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t THE SEMI.VVEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRA8KA. The Last Shot nr FREDERICK (Copyright, 1914, by u SYNOPSIS. At their homo on the frontier between lie IlrowiiH and f5ry Mnrta Unllxnil and her mother, entertalnlrifr Colonel Venfer tlnr of the Oiay, e Captain T.anstron of trip Browns Injured by a fall in hW aeroplane. Ten year later. Wonlerlliifr, tuimlnal vlro but real chief of ataff, re-enforce Houth T.a Tlr and medltutca on war. lie callfi on Mnrta, who la vliltlng In tlin Jray capital. Hhe tell him of her tearh ing children the foil I en ot war and mar tial patrlotlnm, and bee hlrn to prevent war while ha la chief ot ataff. On the march with the (3d of the Ilrowiu Pri vate Htronsky. anarchist, la placed tinder rreat. Colonel I.nnntron liega him off. Inatron calls on Mnrta at her home. Me talks with Keller, tho pardoner. Mnrta tells Lanstrnn that she believes Feller to be a spy, Lnnstrnn confoMCn It Is true. I.mutron shows Mnrta a telephone which Feller has concealed In a secret paisase under the tower for two to benefit the Browns In war emergencies. I.anstron de clares his lovo for Marta. Westerllng nnd the Gray premier plan to use a trivial In ternational nffalr to foment warlike pa triotism In army and people and strike be fore declaring war I'artow, Jlrown chief of staff, and f.nnstrnn, made vice, discuss the trouble, and tho Brown defenses. I'ar tow reveals his plans to I.anstron. The Oray army crosses the border linn and at tacks The Hrowns check them. Artil lery. Infantry, aeroplanes nnd dlrlKlbles engage, fitransky. rlslnir to make the anarchist speech of his lire, draws the Oray artillery lire. Nicked bv a shrapnel pllnter lie goes llerserk and flchtM"all a. man." Marta has her first Kllnipse of war In Its modern, cold, scientific, mur derous hrutallty The Tlrowns fall back to the Galtiitid house. Stranskv forages. Marta sees a night attack. The Orayi attack In force. Feller leaves his secret telephone and goes hack to his guns. Hand to hand fighting. The nrowns fall tiafk again. Marta asks I.nustrnn over the phone to appeal to Partow to stop the fighting Vandalism In tho Oalland fiouse. CHAPTER XIII Continued. Then a Btaffollleer nppeared In tho doorwny. When lto saw a woman en ter tho room lio frowned. I f o had rid den from tho town, which was empty of women, a fuct that lio regarded as a blessing. If alio had been a maid narvant he Would haVe kepi on Ills cap. Seeing. that she was not, he re moved It and round himself In want of words as their oyes met after she had emtio a gesture to tho broken glass on the floor and tho lncerated table 'top, which said too plainly; "Do you ndinlre your work?" Tho fact that he was well groomed -and freshly shaven did not In any wlso -dissipate In her fcmtnlno mind his connection with this destruction. He ad never scon anything like the smile which went with tho gesture. Her oyes wero two continuing and chal lenging llnmcs. Her chin was hold high and steady, nnd tho pallor of ex hauntlon, with tho blackness or her hair and eyes, made hei strangely commanding, He understood that she was not waiting lor'hlm to speak, hut to go. "I did not know that thuro wat) a woman herot" he said. "And I did not know that officers of "the Grays wero accustomed to enter private houses without Invitations I" he replied. "This Is a little different," ho bogan. Sho Interrupted him. "Cut tho lnw of tho Grays Is that homes should ho left undisturbed, iHii't It? At least, It Is tho law or civiliza tion, 1 believe you profeBH, too, to pro tect property, do you not?" "Why, year ho agreed. He wished that ho could get a llttlo resplto rrom the steady flro or her oyos. It was em barrassing and as conruslng ah the wblto light or mi impracticable logic. "In that caso, please ploco a guard around our houao lent soma more of your soldiers get out or control," she went on. "1 can do that, yes,'' ho said. "Hut wo are to mako this a staff headquar tors and must start at once to put the house in readiness." "(Jeneral Westorllng'a headquar ters?" she Inquired. He parried the quostiou with a trown. Stan-olllccra never give Infor mation. They receive Inrormatlou and transmit orders. "I know General Westerllng. You will tell him that my mpthor, Mrs. Gal land, and our maid and myself are very tired fiom tho entertainment he has given us, unasked, nnd wo need leep to-night. So you will leavo us until morning and that door, sir, Is tho one out Into the grounds." The Btaff-ofllcer bowed and went out by that door, glad to get away from Marta's oyes. His Inspection of tho promises with a view to plans ror staff accommodation could wait. Wester ling would not be hero ror two days at least. "WhowJ What energy sho has!" ho thought. "I never nnd anybody niako mo feol so contemptibly unlike a gen tleman In my life," Yet Martu, returning to tho hull, hud to steady herself In a dizzy moment Against the wall. Complete reactton had come. She craved sleep as If It -wore tho one true, real thing In the -world. She crated sleep for tho clarity of mind that comes with tho morning light. In tho haziness of fleecy thought, 'M slumber drew Us soft clouds around hor, her last conscious vlslous were the pleasant ouob rlslug tree of a background of horror'; of Feller's ismllo when he wont back to Ills auto matic ror good; or Dollarmo'u smile as the was dying; of Stransky's smilo as lMlnna gave htm hope; and of Hugo's tface as ho uttered his flute-like cry of protest, lu her cars wore the haunt PALMER Charles Scribner Sons) ing calmness and contained force of Lanstron's voice over tho telephone. Sho was pleased to think that she hod not lost hor temper in her talk with tho fitnff-olllcer. N'o, she had not flared once In Indignation. It was as ir she had absorbed some of Lanny's own soir-control. Lanny would approve or her In that scene with an officer of the Grays. And she realized that a change had come over her a change Inex plicable and telling nnd she was tired oh, so tired! It had boon ex hausting work, Indeed, for one woman, though sho had been mound the world, making war on two armies. Tho general staff-ofllcer of the Grays, who had taeted Marta's temper on his first call, when he returned the next morning did not enter unannounced. Ho rang the door-bell. "I have a mossngo ror you rrom Gen eral Westerllng," he said to her. "The general expresses IiIh deep regret at the unavoidable damage to your houso and grounds und has directed that overythlng possible he done Immedi ately in the way of repairs." In proor or this the olllcor called at tention to a group or service-corps men who were removing tho and-hags from tho first terrace. Others were at work In tho garden Betting uprooted plants back Into tho earth. ''Ills Excellency says," continued tho ofllcer, "that, although the house is so admirably suited for staff pur poses, wo will find another If you de sire." Ho was too polite and too consid erate In his attitude ror Marta not to meet him in the name spirit. "That Is what we should naturally preror," and Mnrta bowed hor head In Indecision. "Wo should havo to begin, installing" tho telegraph and telephono service on tho lower floor. at once," ho remarked. "In fact, all nrrungements must be made before tho general's arrival." "He has been a guest hero before," she said remlnlscently and detachedly. Her head dropped lower, In appar ent disregard of his presence, as he took counsel with hersolf. She was porrectly still, without oven tho move ment or an eye-lash, Other considera tions than any ho might suggest, ho subtly understood, held her attention. Thoy wore tho criterion by which sho would at length assent or dissent, and nothing could hurry tho Marta or to day, who yeatorday had beon a creature ot revorlsh Impulse. It seemed n long time that he was watching that wonderful prolllo under tho vory black hnlr, soft with tho soft ness of flesh, yet llrmly carved. Sho lifted her head gradually, her oyes swooping past tho spot whoro Del larmo had Iain dying, whoro Keller had manned tho automatic, where Stranoky had thrown IMlzer over tho parapet. Ho saw tho glnnco arrested and focussed on thojlng ot tho Grays, which wna floating from a staff on tho ouleklrtB of tho town, and slowly, glowingly, tho light rippling on Its folds was reflected In her fnco. "Sho Is ror us! Sho Is a Gray!" he thought triumphantly, Tho woman nnd tho flag! Tho mutter-or-ract staff officer felt the thrill or sentiment. "I think wo enn arrange It," Mnrta announced with a rare smile or aBsont. "Then I'll go hack to- town nnd sot tho signal-corps men to Avork," ho said. "And when you come you will And tho house at your disposal," sho as sured him. Kxcept that ho was raising his cap liiBtend or saluting, he was conscious ot withdrawing with thodoforcuce duo to a superior. In placo of the smile, after he had gone, ciuno a frown and a look In hor eyes as if at something revolting; then the smilo returned, to be suc ceeded by tho frown, which was fol lowed by an indeterminate shaking of the head. CHAPTER XIV. Tea on the Veranda Again. It was moro Irritating than ever for Mrs. Gnllaud to keep pace with hor daughter's Inconsistencies. Uoro wns Marta saying coolly; '"Unto Caesar tho things that are Caesar's!' Wo have our proporty, our home to protect. Perhaps tho Grays havo como to stay for good, so graclousness Is our only weapon. Wo cannot light a whole army single handed." ' "You have found that out, Marta?" said Mrs, Gallaud. "We havo four rooms In the baron's towor and n kltchon stove," Marta pro ceeded, "With Minna wo can make ourselves vory comfortable and leave tho house to the utaff." "Tho Gnllauds In their gardener's quarters I Tho staff ot tho Grays In ours! Your rathor will turn In his gruvo!" Mrs. Galium! exclalmod. "But, mother, It Is not qulto ngreo able to think ot three women living In the samo house with a score of strange men!" Marta persisted. "I had not thought of that, Marta. Of course, It would bo abominable!" ugroed Mrs. Galland, promptly capitu lating where a polut or proprloty wu Involved. When Mnrta Informed the officer tho samo ono who had rung the door boll on his socond vIslt-of tha family's decision ho appeared shocked at the Idea of eviction that wan implied. Hut, secretly pleased at tho turn or events, ho hastened to apologlzo for war's brutal necessities, ard Marta's com plaisance led him to consider himself something or a diplomatist. Yes, moro than over ho was convinced or tho wisdom or an Invader ringing door bells. Meanwhile, tho service-corps mon had continued tholr work until now there wns no vcstlgo ot war In tho grounds that labor could obliterate; and masons had como to repair tho walls of the house Itself and plasterers to renew the broken celllngH. All this Marta regarded In a kind of charmed wonder that an Invader could be so considerate. Her manner with tho officers In charge ot prepara tions had the simplicity and ease which a woman ot twenty-seven, who Is not old-maldlflh because she Is not afraid of a single future, runy employ ns a serene hostess, She frequently asked If thorn were good news. "Yes," was the uniform reply. An unexpected setback hexe or resistance there, but progress, nevertheless. Hut she learned, too, that tho first two days' fighting along tho frontier had cost tho Grays fifty thousand casual ties. "In order to make an omelet you must hreak eggs!" she remarked. "Spoken like n true soldier like a momber of the stnff!" was the reply. In her constraint nnd detachment they renllzcd hor conscious apprecia tion of tho fact that In earllor times her people hnd been for tho Browns; but In her Hnshen of Interest In the progress of tno war, flashes from a woman's unmllitary mind, they judged that her heart was with tho Grays. And why not? Was It not natural that a woman with moro than her share ot Intellectual perception should be on the right sldo? From her associations it was not to bo expected that she would mako an outright declaration ot npostasy. This would destroy the valuo and tho attractiveness of her conver sion. Ueverenco for tho past, for a father who had fought for the Browne, ngalnBt hor own convictions, mado her nttitudo appear singularly and deli cately cprrect, The War was a week old a week which had developed other tangents nnd traps than La Tlr on the morn ing that tho tlrat Installment of Junior ofllccrs came to occupy tho tables and desks. Whero tho ramlly portraits had hung In tho dining-room wero now big maps dotted with brown and gray flags. Portublo Held cabinets with sectional maps on a large ecalo wore arranged around the walls or the drawing-room. In what had been the loung-Ing-room ot tho old days of Galland prosperity, tho refrain or hair a dozen telegraph instruments mado medley with tho clicking or typewriters. Cooks nnd helpers were busy in tho kitchen; ror tho staff were to live Ilko gentle men; they were to have their morning bnths, their comrortable beds, nnd "Just Like Old Days, Isn't It?" regular meals. No twinge or Indiges tion or or rheumatism rrom exposure was to Interfere with tho working of tholr precious Intellectual processes. No detail ot assistance would be lack Ing to savo any bureaucratic head time nnd labor. Tho bodrooms wero appor tioned nccordiug to rank that of the master awaited tho master; tho best servant's bedroom awaited Francois, his vnlot. When llnuchurd, tho chief of Intelli gence, who fought tho battlo or wits and fplea against Lnnstron, came, two hours before Wostorllng was duo, tho last ot tho Btaft except Westerllng and his personal aldo had arrived. Bouch ard, with his Irou-grny hair, bushy oyo brows, strong, aqutllno nose, nnd hawk-like eyes, his mouth hidden by a bristly mustache, was lean and sat urnine, nnd ho was loyal. No jealous thought ontored his mind at having to serve a man younger than himself. Ho did not servo a personality; ho served a chief of Btuff and a profes sion. Tho score of words which es caped him ns ho looked over the ar rangements wora all of directing criti cism and bitten off sharply, as If he regretted that ho had to waste breath lu communicating oven a thought "I tell nothing, but you toll mo overythlng!" said Bouchard's hawk eyes. Ho was old-fashioned; ho looked his part, which was ono of tho many points of dlffcronco between him and LanBtron as a chief of intelligence. It lacked ono minute to four when Hedworth Westerllng, chief of staff In narso as well ns power now, alighted from the. gray automobile that turned In at the Galland drive. His Excel lency had not occupied his new head quarters as soon as ho expected, but this could havo no Influence on results, ir he had lost fifty thousand men on tho first two days and two hundred thousand since the war had begun, should ho allow this to disturb his well-being or body or mind? His well being or body and mind meant the ulti mate saving or lives. Confidence wns reflected lit, Wester ling's bearing and In his smile of com mand as ho passed through tho staff rooms, Turcas and Bouchard In his train, with tacit approval of tho ar rangements. Finally, Turcas, now vice chief of staff, and tho other chiefs nwalted his pleasure In tho library, which was to be his sanctum. On tho massive seventeenth-century deBk lay a number of reports and suggestions. Westerllng ran through them with ac customed swirtness or sirtlng and then turned to his personal aide. "leu Francois that I will have tea on tho veranda." From tho ract that he took with him the papers that he had laid aside, sub ordinate generals, with the gift or un spoken directions which Is a part or their profession, understood that he meant to go over tho subjects requir ing special attention whllo ho had tea. "Everything Ib going well well!" ho added. "Well!" ran tho unspoken communi cation of confidence through tho staff. So well that His Excellency was calmly taking tea on tho veranda! For tho inderatlgable Turcas tho detail; for Westerllng the front or Jove. He hnd told Marta only two weeks aso that ho should see her again ir war came; and war had come. With tho inviting prospect or a few holiday momenta In which to continue the in terview that had been abruptly con cluded In a hotel reception-room, he started down (he terrace steps. Above the second terrace ho saw a crown of woman's hair hair of Jot abundance, shading a face thgt brought familiar completeness to the scene. Their glances met whero tho path ended at tho second terrace flight; hers shot with a beam of restrained and ques tioning good humor that spoke at least a truce to tho Invader. "You called sooner than I expected," she said In a note of equivocal pleas antry. "Or I," he rejoined with a shade of triumph, tho politest of triumph. He was a step above her, hor head on a lovol with tho pocket of his blouse. Ills squnre shoulders, commanding height, and military erectness were thus emphasized, aj was her own femi nine sllghtness. "I want to thank you," sho said. "As becomes a soldier, your forethought was expressed In action. It was the promptness of tho men you sent to look after tho garden which saved tho uprooted plants before they wore past recovery." "I wished it ror your sake and eome what Tor my own snko to bo the samo that it was in tho days when I used to call," lie said graciously. "Tea was from four to live, do you remember? Will you Join me? I have JtiBt ordered It," A generous, pleasant conqueror, this! No ono knew better than Wester ling how to be one when ho chose. Ho wns something of an actor. Leaders of men of his type usually are. "Why, yes. Very gladly!" she as sented with no undue cordiality and no undue constraint, quite ns If there wero no war. Neutrality could not be bettor Im personated, ho thought, than in the oven cleaving of hor lips over tho words. They seemed to shy that a mown niiu como nna gone ana a new set of masters had taken the place of tho old. As they approached tho veranda Francois was placing the tea things. "Just like the old days, Isn't it?" ho exclaimed with his first sip, convinced that tho officers' commissary supplied excellent tea in the field. "Yes, for tho moment If we forget the war!" she replied, and looked away, preoccupied, toward the land scape. If we forget tho war! She bore on tho words rather grimly. The change that ho had noted between the Marta of the hotel reception-room and the Marta of the moment was not alto gether the work of ten years. It had dovelopod since she was In tho capi tal. In these three weeks war had been brought to her door. She had been under heavy lire. Yet this sub ject of tho war was tho ono which he, as an Invader, considered himself bound to avoid. "Wo do forget It at tea, don't we?" ho aBked, "At least we need not speak of it!" ho replied, "I ntn staying tonight. I was going to ask It you wouldn't remain on tho veranda whllo I go over these pa pers. It It would be very cozy and pleasant." "Why, yeB," she agreed with evident pleasure, Turcas camo, In answer to Wester ling's ring. Tho orders and sugges tions on the tablo seemed to bo tho product of this lnth ot a man, tho vice chler, but n lath of steel, not wood, who appeared a runner trained for a raco of intellects In tho scratch class. Ono by ono, almost perfunctorily, Wosterling gave his asseut a3 he passed tho papers to Turcas; while Turcae'a dry voice, comlns from be tween n narrow opening or tho thin Hps, gavo his reasons with a rapid- flrcr's precision in answer to his chief's inquiries. With each order somewhere along that frontier some unit of a great or ganism would respond. The reserves rrom this position would be trans rerred to that; such a position would bo folt out berore dark by a reconnols sanco In rorco, howevor costly; tho rapld-Hrers or tho 19th Division would bo transferred to the 20th; despite tho 37th Brigade's losses, It would still form the ndvance; General So-and-So would bo superseded after his fallurn of yesterday; Colonel So-and-So would take his placo as acting ma Jor-genoral; moro care must bo exercised In recom mendations for bronze crosses, lest their value so depreciate that officers nnd men would lack Incentive to win them. Marta was having a look behind tho scenes at tho fountnlnhead of great events. Power! power! Tho abso lute power of the soldier in tho saddle, with premier and government and all the institutions ot peace only a dim background for the processes or war! Opposite her was a man who could make and unmake not only generals but oven the destinies or peoples. By every sign he enjoyed his power for Its own sake. Thero must be a chief ot tho five millions, which were as a moving forest ot destruction, and here was tho chler, his strength reflected in the strong muscles of his short neck as he turned his head to llston to Turcas. Marta recalled the con tract botween Westerllng nnd Lan stron as they raced each other after tho wreck of tho aeroplane ten years ago; tho Iron invincibility ot the elder's sturdy, mature figure and the alert, high-strung Invincibility of the Blighter llguro of the younger man. Ho had taken up a paper thought fully nftcr Turcas withdrew, when he looked up to Marta In answer to a movement In her chair. She had bent forward In n pose that freed her figure from the chair-back In an outline of suppleness and firmness; hor lips were parted, showing a faint line of the white of hor teeth, and ho caught her gazing at him In a kind ot wondering admiration. But she dropped hor eye lids Instantly and said deliberately, less to him than to herself: "You havo the gift!" No tea-table flattery that, ho knew; only the reflection of a fact whose ex istence hnd been borne In on her bj observation. "Tho gift? How?" ho .Inquired, speaking to the fringe of hair that half hid her lowered face. Sho looked up, smiling brightly. "You don't know what gift! Not tho pianist's! Not tho poet's! Why, of course, tho supreme gift of com mand! rl he thing that made you chiif of staff! And the war goes well for you, doesn't It?" Delicious morsel, this, to a connois seur In compliments! He tasted It with the samo self-satisfied smilo that ho had her first prophecy. To her who had then voiced a secret ho had shared with no ono, as, his chest swelled with a full breath, ho bared another in the delight of tho Impres sion ho had made on her. "Yes, ns you foresaw as I planned!" he said. "Yes, I planned nil, step by step, till I was chief of staff and ready. 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