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EIGHT ™WSTSNOfe 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 FARMERS ATTENTION! COTTON IS AN INVESTMENT IT’S CHEAPER TO BUY COTTON AT PRESENT PRICES THAN RAISE IT The Augusta Herald is printing daily a re markable series of special articles by its travel ing Staff Correspondent, Walter E. Duncan, who is covering for . The Herald the Cotton Holding Movement throughout South Carolina and Georgia. THESE ARTICLES MEAN MONEY TO YOU They put you in daily touch with all the news of the War and of the Cotton Situation, which means your situation at the present time. Leased wire reports keep you informed of all Foreign news, the news of the Markets, and the news of the War. FOR YOUR OWN PROTECTION YOU NEED the news of the Markets, the day’s news and the news of the War which has so important an ef fect upon the business conditions and the trade of the world. Protect your pocket-book by keeping in touch with conditions as they develop SPECIAL OFFER TO COTTON FARMERS AND TO ALL BONA-FIDE RURAL ROUTE SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Send 75 cents today and The Daily Herald will be mailed you till January Ist, 1915. This is a Special Cotton Offer made only to the farmers of Georgia and South Carolina to cover the cotton campaign that is going on throughout the South. Act now. Act today. This investment will be worth many times its cost to you before the year is over. Protect your cotton as well as raise it. THIS IS AN INVESTMENT FOR YOU AS GOOD AS COTTON AT PRESENT PRICES Remit in stamps or money order, as most convenient. Do it today and get the full time till Jan. Ist for only 75 cents. This offer good only to R. F. D. subscribers and Cotton Farmers. The Augusta Herald AUGUSTA, GA. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15