The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-02-05
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CHAPTER lat their home on the FROM
tier between the Browns and Qrays Mar
70 0alland and her mother entertaining
Colonel Westerling Of the Grays see Cap
tain Lanstron. star intelligence officer Of
the Browns, injured by b tall in his aaTo-
plane.
CHAPTER 1-Tsn years later. Wes-
terling. nominal vice but reel chief Of
staff. reinforoes South La Tir, meditates
on war, and speculates on the compare
tive ages Of himself and Marta. who II
Visiting In the Gray capital
CHAPTER IIT-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
win not win.
CHAPTER Won the march with the
b3d Of the Browns Private Stransky, anar-
chist. decries war and played-out patriot
ism and Is placed under arrest. Colonel
Lanstron overhearing. begs him off saying
the anarchist will fight well when en-
ragged and Is 'al man."
CHAPTER V-Lanstron calls on Marta
at her home. He talks with Feller, the
gardener. Marta tells Lanstrom that she
believes Feller to be SPY. Lanstron
confesses 1t Is true.
CHAPTER vI-Lanstron shows Marta
telephone VIII IN Feller has concealed in
secret passage under the tower for use
to benefit the Browns In war emergen-
cies, pointing out its value as being In
the center Of the fighting zone In case of
war. Marta consents for It and Feller
to remain for the present. Lanstron de-
elares his love for Marta. ,-,.
CHAPTER vII-westerling and the
Gray premier plan to use trivial inter-
ism In army and people and strike before
declaring war. Partow. Brown 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 crouchsd for attack and
defense. In the town with the non-com-
batants fleeing from the danger sone.
Marta hears her child pupils rscits the
peace oath.
CHAPTER Ix-The Gray army CROSSES
check them. Artillery. infantry. aero
planes and dirigibles engage. Btransky.
rising to make the anarchist speech Of his
life. draws the Gray artillery frs Nicked
by . shrapnel splinter he goes Bsrssrk
and hshts-"all Q man."
CHAPTER x - Marta has her nrst
glimpse Of war in its modern. cold. scien-
tific, murderous brutality. She allows
the secret telephone to remain.
CHAPTER xI-The Browns fall back
g the Galland house. stransky forages.
Marta sees night attack. a.,
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
nghting. The Browns fall back again.
CHAPTER xIIr-Marta asks LAnstron
over the secret telephone to appeal to
Partow to stop the hShting. Vandalism
by Gray soldiers. in the Galland house
which. Marta IL notified. will be made
Westerling's headquarters. '7 "*S
CHAPTER xIv-westerling ana his
Staff occupy the Galland house. At tea
with Marta, Westerling begins to WOO
her: disclosing his selfish ambitions.
with the Grays and offers to give vaiua-
BILE information.
CHAPTER xv-ATarta calls up Lam
Ptron on the secret telephone and with
pig assistance plars to give Westerling
false information that will trap the Gray
army. Westerling, after questioning her,
forms his plan q attack upon what he
has learned.
CHAPTER XvTLThe 0rays win Bordir
Marta continues her role Of spy and
through her Wsstsrling IL led to concen-
trate the attack on the main line at Enga-
Dir. A leak Of information 10 suspected
but the source is undiscovered. Positions
are won but the Browns always give way
grudgingly, never taken by surprise.
CHAPTER xv1H-Bouchard 10 relieved
as staff intelligence officer. and in going
accuses Marta. Westerling thinks him
mad. -"
CHAPTER XvIII-The Grays take the
apron Of Fngadir in an attack which is
watched by Marta and Westerling. who
Is at first suspicious of her, but reassures
himself. Partow dies suddenly and Ian.
Btron succeeds him.
"Hows t6is!" exclaimed ong man
reading from a newspaper. "They'r'
going to~put up statue Of Partow II
the capital! It's to show him as h
died, dropped forward on the map, ant
in front Of his desk field Of bayonets
On one face of the base will be hi
name. Two of the other faces will
have God with us!' and Not 70
theirs, but for ours!' The legend o.
the fourth face the war is to decide.
Victory! victory!" cried thos
who had listened to the announcement
Stransky was thinking that the
had to do more than hold the Grayt
Before he should see his girl they ha
to take back the lost territory. H
carried two pictures Of Minna in hi
mind: one when she had struck hiI
lin the face as he tried to kiss he
and the other as he said good-by
the kitchen door. There was not muc
encouragement in either.
"But when she gets better acquain
ed with me there's no telling!" he keI
thinking. II was lighting out Of GU
sedness at first Now I'm fighting fc
her and to keep what is oursI"
CHAPTER XIX.