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THE 8EMLWEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. ' : I! .!! 8 i I . CGPYM&ffSltli Ay CtARUV JCSOA&TO JO6 IMMBMMMfcWaiMeillMMwHM In this story Mr. Palmer, the noted war correspondent, has paint ed war as he has seen It on many battlefields, and between many na tions. His Intimate knowledge of armies and armaments has enabled him to produce a graphic picture of the greatest of all wars, and hlo knowledges of conditions has led him to prophesy an end of armed conflicts. No man Is better quali fied to wrlto the story of the final world war than Mr. Palmer, and he has handled his subject with a master hand. CHAPTER I. A Speck In the Sky. It was Marta who flrst saw tlio spade In tho oky. Her outco and hor bound from lior seat at tho teatablo brought bor mother and Colonel Westorllng aftor bor onto tho lawn, whoro they becamo motloulcsa figures, screening tholr eyes with their hands. Tho new est and most wonderful thing In tho world at tho tlmo wwj this speck ap pearing abovo tho Irregular horizon of tho Drown range, In vlow of a land acapo that ceuturlas of civilization had fertilized and cultivated and formed. At tho baso of tho range ran a lino of whito ntono pasts, placed by Inter mntlorial commissions of surveyors to tho nicety of un inch's variation. In tho very direction of the spock's flight a spur 01 iooi-uius extenuou 11110 uiu gilnin that stretched away to tho Gray tango, distinct at tho distance of thirty miles In tho bright aftornoon Eight. Faithful to tholr part lu refus ng to climb, tho white posts circled around tho spur, hugging tho levels. In tho lap of tho spur was La Tlr, tho old town, and on tho othor side of tho boundary lay South La Tlr, tho Dow town. Through both ran tho dusty ribbon of n road, drawn straight across Uio plain and over tho gllBtoning thread of a river. On Its way to tho pass of tho Brown range It skirted tho gnrdon of tho Qnllands, which roso In torracoB to a sovontoonth-contury houso overlooking tho old town from Its outskirts. Thoy wero such a town, such jv road, such a londscapo as you may eeo on many European frontlere. Tho Christian pooplo who lived in tho re gion wero llko tho Christian pooplo you know It you look for tho realities of human naturo under tho surface dlf loroncen of ianguago and hablta. Iloyond the houso roso tho ruins of a (Caatlo, ltfl tower still intact. Marta al ways reforrod to tho custle as tho baron; for In her girlhood shn had a way of personifying all Iimnlmato things. If tho caetlo walls wero cov orcd with hoar frost, alio said that the baron was shivering; If the wind tore around tho tower, she said that tho baron was groaning over tho demo cratic tendencies of (ho tlmo. On such a summer afternoon au this, the baron iwub growing old gracefully, 'at peace "with his enemies. ' Centuries older than the speck In tho eky waa tho baron; but tho pass road was many moro, countless more, centurlos oldor than he. It had been a trail for tribes long boforo Komnn (loglonB won a victory In tho pass, which was acclaimed an Imperial trl lUmph. To hold tho pass was to hold the raugo. All tho blood shed there Iwould mako a rod river, Inundating tho j (plain. I "Uesido tho old baron, wo nro par (vonufl," Marta would say. "And what a parvenu tho baron would havo been jto tho Roman aristocrat!" "Our family Is old ouough -nono oldor In tho province!" Mra. Gulland Iwould roply. "Marta, how your mind does wander! I'd get a hoadacho Just contemplating tho things you nru nblo to think of In flvo minutes." Tli a first nnllnnd tirwl luillt . Iwunn ion tho land that his king had glvou Elm. for ono of tho most brilliant feats f arms in tho history of tho pass lSvon tho tower, raised to tho glorj lot nn oldor family whoso descendants. jit any survived, woro unaware of tholr llnenge, had become known as tho Gallaad tower. Tho Qallands woro rooted in tho soil of tho frontlor.'thoy wero used to having war's hot breath blow past their door; thoy wora at homo In tho language and customs of two peoples; theirs was a pocullar tra dition, which Martu had absorbed vv 1th hor first broath. Town and plain and ruugo woro tho flrst vlota of landscape (that Bho had seen; doubtloss thoy .would bo the last Ono or two aftornoous a wook Col onel Iledworth Westorllng, commander of tho regimental poBt of tho Grays on the othor sldo of tho whlto postB, atretchod his prlvllogo of crossing tho frontier and appoared for toa at tho Gallunds. It meant a pleasant hnlf hour breaking a Ions walk, a rellof from garrison surroundings, and In flow of tho ordor, received that morn ing, UUo was to bo a farowoll call. He had found Mrs. Gnlland un ngroo able reflection of an aristocrats past. ;Tho daughter had what hn dotiued Taguoly aa glrllBh piquancy. Ho found It aintwlng to try to answer hor un asual questions; ho Ukod tho variety of her lnvcntlvo mlud, with Its flashes of downright raattor-of-factness. Not until toa was served did ho men- VFE tlon his uow assignment, ha was going hlbltlon, not of tho man lu tho ma to tho general Btaff at tho capital Mrs. clilno Oalland murmured hor congratulations In conventional fnshlon Marta's chair was drawn back from tho table. Sho leaned forward in a favorite position of hers when sho wns Intensely Interested, with hands clasped over her knee, which her mother always found aggravatlngly tomboylBh Sho had a mass of lustrous black hair and a mouth rather largo In roposc, hut capnblo of changing curves of emotion. Her largo, dark eyes, luminously deep under long lashes, If not tho rest of her faco, had beauty. Her head was bent, tho lashes forming a lino with her brow now, and hor eyes had the still flamo of wonder that thev had when sho wan looking all around a thing and through It to And what It meant. "Somo day you will bo chief of staff, tho head of Gray army!" sho huddonly exclaimed. Westerllng started as It ho had been surprised In a secret Then ho flushed slightly "Why?" ho asked with forced care lessness. "Your reasons? They'ro moro Interesting thnn your prophecy"' "Uocauso you hao tho will to bo," sho said without emphasis, In tho Im personal revelations of thought. "You want power You havo ambition." Ho looked tho plcturo of It, with his square Jaw, his well-moulded head sot closo to tho shoulders on a stuidy neck, his even tooth showing as his lips parted in nn unconscious smile. "Marta, Marta! Sho Is Is so ex plosive," Mrs. Gnlland remarked apolo getically to tho colonel. "I asked for her reasons. I brought It on myself and it is not a bad com pliment," ho replied. Indeed, ho had novor rccolved ono so thrilling His smllo, a emtio well plonsed with Itself, romalncd ns Mrs. Galland began to talk of other things, and Its linger ing satisfaction disappeared only with Marta's cry at sight of tho speck In tho sky over tho Drown range. Sho wns out on tho lawn beforo tho others had risen from tholr seats. "An neroplano! Hurry!" sho called. How fast tho speck grow! Naturally, tho business of war, watching for every Invention that might servo Its ends, was tho flrst patron of flight. Captain Arthur Lan stron, pupil of a pioneer avlutor, had boon warned by him and by tho chief of staff of tlfb Drowns, who was look ing on, to keop In a clrclo closo to tho ground. But ho wns doing so well "It Must Be Bandaged I'm Not Go Ing to Taint." that ho thought ho would try rising a llttlo hlghor. Tho summits of tho rango shot under him, unfolding a variegated lug of landBcapo. Ho dipped tho planes sllghtl, intending to follow tho range's doscout and again thoy answered to his deulro. Tho tower loomed boforo him ns suddonly us it It had been shot up out of tho earth. Ho must turn, and quickly, to avoid disaster; ho must turn, or ho would bo ncross tho whlto posts in tho enemy's country. "Oh!" groaned Marta and Mrs. Gal laud together lu an agony of suspense thoy saw tho fragllo creation of cloth and ham boo and metal, which had suemod ns socuro ns an albatross riding on tho lap of a steady wind, dip far ovor, careen back In tho othor direction, and then tho whirring nolso that hud grown with Its flight ceased. It was no longor a thing of winged life, defying tho law of gravity, hut n thing dead, falling un der tho burden of n living weight. "Tho onglno has BtoppodI" exclaimed Westorllng, any trnco of emotion In his olworvnnt Imperturbability thnt of satisfaction that tho machluo wus tho onomy's. Ho was thinking of tho ox- mil ( .- .aaaS EDERICK PALMER Marta was thinking or tho man who was about to dlo. Sho rushed down tho terraco stops wildly, as if her going and her agonized prayer could avert tho Inevitable. Tho piano, descending, skimmed tho garden wall and passed out of sight. Sho heard a thud, a crack ling of braces, a ripping of cloth, but no cry. Westorllng had started after her, ox claiming, "This is a enso for flrst aid!" while Mrs. Galland, taking tho steps as fast no sho could, brought up tho rear. Through tho gateway In tho gar den wall could be seen tho shoulders of a young ollleer, a streak of rod coursing down his cheek, rising from tho wreck. An Inarticulate sob of re lief broko from Marta's throat, fol lowed by quick gasps of breath Cap tain Arthur Lanstron was looking Into tho startled oyes of a young girl that seemed to reflect his own emotions of tho moment after having shared those ho had In tho air. "I flow! I flow clear over tho range, at any rate!" ho said "And I'm nllvo. I managed to hold her so sho missed tho wall and made nn easy bump." Ho got ono foot frco of tho wreck nnd that leg wns all right. She shared his elation. Thon ho found thnt tho other was uninjured, Just ae she cried in distress: "But your hand oh, your hand!" His left hand hung limp from tho wrist, cut, mashed and bleeding. Its norvos numbed, ho had not as yet felt any pain from tho Injury. Now ho re garded It In a kind of awakening stare of realization of a deformity to como. "Wool-gatheilng again!" ho mut tered to himself crossly. Then, seeing that she had turned white, ho thrust tho disgusting thing behind his back and twinged with tho movement. Tho pain was arriving. "It must bo bandaged! I havo a handkerchief!" sho bogged. "I'm not going to fnlnt or anything like that!" "Only bruised and it's tho left. I am glad It was not tho right," ho re plied. Wosterllug nrrivod and Joined Marta In offers of asslstanco Just as thoy heard tho prolonged honk of an uutomobllo demanding tho right of way at top speed In tho direction of tho pass. "Thank you, but they'ro coming for mo," said Lanstron to Westorllng as ho glanced up tho road. Westorllng wan looking at tho wreck. Lanstron, who recognized him ns nn oflicer, though In mufti, kicked a bit of tho torn cloth over some apparatus to hide It. At this Wosterllug smiled faintly. Thon Lanstron saluted aB of llcor to oflicer might Baluto across tho whlto posts, giving his name and re ceiving in return Westcrllng's. Thoy made a contrast, theso two men, tho colonel of tho Grays, swnit and sturdy, his physical vitality so evi dent, and tho cnptaln of tho Browns, homo seven or eight years tho Junior, bareheaded, In dishevelled fatigue uniform, his lips twitching, his slender body quivering with tho pain that ho could not control, while his rather hold forehead and delicate, sensltlvo features suggested a man of norvo and ner os who might havo loft experi ments In n laboratory for an adventure In tho air. Thero w;ib a kind of chal lenge In their glancos, tho challengo of nn ancient feud of tholr peoples, of tho professional rivalry of polite duellists. Lanstron's slight llguro boomed to express tho weaker numbor of tho three million soldiers of tho Browns; Wcstorllng'a bulkier ono, tho four million flvo hundred thousand of tho Gras 'You had a narrow squeak and ou , mado a vory snappy recovery at tho last second," said WeBtqillng, passing a compliment ncross tho whlto posts "That's In tho lino of duty for ou and mo, Isn't It? ' Lanstron replied, his voice thick with pain as ho forced a smllo. Thero was no poso in his fortitude Ilo was ovldontly disgusted with him solf ovor tho whole business, and ho turnod to tho group qf throe officers and a civilian who alighted from a big Drown arm automobllo as If ho woro prepared to havo them say their worst. Thoy scorned botwoou tho Impulse of reprimnudlng and embracing him "I hopo that you are not surprised at tho result," said tho oldest of tho of ficers, a man of late middlo age, rather affectionately and teaslngly Ho woro n slnglo ordor on his breast, a plain Iron crosB, nnd tho Insignia of his rank was that of a Hold-marshal. "Not now. I Bhould bo again, sir," bnld Lanstron, looking full at tho Held mnishnl In tho appeal of ono asking for nnothor chance "I wns woolgath orlng. But I shnll not wool gather next tlmo l'vo got a romlndor moro urgent than n string tied around my Anger ' "Yes, thnt hand needs lmmedlnto at tentlon," Bald tho doctor Ho and an other ollleer bognn helping Lanstron lhto tho automobllo. "Good-bj!" ho called to tho joung girl, who was still watching him with big, Bympathutlo eyes. "I am coming back soon nnd land in tho Hold, there, nfitl utinn I tn 1 11 nlnlm n KiinM, rt J flow ora." "Do! What rum" sho cried, as tho car started. "Tho field-marshal was Partow, their chief of staff?" Westorllng nsked. "Yes," said Mrs. Galland. "1 remem ber when ho was a young Infantry ofll cc r beforo tho last war, beforo ho had won tho iron cross and becomo so great. Ho was not of an army family - a doctor's son, but verj clever and sliilful " Getting a llttlo old for his work!" remaikod Westerllng. "Hut apparent ly ho Is keen enough to take a per sonal Interest In anything new." Wasn't It thrilling and and ter rible1" Marta exclaimed "Yes, llko war at our own door again," replied Mrs. Galland, who know war Sho had seen war raging on tho pass road "Lnnstron, tho young man said his nnmo was," sho resumed after a pauso. "No doubt tho Lanstrons of Thorhourg. An old family and many of them In tho army " "Tho way ho refused to give In that was fine!" said Marta Westorllng, who had been engrossed In Ills own thoughts, looked up. "Courage 1j tho cheapest thing cy army has! You can get hundreds of joung offlcerB who aro glad to tako a risk of that kind. Tho thing Is," nnd his Angora pressed In on tho palm of his hand In a pounding gesture of tho foreaim, "to direct and command head work organization!" "If war should como again " Marta began Mrs Galland nudged her A Brown never mentioned war to an oili er of tho Grays, it was not at all In tho accopted proprieties But Marta rushed on "So manj would bo en gaged that It would be moro horrible than ever " ' You cannot mako omelets without breaking eggs," Westorllng answered with suavo finality ' The aeroplane will take its place as an auxiliary," he went on, his mind still running on the theme of her prophecy, which tho meeting with Lan stron had quickened. "But war will, as ever, bo won by tho bajonet that takes and holds a position. Wo bhall havo no miracle victories, no " Thero ho broko off. Ho did not ac company Mrs. Galland and Marta back to tho houso, but mado his adieus at tho garden-gate. "I'm sure that I shall never marry a soldier!" Marta hurst out as she and her mother wero ascending the steps. CHAPTER II. Ten Years Later. Ills Excellency tho chief or staff of tho Grays was seldom In his ofllcc. His Excelloncy had years, rank, prestige. Tho hionst of his nnlfoim sagged with tho weight of his decorations. Ho ap peared for tho army at great func tions, his plcturo was In tho shop windows. Iledworth Westerllng, tho now vice-chief of staff, was content with this arrangement. His years would not permit him tho supreme honor This was for a figurehead, while ho had tho power. His appointment to tho staff ten j ears ago had given him tho Held ho wanted, the capital Itself, for tho play or his abilities. Ills vital energy, his Impressivo personality, his gift for courting tho influences thnt counted, whether mnn's or woman's, hl3 astuto readiness In stooping to some meas ures that wero in keeping with tho times but not with army precedent, hnd won for him the goal of his ambi tion. Ho had passed over the heads of older men, whom many thought his bottors, rather ruthlessly. Those who would servo loyally ho drew around him, thoso who were bitter he crowd ed out or his wav In tho adjoining loom, occupied by Westerllng, tho walls were hung with ktho silhouettes of Infantrymen, such as you seo at maneuvers, in different positions of llrlng, crouching In shal low trenches, standing In deop trenches, or lylug flat on tho stomach on level earth Another silhouette. that of nn Infantryman running, wns poppored with whlto points In arms and legs nnd parts of tho body that woro not vital, to show in how many places a man may bo hit with a small caliber bullet and still survive In this day of univeis.il European conception, if Westerllng wore to win in war It would bo with flvo millions flvo hundred thousand more than when ho faced a joung Brown officer over tho wrock of nn aeroplane Including tho reserves, each man running, firing, crouching, as was the figure on the wall, and trjing to give more of tho whlto points that peppered tho sil houette thnn ho received Now Tuicas, tho nsslstant vloo-chlof of staff, and Bouchard, chief of tho di vision of Intelligence, staudlng on olthor sido of Westcrllng's deck, await ed his decisions on certain matters which they had hi ought to his atten tion Both woro older than Wester llng, Turcns by ten and Bouchard by llftoen years Turcns had been stronglj urged In Inner army circles for the place that Westerllng had won, but his manner and his abllltj to court influenco wore against him A luth or a man and stiff as a lath, pnlo, with thin, tlghtlj -drawn lips, quiet, steol gra eyes, a tracery of blue veins showing on his full temples, ho suggested tho nscotlc no less than tho soldier, whilo his Incisive brevity of speech, flavored now nnd then with pungent humor, without anj inflection In his dry voice, waB In keoplng with his appearance lie arrived with tho clerks In tlio morning and ficquently remained after thov wero gone. As a muster of detail Westerllng regarded him as an Invaluable assistant, with cortnln limitations, which were thoso of tho pigeonhole and the tioadmlll. Ab for Bouchard, naturo had meant him to be a wheel horso. He had uever had anj hopo of boiafj chief of Btaff Hawk-eyed, with a great beak noso and Iron-gray hair, lntensoly nnd sol emnly sorlous, lacking a sense of humor, ho would havo looked at homo with his big, bony hnuds gripping n broadsword hilt an J bis lank body clothed in chain a;mor. Ho had a mastiff's devotion tc Its master for his chief. "Since Lanstron becamo chief of In telligence of tho Browns Infotmatlon seems to havo stopped," said Wester llng, but not complalulngly. Ho appre ciated Bouchard's loyalty. "Yea, they say ho even hums his Inundry bills, ho Is bo careful," Bou chard replied. "But that we ought to know," Wes torllng proceeded, referring very In sistently to a secret of tho Browns which had baffled Bouchard "Try a woman," ho wont on with that terao, bnid directness which reflected ono of his sides. "Thero is nobody llko a woman for that sort of thing. Spend enough to get tho right woman " Turcns und Bouchaid exchanged a glance, which ioso suggestively from tho top of the head of tho seated vice chief of staff Turcas smiled slightly, while Bouchard was graven as usual "You could hardly reach Lanstron though ou spent a queen's ransom," said Bouchard In his literal fashion. "I should sav not!" Westerllng ex claimed. "No doubt about Lanstron's being all there! I saw him ten rars ago after his first aeroplane flight un der conditions that proved It. How ever, ho must have susceptible subor dinates." "Weil bet all the machinery wo havo to work to find one, sir," Bou chaid replied "Another thing, we must dismiss nny Idea that they are concealing either artillery or dirigibles or planes that wo do not know of," continued Wester llng. "That ib a figment of our appre hensions. The fact that wo find no truth In the rumors proves that there Is none. Such things are too important to bo concealed b one army from nn othor " "Lanstron certainly cannot carry them in his pockets," remarked Tur cas. ' Still, wo muBt bo sure," ho added thoughtfully, moro to himself than to Webterllng, who had already turned his attention to a document which Turcas laid on the desk. "The 128th Regiment hns been or dered to South La Tlr, but no order yet given for tho 132d, whose place it takes," he explained. "Let it remain for the present!" Westerling replied. After thoy had withdrawn, the look that passed between Turcas and Bou chard was a pointed question. Tho 132d to remain at South La Tlr! Was thero something moro than "newspa per talk" In this latest diplomatic crisis between tho Grajs and the Browns? Westerllng alone was In tho confidence of the premier of lato. Any exchange of Ideas between the two subordinates would bo fruitless sur mlBo and against tho very Instinct of staff secrecy, whoro ever man knew only his work and asked about no one else's Westerllng ran through tho papers that Turcas had piepaied for him. If Turcas had written them, Westerllng know that they were propeily done. Having cleared his desk Into tho hands of his executive clerk, he looked at the clock. It had barely turned four. He picked up the final staff report of ob servations on tho Into Balkan cam paign, Just printed In book form, glanced at it and laid It aside Already ho knew the few lessons afforded by this war "done on tho cheap," with limited equipment and over bad roads. No dirigibles had been used and few planes. It was no criterion, except in the effect of tho fire of tho new pattern guns, for the conflict of vast masses of highly trained men against vast masses of highly trained men, with rapid transportation over good roads, com plete equipment, thorough organiza tion, backed bj generous resources,. In tho cataclysm of two great European powers rip m: coxTiNunrn ELECTRICITY IN RAIN DROPS German Scientist Has Measured the Charge Describes Results of Hlo Investigation. Rain drops aro almost always charged with electricity. The charge Is often posltlvo, rarely negative. Many observers havo measured tho charge approximately nnd made It from 0 000,000.000,000,000,01 to 0 000, 000,000,000,00 amperes per Bquaro centimetre Prof V. Horath of Kiel describes In tlio Kovuo Electrlquo the experiments b) which ho has meas ured them Ilo received the rain on a fine me tallic cloth "5 metres squaro Insulat ed and attached to a galvanometer in a cellar Tho galvanometer registered photogrnphtcallj Among tho fact3 he provob aro these. Rains with a constantly posltlvo chargo aro much more frequent than those that change to a negntlve Tho passage from a positive to a negatlvo chat go corresponds to a momentary cossntion of tho shower Tho quanti ty of posltlvo electricity brought by tho rain Is fifteen times greater than that of the negative Tho posltlvo currents In n ateail rainfall aro about 0 000,000.000,000,000,1 ampores per squaie centimetre; tho negatlvo cur rents novor exceed 0 000,000,000,000,- 001 amperes per square centimetro Where Some Reformers Err. A reformer usuully has big ideas. 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