonel Westerling Of the Grays, see Cap
tain Lanstron, stan intelligence ofncer OF
the Browns, injured By fall In his aero
plane.
CHAPTER I-Ten years later. Yves.
terllng, nominal vice but real chief OF |
staff. reinforces South La Tir, neditates
on war; and speculates on the compare
tive ages Of himself ana Marta. who Is
visiting in the Gray capital.
CHAPTER III-Westerling calls on
Marta She tells him of her teaching
children the follies of war and martial
patriotism, begs him to prevent war while
he is chief of staff, and predicts that II
he makes war against the Browns he
will not win.
CHAPTER Iv--On the march with the
b3d OF the Browns Private Stransky, anar-
chist, decres war and played-out patriot
ism and is placed under arrest Colonel
Lanstron overhearing. begs him off saying
the anarchist will fight well when ell
ragged and is ''all man."
CHAPTER v-Lanstron calls on Marta
at her home. He talks with Feller, the
gardener. Marta tells Lanstrom that sho
believes Feller to be Spy. Lanstron
confesses 1t Is true.
CHAPTER vI--Lanstron shows Marta
telephone wifi III Feller has concealed In
secret passage under the tower for use
to benefit the Browns In war emergen-
Z cies, pointing out its value as being in
the center of the fighting zone In case OF
war. Marta consents for 1t and Feller
to remain for the present Lanstron de-
ClRres his love for Marta
CHAPTER vII-westerling and the
Gray premier plan to use trivial inter-
national affair to foment warlike patriot
Ism in army and people and strike before
HAaTa rtnO PaFtOw Rr0Wn chief of
stan, and Lanstron. made vice, discuss
the trouble. and the Brown defenses. Par
tow reveals his plans to Lanstron.
CHAPTER VIII - At the frontier the
two armies lie crouched for attack and
defense. In the town with the non-com-
batants fleeing from the danger xone.
Marta hears her child pupils recite the
peace oath.
CHAPTER 1xz-Ths Gray army crosses
check them. Artillery. infantry, aero
planes and dirigibles engage. Stransky
rising to make the anarchist speech Of his
life. draws the Gray artillery IRE. Nicked
by shrapnel splinter he goes Berserk
and fiehts-"all q man."
CHAPTER X - Marta has her first
glimpse Of war In its modern, cold. scien-
tihc, murderous brutality. She allows
the secret telephone to remain.
CHAPTER xI-The Browns fall back
to the Galland house. stransky forages
~ Marta sees night attack. 1 .4,s
CHAPTER xII-The Grays attack In
force. The call of the fight too strong
for Feller. he leaves his secret telephone
and goes back to his guns. Hand to hand
fighting. The Browns fall back again.
CHAPTER xIII-Marta asks Lanstror
over the secret telephone to appeal t.
Partow to stop the lighting. Vandalism
by Gray soldiers in the Galland house
which, Marta Is notified, win be made
Westerling's headquarters.
CHAPTER Notwithstanding and hi
staff occupy the Galland house At tel
with Marta. Westerling begins to wot
Marta apparently throws her fortunes
with the Grays and offers to give valua
BILE information.
CHAPTER xV-Marta calls up Ian
etron on the secret telephone and will
false Information that will trap the Ora!
army. Westerling, after questioning her
forms his plan OF attack upon what b.
has learned.
CHAPTER xvT-The drays win Bordi,
Marta continues her role Of SPY an
through her Wssterlng IL led to concen
trate the attack on the main line at Enga
but the source ID undiscovered. Position
are won but the Browns always give wa
grudgingly. never taken by surprise.
CHAPTER xvII-Bouchard is relieve
Rs staff intelligence officer, and in goint
accuses Marta. Wosterling thinks hi
mad.
CHAPTER xVIII-The Grays take IN
apron Of Engadir in an attack which
watched by Marta and Westerling, VIII
Is at first suspicious of her. but reassurt
himself Partow dies suddenly and Lar
Btron succeeds him.
CHAPTER XIx-westerIing plans IL
main attack on Engadir. Marta tell
phones the plan to LanstrDn Weste
ling watches the fight from the terrac
Marta covertly watching him. The Gray
are routed.
cision, organization, solidarity in tn
charge such as the days Of the "deat
or-glory" boys never knew! Over Il
bodies Of Peterkin and the barber
and the bankers sons, plungiI
through she'll craters, stumbling, sta
gertng, cut by swaths and torn
eddies Of red destruction In the
ranks. the tide proceeded, until
hosts were oftener treading on fIe
than on SOIL Andlalls they knew W
to keep on--keep on, bayonet in har
hill they reached the redoubt, and the
they were to stay, alive or dead.
.
after hell, more hell, and then 81
more helll" was the way that Strans
expressed his thought when the
gineers had taken the place of the 5
of the Browns in the redoubt., Th
put their mines and connections de
enough not to be disturbed by sh
fire. After the survivors In the van
the Grays' charge, spent of brea
reached their goal and threw the
selves down, the earth under them,
the mine exploded, split and heaN
heavenward. But those In the re
slapped in the face by the concussi
kept on, driven by the pressure Of \
mass at their backs, and, In tn
plunged forward on their stomachs
the seams and burrows Of the mir
havoc. The mass thickened as the a,
of bodies and legs banked up, in ke
ing with westerIirg's plan to hi
t'enough to hold"
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