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Ir» this «t vry M r Palmer, the
noted war correspondent, haa paint
ed war at he haa aean It on man/
battlefields, and between many na
tions. Hla Intimate knowledge of
•rmlee and armaments haa enabled
him to produce a graphic picture of
the greatest of all wars, and his
knowledge of conditions has led
him to prophesy an end of armed
conflicts. No man Is better quali
fied to write the story of the final
world war than Mr. Palmer, and
he hae handled hie subject with a
•aster hand.
*
(Continued from Yauterday.)
' fltransky was thinking that they
had to do more than hold the Grays.
Before he should see his girl they bad
to take bark the lost territory. He
carried two pictures of Minna In his
Uilnd: one when ahn had struck him
In the face as he tried to kiss her
nnd the other as be said good-by at
the kitchen door. There was not much
encouragement In either.
"But when she gets better acquaint
ed with me there's no telling!” he kept
; thinking. ”1 was fighting out of cue
seduces at first. Now I'm fighting for
; her and to keep what 1b ours!"
CHAPTER XIX.
The Ram.
In tint closed off the Oalland library,
where the long distance telephone wait
Initialled, Weaterllng wee talking
with the premier lu the Gray capital.
"Your total caeualtloa are eight hun
dred thousand That la terrific, Wee
terllng!" the premier vm saying.
"Only two hundred thousand of
those are dead!” replied Woeterllng.
"Many with only alight wounds are
1 already returning to the front. Ter
rific, do you say? Two hundred thou
sand In five millions Is one man out
of twenty-fire. That wouldn't hare
worried Frederick the Great or Napn
leon much. Right hundred thousand Is
one out of all. The trouble Is that
such vast armies have never been en
gaged before You must consider the
percentages, not the totals."
"Yet, eight hundred thoueandl If
the public knew!" exclaimed the pre
mier.
"The public does not know!” said
Weaterllng
"They gueae They realise that we
Stopped the soldiers letters because
they told bad news. The situation le
aerloue."
"Why not giro the public eomethtng
to think about V Weaterllng demanded.
’Tre tried It doesn't work The
murmurs Increase. I repent, my tears
of a rising of tha women are well
grounded There la mutiny In the air.
I feel It through the oolumne of the
press, though they are censored. 1—”
"Than, soon i'll give the public some
thing to think about, myaelfl" Wester
ling broke In. "The dead will be for
gotten. The wounded will be proud
of their wounds and their fathers and
mothers triumphant when our army
descends the other side of the range
and start* on Its march to the Browns'
capital."
"But you hare not yet taken a
alngle fortress!" persisted the premier.
"And the Browns reiwrt that they hare
loat only three hundred thouaaiid
men,"
"Lanstron la lying!” retorted WW
terllng hotly "But no matter. We
have taken poalttona wtth every at
tack and kept crowding In closer I
aak nothing better than that the
Brown* remain on the defensive, leav
ing Initiative to us We have devel
oped their weak polnta. The rnaohite
offensive always wine I know where
1 am going to attack; they do not. I
•hall not give them time to relnforoe
the defense at our chosen point. 1
have still plenty of live soldiers left.
1 shall go In with man enough this
time to win and to hold."
“The army is yours. Weaterllng."
concluded the premier "I admire your
Stolidity of purpose You have my con
fidence. 1 shall wait and hold the situ
ation at home the best I can. Wa go
Into the hall of fame or Into the gut
ter together, yon and 1!"
For a while after he had hung up
the receiver Weeterllng't head
drooped, hie mwerlea relaied. giving
mind and body a release from tension.
But his spine was as stiff as ever as
be left the closet, and ha wae even
•tolling to give the lmpreaelon that
the news from the capital was favor
able
When be called hla chiefs of dlvl
elon It was hardly for a staff council
Btunned by tha lueses and repulses,
loyally laduatrloua. their opinions un
asked. they listened to hie whirlwind
of orders without oamment- -all except
Turoaa.
"if they are apprised of oar plan and
are able to concentrate more artillery
than our guns can alienee, tbs losses
will be demoralising." ha observed
Weaterllng threw up hit heed, frown
ing down the ob)ecUon.
"Suppose they amount to half tha
fnrcea that wa trod la!" he exclaimed.
~l»n't the position, which mean* the
■pees and tha range, worth ItT"
"Yea, If we both take and hold It:
»ot if w* fall," replied Turves, quite
an affected by Western tig's manner
iIUXIBIU ImJwuL" Wpi
terllng shot back. "For great gains
there must be great risks.”
"We prepare for the movement,
your excellency,” answered Turcas.
It was a steel harness of his own
will that Weeterllng wore, without ad
mitting that It galled him, and he laid
It off only In Marta's presence. With
her, his growing sense of Isolation had
the relief of companionship. She be
came a kind of mirror of his egoism
and ambitions. He liked to have her
think of him as a great man unruffled
among weaker men. In the quiet and
seolusion of the garden, Involuntarily
as one who has no confidant speaks
to himself, reserving fortitude for hie
part before the staff, while she, under
the spell of her purpose, silently, with
serene and wistfully listening eyes,
played hors, he outlined how the Anal
and telling blow was to be struck.
"We must and we shall win!” be
kept repeating.
• *»••• e
Through a rubber disk held to his
ear In the closet of hie bedroom a
voice, tremulous with nervous fatigue,
was giving Lanstron nows that ail bis
aircraft and cavalry and aplos could
not have gained; news worth more
than a score of regiments; news fresh
from the lipe of the chief of staff of
the enemy. The attack was to be
made at the right of Engadlr, Its cen
ter breaking from the redoubt manned
by Fracassu’a men.
"Marta, you genius!" Lanstron cried.
"You are the real general! You—“
“Not that, please!” she broke In.
"I'm as foul nnd depraved as a dealer
In subtle poisons In the middle ages I
Oh. the shame of it, while I look inte
his eyes and feign admiration, feign
everything which will draw out his
plans! I can never forget the sight
of him as he told mo how two or three
or four hundred thousand men were
to be crowded into a ram, as he called
It —a ram of human flesh!—and guns
enough In support, he said, to tear any
redoubts to pieces; guns enough to
make their shells as thick as the bul
lets from an automatic!”
“We'll meet ram with ram! We’U
have some guns, tool” exclaimed Lan
strnn. "We ll send as heavy a shell
Are at their Infantry ae they send Into
our redoubts."
"Don't. It's too like Westerltng. It
lias become too trite!” she protested.
“The eml! If I really were helping
toward (hat and to save lives and our
country to Its people, what would my
private feelings matter? My honor,
my soul- what would anything mat
ter? For Umt. any sacrifice. Tm
only one human being—a weak, luna
tic sort of one. Just now!"
"Marta, don't auffer sot You are
overwrought. You—”
"I cau say all that for you, Danny,"
she Interrupted with the faintest laugh.
"I've said It so many times to myself,
Perhape when 1 call you up again I
shall not be so hysterical.”
Lanstron was not thinking of war or
war's combination when he hung up
the receiver It was some moments
before he returned to the stafT room,
and then he had mastered hla tne
tion. He waa the soldier again.
An hour or so before the etteck the
telegraph Instruments In the Oalland
house had become pregnantly silent.
There were no more orders to give;
no more reports to coma from the
troops In position until the easeult was
made. Officers of supply ceased to
transmit routine matters over the wire,
while they atratned their eyes toward
the range Officers of the staff moved
about restlessly, glancing at their
watches and going to the windows fre
quently to sen If the mist still held
No one entered the library where
Westerltng wae seated alone with
nothing to do. Ills suspense was that
of the mothers who longed for news
of their sous at the front; hie helpless
nesa that of e man In e hospital lobby
welting on the result of ait operation
"hose sucoess or failure will save or
wreck hla narser. The physical desire
of movement, the oonfltct with some
thing in his own inlnd. drove him oat
of doors.
Westerltng wae rather rleaeed with
tbe tact that ha oould atlll amlla;
pleased pith tha loyally of younger
offieere a ban, day by day. tha staff
had grown colder and more me
chanical In the attitude that com
pleted hts Isolation Walking vigor
ously along tha path toward the tower,
the exercise of hts muscles, the feel
of the cool, moist air on his face,
brought back some of tha buoyancy of
spirit that ho craved. A woman a fig
ure. with a cape thrown over the shoul
ders snd the bead bare, loomed out of
the mist.
”J couldn't stay In —not to-night,"
Marta said as Westerltng drew near.
"1 had to see. It'a only a quarter of
an hour now. lint It?”
She seemed so utterly frail and
distraught thst Weaterltng. In an Im
pulse of protection, Istd hie hsnd oa
her relaxed shoulders
"Oar oause Is st stake to-night.” he
declared, you re and mine! We must
win. yon and II It Is our daatlay!”
"You and I!* repeated Marta. "Why
yon and IT”
It seemed very strange to be think
ing of any two persons whan hundreds
of thousands ware awaiting tha signal
for tha death prepared by bUu. U«
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
mistook the character of fter thought
In the obsosslon of his egoism.
“What do lives mean?" ho cried with
a sudden desperation, hla grip of her
shoulders tightening. "It Is the law
of nature for man to light. Unless he
fights he goes to seed. One trouble
with our army is that It was soft from
the want of war. It Is the law of na
ture for the fittest to survive! Other
sons will be born to take the place of
those who die to-night. There will be
all the more room for those who live.
Victory will create new opportunities.
What Is a million out of the billions
on the face of the earth? Those who
lead alone count—those who dwell In
the atmosphere of the peaks, as we
do!" The pressure of his strong hands
In the unconscious emphasis of his
puaslon became painful; but she did
not protest or try to draw away, think
Ing of his hold In no personal sense
but as a part of bis self-revelation. "All
—all is at stake there!” he continued,
staring toward the range. “Its the
Rubicon! I have put my career on to
night’s cast! Victory means that the
world will he at our feet —honor, po
sition, power greater than that of any
other two human beings I Do you
realize whut that means —the honor
and the power that will be ours? I
shall have directed the greatest army
the world haH ever known to victory!”
“Anti defeat means—what does de
feat mean?" she asked narrowly, calm
ly; and the pointed question released
her shoulders from the vise.
What had been a shadow In his
thoughts became a live monster, strik
ing him with the force of a blow. He
forgot Marta. Yes, what would de
feat mean to him? Sheer human na
ture broke through the bonds of men
tal discipline weakened by sleepless
nights. Convulsively hla head dropped
us he covered his face.
"Defeat! Fall! That I should fall!”
he moaned.
Then It wan that slis saw him In the
reality of his littleness, which she had
divined; this would be conqueror. She
saw him as his Intimates often see the
great man without his front of Jovs.
Don't wa know that Napoleon had mo
ments of privacy whan he whined and
threatened suicide? She wondered If
too, were like that—ls It were
not the nature of all conquerors who
could not have their way. It seemed
to her that Weeterllng was beneath
tha humblest private In his army—be
neath even that fellow with the liver
patch on his cheek who had broken
the chandelier In the sport of brutal
passion. All sense of her own part was
submerged In the sight of a chief of
staff exhibiting no more stoicism than
a petulant, spoiled schoolboy.
While hts head was still bent the ar
tillery began its crashing thunders and
the sky became light with flashes. His
hands stretched out toward the range,
clenched and pulsing with deflanoe and
command.
“do In! Go In, as I told yon I” he
cried. "Btay In, alive or deed! Stay
till I tell you to come out! Stay! I
can't do any more! You must do It
now! ”
"Then this may be truly the end,*
thought Marts, "If the assault falls.”
And silently she prayed that It would
fall; while the flashes lighted Weeter
llng'e set features. Imploring soooees.
• •••••»
In the Browns' headquarters, as In
the drays’, telegraph Instruments ware
silent after the preparations were over.
Hers. also, officers walked restlessly,
glancing at thalr watches. They, too.
were glad that the mist continued. It
meant no wind. When the telegraph
did speak It waa with another maasago
from some aerostatic officer saying.
“Still favorable," whloh was taken at
once to lanstron, who was with the
staff chiefs around the big table. They
nodded at the uewe and smiled to one
another; and some who had been pac
ing sat down and others rose to begin
pacing afresh.
”We could hare emplaced two llnea
of automatics, one above the other!"
exclaimed the chief of artillery.
“But that would have given too much
of a climb for the Infantry In going In
—delayed the rush," said Lanetron.
"If they should stick—ls wa couldn't
drlva them back I" axolalmed tha vloe
chlaf of staff.
"I don t think thsy will 1 ~ said Lan
stron.
To tha othars he seemed as cool aa
ever, even when bis maimed hand was
twitching In his pockat. But now, sud
denly, hts ayes starting as at a horror,
ha trembled passionately, his head
dropping forward, as If ha woald col
lapse
'Oh tha murdar of It —the murder !“
he breathed
"But they brought It on! Not for
theirs, but for ours I" said the vloo
chiaf of etaff, laying bis hand on Lan
stron'a shoulder
"And we alt hare while they go tn!"
lanstron added. "There's a kind of
Injustice about that which I can't get
over. Not one of us here has bean
under fire!”
To be continued tomorrow
Use Herald “Wants”
Markets
Middling closed today 8%
Tone firm.
Middling last year 12%c.
CLOSING QUOTATIONS
r .mm.. Close.
Low middling
Strict low middling 7%
Strict Middling ***
Good middling
Previous Day’s Figures.
Low middling 714
Hlrk-t low middling 77?
.Strict middling . ... \ ju
Good middling S'/ t
Receipts for Week.
~ , , Sales. Spin. Shlp t
Saturday 450 8 1063
| Mon.tay 41»5 24.17 341
l uesdny 36 3 89 480
! W cdncHday ...
Thursday _
Friday .
Total « 1154 "TS 1578
Comparative Receipts.
„ . . 1913 1914
Saturday 2992 1879
Monday 26
'j’y e » day . . . . . ‘.3445 2700
Wednesday . . .
Thursday * ‘ * *
Friday '*. *’ * .
Stocks and Receipts
•* ock In Augusta, 1913 18,454
btock In Augusta, J 914 22 071
Reo. since Kept. 1, 1913 26’714
Itec. since opt. 1, 1914 20,294
Augusta Daily Receipts.
~ . „ 1913 1914
Georgia Rai.road 790 374
Southern Railway Co 400 166
Augu. 1 Southern 300 8
Augusta-Aiken Ry. Co. ... 27 .3
Gen of Ga. It. It 483 gm
Georgia and Florida 65 618
C. and W. C. Ry 636 465
A. C. 1.. R. R .. 244 71
Canal
River
Net receipts "3115 2706
Through
Total 2706
Port Receipts.
, Today. Last Yr.
Galveston 7333 40032
New Orleans*. 68s 4105
Mobile 809 1950
Savannah 2512 15085
Charleston 4411
Wilmington
Norfolk 653
Interior Receipts.
~ ToTday. Last Yr.
Houston 6979 22438
Memphis 279
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET
Chicago, Ills.—Relief that selling had
been greatly overdone led to a decided
I rally today In wheut. After opening 1-2
to 2c higher the market reacted a little
then rose as much as 3 1-4 net, May
touching 1.16 as against 1.11 3-4 last
night.
■“sCorn ascended with wheat. The open
ing. a shade lower to l-2e advance, was
followed by an all around gain of more
than a cent.
Active export demand lifted oats.
Grain strength carried provisions
higher.
Reports of fresh defeats of the Ger
mans biter brought about a radical set
back In wheat which went lower than
yesterday hut again recovered and
closed strong, 2 3-8 to - 7-8 above last
Might.
Corn closed firm at 1 1-* to 1 6-8 net
advance.
Open. High. Low. Close
WHEAT—
Kept .... 10-88 1048* lOOii 1048*
Dec .... 106 107’, 103 107%
May .... 113 115 110»4 114%
CORN—
Dec .... 708, 72 70*4 7184
May .... 7244 72*4 74%
OATS—
Dec .... 47 48*4 4584 48».
May .... 50 alii 48\ 61%
FORK—
Jan . . . .2040 2062 2020 "062
LARD—
Oct 927 917 927
Jan .... 985 992 990 99284
RIBS—
Oct 1132 1125 1132
Jan . . . .1070 1077 1062 1077
LIVERPOOL COTTON
Liverpool. Cotton spot In fair de
mand. Sales 3.7(H) halos Including 3,n00
American on the basis of 6 OOil for mid
dling. Imports 7.950 hales, including
1,014 American. >4 \
LIVESTOCK MARKET
Chicago Hog snd Ca* Ic Receipts.
Chicago, Ills. Hogs; Receipts 13,000;
lower.
Bulk of sales $ 8.3511?$ 8.76
Light 8.554? 9.30
Mixed 8.204? 9.20
Heavy 8.004? 995
Rough 8.004? 8.15
l’lge 4.754? BSO
Cuttle; Receipts 7,000; lower.
Beeves $ B.90<»$11.00
Steers 8.354? 9.25
Storkrtw and feeders 5.404? 8.25
Cows and heifers .......... 3.754? 9.30
Calves 8.004? 1200
Sheep: Receipts 20,000; higher.
Shoep $ 5.304?$ 6.25
Yearlings 8.108? 7.00
lambs. 7.004? 8.75
HOURLY TEMPERATURES
I'egrees.
* A. M 38
7 A. M 80
8 A M. 62
9 A. M. * 65
10 A. M B.x
11 A. M 70
1$ noon 71
1 »* M 74
2 P. M .67
SENATOR HOKE SMITH S
PRIVATE SECRETARY ILL
Atlanta, Ga. News was received
yesterday afternoon of the serious Ill
ness in Washington of Jnalah Carter
private secretary to Senator Hoke
Smith and for many years a prominent
Georgia newspaper man.
Mr. Carter was taken suddenly HI
while on the street, lie managed to
1 eh Senator Smith's office and was
then hurried to Garfield hospital. A.i
operation was decided on. The phy
sicians were uncertain aa to the exart
nature of bla Illness, but knew It wss
a serious affection of the abdomen.
A. It Vim. executive aecretary of
the state, and a son-in-law of Mr.
Carter, hat gone to Washington, being
*»v telephone. i
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