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THE SEMI.WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. arma The Last Shot FREDERICK (Copyright, 19M, by u 8YN0PSIS. At thrlr liomn on tlm frontier between Jho Drowns and C!rny Murtn anllaiul anil lier mother, entertaining Colonel WMer IlnR of tlio Grays, see Captain I.untron of the llrownn Injured by a fall In Ills Aeroplane, Ten yeara latrr. Wonterlltic nominal vlco but real rhlef of mnff, rc--n-forceB Houth I,a Tlr and meditates on war. Jvlnrta telln him of her teaching children the folliCB of war and martial patriotism, and bfK him to prevent war while ho Is trhlef of Htaff, ,Oti tho march with the 53d of tho Drowns Private Htrannky, an jrchlst. In placed Under nrrfHt. Colonel a.nnstron bcRa him oT. L.antron cnlls on IMurta at her home. 81m tells Lanstron that she bcllcvps Kcllor, the gardener, to w a i,py. J.nnstron ennfensns It Is true nd shows her a telephone which Keller has concealed In a secret passage under 'the tower for use to betiollt tno Drowns In war emergencies, Lanntron declares tils love for Marta, Westerllng and the uray premier plan to uso a trivial Inter national affair to foment wnrilko pa triotism In nrmj' and people and strike be fore declaring war. Partow, Brown chief of staff, and Lanstron, mudo vice, discuss thn trouble, and the Brown defenses. 1'ar tow reveals his plans to I.anstron. Tho ray army crosses tho border lino and at tacks, The Browns check them. Artll Jery, Infantry, aeroplanes and dirigible mirage, Htransky, rising to make tho anarchist speech of his life, draws tho a ray artillery flro. Nicked by a shrapnel npllnter he goes to Berserk and fights -"all a man." Marta has her first glimpse of ynr In Its modern, cold, scientific, mur derous brutality. The Drowns fall back to the Oalland house, Htransky forages. tarta sees a night attack. The Grays .attack In force. Feller leaves his secret telephone nnd goes back to his guns. Jland to hand fighting. Tho Browns fall nack again. Marta asks Lanntron over the phono to appeal to Partow to stop the fighting. Vandalism In tho Galland house. Wosterllng and hl.s Btliff occupy the Galland house and ho begins to woo Marta. CHAPTER XIV Continued. Tho subjective enjoyment of the declaration kept him from nny kn notice of tho effect of his words. Inny wns right. It had been n war of( deliberate conqueat; a war to gratify personal ambition. All her life .Marta would bo ablo to live over again the foollngn of this moment. It was as if one wero frozen, all excopt brain and nerves, -which wore on fire, while 'the rigidity of lco kept her from springing from hor chair In contempt and horror. But a purpoBo camo on tho wings of diabolical temptation which "would pit tho art of woman ngnltiBt tho power of a mnn who set millions gainst millions In slaughter to gratify poraonal ambition. Sho was thankful that she was looking down as sho fcpoke, for Bho could not bring horsolf to another compliment. Her throat wan too chilled for that yot. "Tho ono way to end tho feud be tween tho two nations wna a war that would mean pormnnent peace," ho ex plained, Booing how quiet sho wnB and realizing, with a recollection of hor children's oath, that ho had gone a lit tle too far. Ho wanted to retain hor Admiration. It had become as precious to him as a now delicacy to Lucullus. "Yes, I understand," sho managed to murmur; then sho was ablo to look up. "It's all so Immense 1" sho added. "Your Ideas about war seem to bo a roat deal changed," ho hlntod casually. "As I erprossod them nt tho hotol, you mean J" alio exclaimed. "That eoms ages ago ages I" Tho perplex ity and indecision that, In a space of silence, brooded la tho dopths of her ayes came to tho surface In wavering lights. "Yea, ages I nges!" Tho wavor Ins llghtu grow dim with n kind of hor ror and sho lookod away fixedly at a Klvou point. Ho waa conscious of a thrill; tho thrill that always presaged victory for him. Ho realized hor ovldont dis tress; ho guessod that torrlblo pic tures wero moving boforo hor vision. "You soe, I havo been very much stirred up," sho said half apologetlcal ly. "There aro eomo questions I want to ask quite practical, Hellish ques tions. You might call them questions of property and morcy, Tho longer tho war lasts tho greater will be tho tofta of life and tho mlaory?" "Yes, for both sldea; and tho heavier tiie expense and tho taxes." "If you win, then we shall be under your flag and pay taxes 'to you?" "Yes, naturally." "Tho Drowns do not Increaso In population; tho Grays do rapidly. Thoy nro a groat, powerful, clvlllzod race. They stand for civilization I" "Yob, facts nnd tho world's opinion ngroo," ho repllod. Puzzlod ho might well bo by this peculiar catechism. Ho ootid only continuo to reply until ho Lould boo whoro sho wnB leading, "And your victory will moan a now trontler, a uow order of International relations and a long peace, you thluk? Peace a long peace!" Was thoro ovor a uoldlcr who did not fight for pcacoT Was thoro ovor u call for more army-corps or guns that wan not mado In tho nuuio of pence? iHo had hie ready argument, Bpokon iwltn tho forcible conviction of an ox feert, "This war was made for peace tho teily. kind or poaco that thoro can be," tae said. "My ambition, If any glory teomes to me out of this war, Ib to have Wer generations Bay: 'Ho brought jp&cel' " Though the premier, could he have taoard this, might have smiled, even ferlnnod, bo would hsvo undoratood jWesterling's uncotyaciouBnofls of incon sistency. Tho chief of staff had set Sbhmndf a tfink In victory which had PALMER Charle Scribncr's Son) no military connection. Without know lug why, ho wanted to win ascendancy ovor nor mind. "Tho mnn of action I" exclaimed Murta, her eyes opening very wide, as Hi..., ...... .1.1 i - , .. .... i.iujr nuuiu iu let in tne light when sho heard something new that pleased ner or gave food for thought. "The man of action, who thinks of an Ideal as a thing not of words but as tho end of action!" "Exactly I" said Westerllng, boh slblo of unothor of hor clfts. Hho could get tho casenco of a thing In n row words. "When wo have won nnd sot another frontier, tho power of our nation will be such In tho world that tho Drowns cun never afford to attack us," ho went on. "Indeed, no two of tho big nations of Hurope can afford to mnke war without our consent. Wo shall be the arbiters of International dissensions. We shnll commnml peace yes, tho poace of force, of fact! If It could bo won In nny other way I should not bo hero on this veranda In command of an army of lnvnIon. That waB my Ideafor thnt I planned." lie was making up for having over shot himself In his confession that ho had brought on the war as a llnnl step for his ambition. "You mean thnt you can gain peace by propaganda and education only when human naturo ban so changed thnt wo can havo law and order and houses nro snfo from burglary and pedestrians from pickpockets without policemen? Is that It?" she asked. "Yes, yes! You have It! You havo found the wheat In tho chaff." "Perhaps because I havo been see ing something of human nature tho human nature of both tho Drowns nnd tho Grnys at war. I have seen tho Drowns throwing hand-grenades nnd tho Grays In wanton disorder In our dining-room directly thoy wero out of touch with their offlcorB!" she said sadly, as ono who hntos to nccept dis illusionment but must In the face of logic. WcHterllng made no reply except to nod, for n movement on her pnrt pro occupied him. Sho leaned forward, as sho had when Bho had told him ho would become chief of staff, her hands clasped over hor knoo, her oyes burn ing with a question. It wnB tho ntti tudo of tho prophecy. But with tho prophecy sho had been a llttlo mys tical; the flro In her eyes had precipi tated an Idea. Now It forged anothor question. "And you think that you will win?" sho asked. "You think that you will win?" sho rcpeutod with tho slow em phnBls which demands a careful an swer, Tho dollborntcnees of his reply was In keeping with her mood. Ho was do- tached; ho was a reforco. "Yes, I know thnt wo shall. Num bers make It so. though thoro bo no choice of skill between tho two Bjdos." UIB tone had tho confidence of tho flow of a mighty river In Its dostlna. Hon on Its wny to tho sea. Thoro was nothing In It of prayer, of hope, of des peration, (IB thcro hnd hnnn In I.nn. stron'B "Wo shall win!" spoken to hor in tno nrbor at their last Interview. Sho drew forward slightly In her chair. iter oyes soomed much larger and nearor to him. Thoy wero swoonlnir him up and down ns if she woro seeing tho Bllm figure of Lnnstrnn In con. trust to Wostorllng's turdlness; ns If sue woro measuring tho might of tho llvo millions behind him nnd tho throo millions behind Lanstron. Sho let go a hnlf-whlspored "Yes!" which soomod to rouect tno conclusion gained from tho power of hlB prcBenco. "Thon my mother's nnd my own in terests are with you tho lntoresta of peace aro with you!" sho doclared. Sho did not aDDoar to tim ami. don, uncontrolled gleam of victory In his oyeB. By this tlmo it hiui im a habit for Westerllng to wait silently tor ner to como out of hor abstrac tions. To disturb one might mnko It unproductive. "Thon If I wnnt to holp tho cause of peace I should holp tho Grays!" Tho exclamation was more to hor solf than to him. Ho was sllont. This girl In a voranda chnlr desiring to nld him nnd his five million bayonets and four thousand guns' Qulxoto and tho wlndmllls-but it whb amazing; it was lino! Tho golden glow of tho sunset was running In his veins In a pnenn of porBonul triumph. Tho proillo turnod ovor bo llttlo. Now It wau looking at tho point where Dellnrmc had lain dying. Westerllng noted tho smllo playing on tho lips. It had tho quality of a smllo over u task com plotod Dollarmo's smllo. Sho start ed; Bho was trembling all ovor In tho rosUtanco of somo Impulso omo Im pulse that gradually gained headway and at lust broko Its bonds, "For I con holp I can holp!" sho cried out, turning to him In wild In decision which seemed to plead for guidance. "It's bo terrible yot if it would haston poaco I I know much of tho BrowiiB' plan of dofensol I know whoro thoy nro etrong in tho first lino and and ono plnco whoro thoy nro weak there and a placo where they are weak In tho mala lino!" "You do!" Wcsterllnjr exploded. Tho plans of tho enemy! Tho plans that nclthor Douclinrd's uaturnlno cunning, nor bribes, nor antes could ascertain! It wnB like tho btiglo-cnll to the hunter. nut no controlled himself. "Yes, yes! Ho was thoughtful and guarded. "Do you think It l right to toll?" Marta gasped half Innrticulatoly. "Itight? Yes to hasten tho Inovlt able to savo lives!" declared Weator ling with deliberate assurance. "I 1 want to see an end of tho kill Ing! I" sho sprang to her feet as It about to break away tuniultuotisly, nut paused, swaying unsteadily, and paused her hand across her eyes. "We Intend a genernl attack on tho lirst lino of defense tnnleht!" tin t claimed, his supremo thought leaping into words. "And you would want tho Informa tion about the first lino to-night It if It Im to bo of service?" "Yes, to-night!" Mnrla brought her hands together in n tight clasp. Her naze fiuttnmii for a minute over tho tea-table. When she looked uj her eyes wero calm. "It Is a big thing, Isn't it?" sho said. A thing not to bo dono in nn impulse I try never to do big things In nn Im pulse, when I see thnt I nm In dan. ger of It I always say; 'Go by your Belt and think for half an hour!' So I must uow. In a little whllo I will lot you know my decision." Without further formality sho start ed across tho lawn to the terrace steps. Westerllng watched her sharp ly, passing along the path of tho sec ond terrace, pacing slowly, head bent, until sho wns out of sight. Thon ho stood for a tlmo getting a grip on his own emotions before ho went Into tho bouse. CHAPTER XV. In Feller's Place. What am I? What have I done? What nm I about to do? shot as forknd hndows over the hot lava-flow of Mar ta s Impulse. The vitality that Wester llng had felt by suggestion from a still profllo rejoiced In a quickening of pace directly she was out of sight of tho veranda. All the thinking sho had dono that afternoon had been In pic tures; somo saying, somo cry. some. groan, or somo smile went with overy picture, Tho sitting-room of the tower was empty to other eyes but not to herB. The lantern was In tho corner at hand. Aftor her hastening steps had carried hor along tho tunnel to tho telephone, sho sot down tho lantern and pressed tho spring that opened the panol door. Another moment and sha would bo em barked on hor great adventure In tho finality of action. That llttlo ear-piece becamo a specter of conscience. Sho drew back convulsively and her hands flow to her faco; sho was a rocking shadow in tho thin, reddish light of tho lantern. Conscious mind had torn off the mnsk from subconscious mind, reveal- ijn "I Want to Seo an End of the Killing." Ing tho truo naturo of tho chance that war had wrought In her. Sho who had resented roller's part what a part alio had been playing! Every word. ovary uhndo of expression, ovory tell ing pauBo of abstraction aftor Wester- ling confessed that ho had mndo war for his own ends had been subtly prompted by a purpose whoso actuality torriueu nor. Hor hypocrisy, sho renllzod. was as black aB tho wall of darknesa beyond tho lnntorn's gleam. Thou this demor alization passed, as a nightmare passe, with Westerllng's boast again In hor ears. When war's prlnclnles. enacted hv men, wero based on Blnlstor trickery called strategy and tactics, should not women, using Buch weapous ua thoy had, also fight for tholr homes? Car tas nanus swept down from her eyes; sho wns on flro with resolution. Forty miles away a boll in T.n. stron'8 bedroom and at hla desk rang simultaneously. At tho tlmo ho and Partow woro Boated facing each nth across a map onjho tnblo of the room whoro thoy worked togothor. No per suasion of tho young vlco-chlof, no edict of tho doctors, could mako tho old chief tako oxerclco or shorten his hours. "I know. I know mysolf!" ho said. J III "I know my duty. And you aro learn ing, my boy, learning!" Every day tho flabby chcoks grow pastier nnd tho pouches under tho eye brows heavier. Dut there was no dimming of tho eaglo flashes of tho oyes, no weakening of tho will. Last night Lanstron had turned as white as chalk when Partow staggered on rising from the table, tho veins on his temples knotted bluo whip-cords. Yot after a fow hours' sleep he rcappcarod with firm step, frosh for tho fray. Tho paraphernalia around these two wns tho snmo as that around Wcstor llng. Only the atmosphcro of tho staff was different. Each mnn was perform ing tho part set for him. No man know much of nny other man's part. Partow alono know nil, and Lanstron waB try ing to grasp all and praying that Par tow's old body should still feed his mind with energy. Lanstron was thin ner nnd paler, a now and glittering In tensity In his eyes. When word of Feller's dofcctlon came, Lanstron realized for tho first tlmo by Partow's mnnner thnt tho old chief of staff, with all his deprecation of tho tolephono schcrno as chimerical, hnd grounded a hopo on it. "Thcro was tho chanco that wo might know so vital to the defense what they wero going to do before and not after tho attack," he said. Yet the story of how Feller yielded to tho temptation of tho automatic had mado tho nostrils of the old war-Jiorse quiver with a dramatic breath, and In stead of tho command of a battery of guns, which Lanstron had promised, tho chief mado it a battalion. Ho had drawn down his brows when ho heard that Marta had asked that the wire bo left Intact; he had shot a ehrcwd, questioning glnnce at Lanstron and then beat a tattoo on tho table and half grinned as he grumbled under his breath: "Sho Is afraid of being lonesome! No harm dono!" A weok had passed since tho Grays had taken the Galland house, and still no word from Marta. Tho ring of tho boll brought Lanstron to his feet with a startled, boyish bound. "Very springy, that tendon of Achilles!" muttered Partow. "And, my boy, take care, take care!" he called suddenly in his sonorous voice, as vast and billowy ns his body. It was Mnrta'e voice and yet not Marta's, this voice that beat In nerv ous waves over the wire. "Lanny Yes, I, Lanny! You wore right. Westerllng planned to make war deliberately to satisfy his ambition. He told me so. Tho first general at tack on tho first lino of defenso is to night. Westerllng says so!" She had to pause for breath. "And, Lanny, I want to know somo position of the Browns which Is weak not actually weak, maybe, but some position whore tho Grays expect tcrriblo resistance and will not find It where you will let them In!" "In the name of Marta! Marta, what" "I am going to fight for the Browns for my homo!" In the sheer satisfaction of explain ing herself to herself, of voicing her sentiments, Bhe sent tho pictures which had wrought tho chango moving across tho screen before Lanstron's amazed vision. There woe no room for Inter ruption on his part, no question or need of ono. The wire seemed to quiver with tho militant tension of her spirit. It wns Marta aflame who was talking at tho other end;' not aflame for him, but with a purpose that re vealed all tho latent strength of her personality and daring. "I shall havo to ask Partow. It's a pretty big thing." Yes only thnt Is not all my plan, my llttlo plan. After they havo taken tho first lino of defenso and they will get It, won't thoy?" "Yes, wo shall yield In the end, yield rather than suffer too groat losses there thnt will wcakon tho defenso on tho main line." "Then I want to know whoro It is that you wnnt Westerllng to attack on tho main lino, so that wo can get him to attack there. That that will holp, won't It?" . "Yes." "Of course, nil the w.hlle I shall bo getting news from him when I havo proved my loyalty and havo his com. pleto confidence and I'll telophono It to you. I nm sure I can cet somethlne worth whllo with you to direct mo; don't you think so, Lanny? I'll hold tho wlro, Lnnny. Ask Partow!" nh concluded. Of tho two sho was tho steadier. Well?" said Partow. looking un at the sound of Lanstron's stop. Then ho half raised himself from his chair at sight of a Lanstron with eves !n n dazo of brilliancy; a Lanstron with his mnlmed hand twitching In nn out stretched gesture; a Lanstron in thn dilemma of bolng at tho snme tlmo lover nnd clilof of Intelligence. Should ho lot her mnko tho sacrifice of every thing thnt ho hold to bo sacred to a woman's dollcacy? Should he not re turn to tho telophono nnd tell her thnt ho would not permit hor to piny such a part? Partow's vo co cut In on hi demoralization with tho sharpness of a blndo. "Woll. what. man. what?" h rt fin. mnnded. Ho feared that tho girl mleht bo dead. Anything that could unset Lanstron In this fashion struck n chord of sympathy and apprehension. Lanetrou advanced to tho fnhin pressed hlfl hands on tho edge, and! now master of himself, becun nn no. count of Marta's offor. Partow'a form less arms lay inert on, tho tnblo, his soft, pudgy flngors outspread on tho mnp and his bulk settled deep In tho clinir, wnuo ins engio oyes wero see ing through Lanstron, through a moun tain range, into tho eyes of a woman and a geuernl on tno veranda of ur onemy'fl headquarters. The nlan menni giving, giving In tho hopo of receiving mucn in return. Would he got tho n turn? "A woman was tho Ideal ono for th task we Intrusted to Feller," ho mused, a gentlewoman, blc cnouch. ndrnli enough, with hor soul In tho work aa no paid woman's could be! Thore seemed no such one in tho world!" "But to let her do It!" gasped Lan stron. "It Is her suggestion, not yours? Sh oners nerself7 She wants no per suasion?" Partow asked sharply. "Entirely her suggestion." said Lan. stron. "Sho offers herself for hot country for tho causo for which out soldiers will give their lives by th thousands. It is a time of sacrifice." Partow raised his arms. They were not formless ns ho brought thorn down with sledge-hammer fprco to tho tablo. "Your tendon of Achilles? Mv boy. sho Is your sword-arm!" Hla sturdy forefinger ran along tho lino of fron mt Hi ii i iiaaai m m nil wmm mm Ml "I'm Going to Fight For the Browns For My Homel" tier under his eye with little staccato leaps. "Eh?" ho chuckled significantly, finger poised. "Lot them up the Bordlr road and on to redoubts 3G and 37, 'you mean?" asked Lanstron. "You havo It! The position looks Important, but so woll do wo com mand it that It Is not really vital. Yes, tho Bordlr road is her halt for Wester llng!" Partow waved his hand as 1 tho affair were settled. "Dut," interjected Lanstron, "we havo alBo to decide on tho point of tho main defense which sho is to make Westerllng think. Is weak." "Hm-m!" grumbled Partow. "That Is not necessary to start with. We can glvo that to her later over tho tele phone, can't we, eh?" "Sho asked for It now." "Why?" demanded Partow with one of his shrewd, piercing looks. "Sho did not say, but I can guess," explained Lanstron. "She must put all her cards on the table; sho must tell Westerllng all sho knows at once. II sho tells him piecemeal It might load to the supposition that she still had somo means of communication with tho DrownB." "Of courso, of course!" Partow spat ted the flat of his hand resoundingly on tho mnp. "As I decided the first tlmo I met her, sho has a head, and when a woman has a head for that sort of thing there la no beating ber. Well" he was looking straight Into Lanstron's eyes, "Well, I think we know tho point whore we could draw them in on the mnln line, oh?" "Up tho apron of the approach from the Engadlr valley. Wo yield the ad vance redoubts on either side." "Meanwhile, we have massed heavily behind tho redoubt. We rotako tho ad vance redoubts In a counter-attack and " Partow brought his fist into his palm with a smack. "Yes, if we could do that! If we could get them to expend their attack thoro!" put In Lanstron very excitedly for him. "Wo must! Sho shnll help!" Par tow wns on his feet. Ho had reached across tho table and seized Lanstron's shoulders in a powerful If Mesh-padded grip. Then ho turned Laustron around toward the door of his bed room and gave him a mighty slap ol affection. "My boy, the brightest hope of victory wo havo Is holding tho wire for you. Tell her thnt a boarded old behemoth, who can kneol as gracefully as a rheumatic rhinoceros, Is on both knees nt her foot, kissing her hands and trying his beat, in the name of morcy, to keep from breaking into verso of his own composition." Dnck at tho telophono, Lanstron, In tho fervor of tho cheer and tho enthu siasm! that hud transported his chitf, gave Marta Partow'a message. "You, Marta, aro our brightest hop of victory!" (TO BR CONTINUED.) Great Luck. "Well, how did your camping trip turn out?" "I had great luck abjut that camp Ing trip." "How was that?" "I got sick nt tho Inst moment and couldn't go." Loulsvllto Courier Jou II I I'M IWUMhcVv i1 K ii it ii i l it rr rf it i-rrni"WTT-iT"rm Chas. E. George, Editor and Publisher of the "Bench, nnd Bar Review," 825 Pcr dido St., New Orleans, La. Head Catarrh Cured by Peruna. Tried " Other Remedies Which Failed, Having for years been af flicted with Catarrh of the Head I was finally induced to try Peruna. It effected a cure. I think Peruna the best tonic ever put on sale. Money you bet on the maro doesn't always push her under tho wire first. Alwavs nroml to show -whitp rlnthra. Red Cros Hall Blue does make them white. All gioccrs. Adv. ' Fit Frame of Mind. 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