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-s;B&Taj Si.nvwt.-.fiKre v, a tWO-dHAi. .JWJWJSW BIW,W.n7'....vi.i..w.. u- ,..-..,. RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF : : v i . P ; i ijiU 'it II inmjTmoi coPY?rr, vfi ty 6MWJ jcpaMrrtiJMc) EDERICK PALMER mFB tho man lu the In this atory 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 his knowledge of conditions has led him to prophesy an end of armed conflicts. No man Is better quail, fled to write the story of the final world war than Mr. Palmer, and he has handled his subject with a master hand. 1 CHAPTER I. A Speck in the Sky. It wnH Marta who first Haw tho speck in tho sky. Her outcry uml her bound ,from her Beat at tho tentablo hi aught her mother and Colonol westorllng of tor her onto tho Inwn, whore thoy Ibecaino motlonluM figures, screening 'tliolr eyon with tholr hnndH. Tho now cst and most womlorful thing in tho world nt tho tlmo wna this Bpock ap pearing ubovo tho Irregular horizon of tho Drown rnngo, In vlow of ti land acapo that centuries of civilization had fertilized and cultivated and formed. At tho Imso of tho range ran n lino of whlto atoiio postH, placed by inter national commissions of surveyors to tho nlcoty of an inch's vnriatlon. In tho very direction of tho speck's (light a epur'of Xoot-hlllB extended Into tho plain that Btrotchod away to tho Gray rango, distinct nt tho distance of thirty miles In tho bright afternoon light. Faithful to their part In refus ing to climb, tho whlto posts circled around tho spur, hugging tho lovols. In tho lap of tho spur was La Tlr, tho old town, and on tho other side of tho boundary lay South La Tlr, tho new town. Through both ran tho dusty ribbon of a road, drawn straight ucross the plain and over tho glistening thread of a rivor. On its way to tho pass of tho Drown range it skirted the garden of the Gallanda, which rose In terraces to a Boventcenth-century houBo overlooking tho old town from its outskirts. They were such a town, Huch a road, such a landscape us you may see on many European frontiers. Tho Christian people who lived In tho re gion woro liko.tho Christian peoplo you know If you look for tho realities of human nature under tho surfneo dif ferences of languaga and habits. Deyond tho uouso rose tho ruins of n castle, its tower still Intact. Martn al ways roferred to tho castle as tho baron; for In her girlhood sho had a way of personifying all Inanimate things. Jf the entitle walls wero cov ered with hoar frost, sho said that tho baron was shivering; it tho wind toro around tho tower, 'sho said that the baron was groaning over tho demo cratic tendencies of the timo. On such a summer afternoon as this, tho baron iwas growing old gracofully, at peaco with his enornlos. ' Centuries older than tho speck In the eky was the baron; but the pass road was many moro, countless more, centuries older ttian ho. It had been a trail for tribes long beforo Koninn legions won a victory In tho pass, which was acclaimed an imperial tri umph. To. bold tho pass was to hold the range. All tho blood shod there would make a rod rivor, Inundating tho plain. "Beside the old baron, wo are par venus," Marta would say. "And what a parvenu the baron would have been to the Roman aristocrat!" "Our family 1b old enough none oldor In the province!" Mrs. Qnlland would reply. "Marta, how your mind does wandorl I'd got a hendncho Just contemplating the things jou are able to think of in flvo minutes." Tho tlrst Gnlland had built a house on tho land that bis king had given nlm for ono of the most brilliant feats of arms in tho history of tho puss. Even tho tower, raised to tho glory of an oldor family whoso descendants, if any Burvived, wero unaware of their Uncage, had become known nts the Gnlland tower. Tho Gallands wore rooted In tho soil of tho frontier; they wero UBod to having war's hot breath blow past their door; thoy wero nt homo In tho langungo und customs of tlon his new assignment; ho was going to tho gcnernl staff at tho capltal.Mrs. Gnlland murmured her congratulations In conventional fashion. Marta's chnlr was drawn back from tho table. Sho leaned forward In n fnvorlto position of hers when sho wnB Intensely Interested, with hands clasped over her kneo, which her mother nlwnyB found nggravntlngly tomboylsh. Sho hnd n mnss of lustrous blnek hair and a mouth rnthor largo lu repose, but capable of changing curves of emotion. Her largo, dark eyes, luminously deep under long lashes, If not tho roet of her face, hnd beauty. Her head was bent, tho lashes forming a lino with hur'brow now, und her eyes had tho still llatno of wonder thnt they hnd when sho was looking nil nround n thine: and through It to II nd what it meant. "Sonio day you will ho chief of staff, tho bond of Gray urmy!" sho suddenly exclaimed, . Westerllng stnrtcd as If ho had been out prised In a secret. Then ho flushed slightly. "Why?" ho asked with forced care lessness. "Your reasons? They'ro moro Interesting than your prophecy." "Decnuso you havo tho will to bo," sho Bald without emphasis, In tho Im personal revelations of thought. "You wnut power. Ybu have ambition." Ho looked tho picture of It, with his square Jaw, his well-moulded head set close to tho shoulders on a sturdy neck, his even teeth showing as his lips parted in nn unconscious smllo. ' "Mnrtn, Marta! Sho Is Is so ox ploslvo," Mrs. Galland 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 hnd never rocelved ono so thrilling. His smllo, a emtio well pleased with Itself, remained nB Mrs. Galland began to talk of other things, and its linger ing satisfaction disappeared only with Martn's cry nt sight of the speck In tho sky over the Drown rango. Sho was out on tho lawn beforo tho others had risen from their Beats. "An aeroplane! Hurry!" sho called. How fast tho speck grew! Naturally, tho business of war, watching for every Invention that might servo Its onds, was tho first patron of flight. Captain Arthur Lan stron, pupil of a pioneer aviator, hnd boon warned by blm nnd by the chief of staff of tho Drowns, who was look ing on, to keep In a clrclo close to tho ground. Dut he was doing so well1 man mn- TfvSTiU Km Of KJIMIJBS "It Must Be Bandaged I'm Not Go ing to Faint." that he thought ho would try rising a llttlu higher. Tho summits of tho rango shot under lilm, unfolding n variegated rug of landscape. Ho dipped tho planes two peoples; theirs was a peculiar tra slightly, Intending to follow tho range's dltlou, which Martn had absorbed with her first breath. Town and plain and rungo were tho first vista of landBcnpo that sho hnd seen; doubtless they would bo tho last. Ono or two afternoons a week Col onol Hodworth Westerllng, commander of tho regimontal post of tho Grays on the other sldo of tho whlto posts, trotchod his prlvilcgo of crossing tho frontier and appeared for tea at the Gallands. It meant n pleasant half hour breaking a long wnlk, a relief from garrison surroundings, nnd in vlow of the ordor, received that morn- ling, this was to bo n farowoll call. Ho had found Airs. Gnlland nn agree able reflection of nn nristocratic post. Tho daughter had what ho donned vaguely ae girlish piquancy. Ho found it amusing to try to answer her un usual questions; ho liked tho variety of her Inventivo mind, with its flushes of downright mattor-of-factnesB. Not until tea was servod did he men descent and again they answered to his desire. Tho tower loomed beforo him us suddenly nB if it had been shot up out of tho earth. Ho must turn, und quickly, to avoid disaster; ho must turn, or ho would bo across tho whlto posts In tho enemy's country. "Oh!" gronned Marta nnd Mrs. Gnl land together. In an ngony of suspense- thoy saw tho fragile creation of cloth nnd bam boo and metal, which hnd seemed as secure us an albatross riding on tho lap of 'n Bteady wind, dip far over, careen back in tho oUicr dlroctlon, nnd then tho whirring nolso that hnd grown with its flight ceaBod. It wua uo longor a thing of winged llfo, defying tho law of gravity, but a thing dead, falling un der tho burden of a living weight "Tho onglno has stopped !" exclaimed Westerllng, any traco of emotion In hla obsorvant imperturbability that of satisfaction that the machine was tho enemy's. Ho was thinking of tho ox hlbltlon, not of c hi no. Marta was thinking of tho man who was about to dlo. Sho rushod down the tcrrnco steps wildly, ns it her going mid her agonized prayer could avert tho Inevitable. Tho piano, descending, skimmed the garden wall and passed out of sight. Sho heard a thud, a crack ling of braces, a ripping of cloth, but no cry. Westerllng had started nftor her, ex claiming, "This Is n caso for first aid!" while Mrs. Galland, taking tho steps aa fast ne sho could, brought up tho roar. Through tho gateway In tho gar den wnll could bo seen tho shoulders of u young ofllccr, n streak of red coursing down his cheek, rising from tho wreck. An lnartlculato Bob of re lief "broko from Marta's throat, fol lowed by quick gnsps of breath. Cap tain Arthur Lnnetron wns looking Into tho Btnrtlcd eyes of a young girl thnt seemed to reflect his own emotions of tho moment nftcr having shared those ho had in tho air. "I flow! I flew clear over tho range, at any rato!" ho said. "And I'm allvo. I managed to hold her so sho missed tho wall und mado nn easy bump." Ho got ono foot frco of tho wreck nnd that leg was all right. She shared his elation. Then ho found that the other was uninjured, Just ae sho cried lu distress: "Dut your hand oh, your hand!" Ills left hand hung limp from tho wrist, cut, mashed nnd bleeding. Its nerves numbed, ho hnd not as yet felt any pnin from tho injury. Now ho re garded it In a kind of awakening stare of realization of a deformity to come. "Wool-gathoring again!" ho mut tered to himself crossly. Then, seeing that sho 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 faint or anything liko that!" "Only bruised nnd it's the loft. I am glad It was not tho right," ho re plied. Westerllng arrived and Joined Marta In offers of assistance Just as they heard the prolonged honk of an automobile demanding the right of way at top speed in tho direction of tho pass. "Thank you, but they're coming for me," eaid Lanstron to Westerllng as ho glanced up tho road. Wcstorllng was looking at tho wreck. Lanstron, who recognized him as an officer, though In mufti, kicked a bit of tho torn cloth over some apparatus to hldo it. At this Westerllng smiled faintly. Then Lanstron saluted as of llcor to officer might salute across the white posts, giving his namo nnd re ceiving in return Westerllng's. They mado a contrast, these two men, the colonel of tho Grnys, swart nnd sturdy, his physical vitality bo evi dent, and tho captain of tho Drowns, Botno seven or eight years the Junior, bareheaded, In dishevelled fatigue uniform, his lips twitching, his slender body qulvorlng with tho pain, that he could not control, while his rather bold forehead and delicate, sensitive features suggested a man of nerve and nerves who might havo left experi ments in a laboratory for an adventure In tho air. Thero was a kind of dial- lonco in their dances: tho challenge of an ancient foud of their peoples; or the professional rivalry or polite duolllsts. Lanstron's slight figure seemed to express the weaker number of the three million eoldlers of the DrowiiB; Westerllng's bulkier ono, the four million flvo hundred thousand of tho Grays. "You had a narrow squeak and you mado a very snappy recovery at the last second," said Westerllng, passing a compliment across tho whlto posts. "That'B in tho lino of duty for you and mo, Isn't it?" Lanatron replied, his volco thick with pain as ho forced a smllo. Thero was no poso In his fortltudo. Ho was evidently disgusted with him self over tho whole business, and ho turned to tho group of threo officers and a civilian who alighted from a big Drown army automobllo ns It ho woro propnred to havo them say tholr worst. They seemed botween tho impulso of reprimanding and embracing him. "I hopo that you aro not surprised at tho result," said tho oldcBt of tho of ficers, a man of late mtddlo age, rather affectionately and tcaslngly. Ho woro a single ordor on his bronst, a plain Iron cross, and tho insignia of his rank was that of a flold-marslial. "Not now. I should bo ngnln, elr," said Lanstron, looking full at tho field marshal in tho appeal of ono asking for another chance. "I was wool-gathering. Hut I shall not wool-gather next tlmo. I've got a reminder moro urgent than a string tied around my finger." "Yes, thnt hand needs Immedlnto at tention," Bald tho doctor. Ho and an other olllcer began helping Lanstron Into tho automobllo. "Good-byl" ho called to tho young girl, who waB still watching him with big, sympathetic eyes. "I nm coming back soon and land In tho field, tboro, and whon I do, I'll claim a bunch 'of, flowers." "Do! What fun!" bhe cried, as the car started. "Tho field-marshal wns Pnrtow, tholr chlof of stuff?" Wcsteillng asked. "Yes," said Mrs. Galland. "1 remem ber when ho was a young Infantry olll cer beforo tho last war, before ho had won tho Iron cross and becotno so great. Ho was not of an nrmy family n doctor's son, but very clever and skilful." "Getting a llttlo old for hie work!" remarked Westerllng. "Dut apparent ly ho Is keen enough to take n per sonnl Interest In anything now." "Wasn't It thrilling nnd and ter rible!" Marta exclaimed. "Yes, like war at our own door ngaln," replied Mrs. Galland, who know war. Sho hnd seen war raging on tho pass road. "Lanstron, the young man said his namo was," sho resumed after n pauso. "No doubt tho Laustrone of Thorbourg. An old family nnd many of them in tho nrmy." "Tho way he refused to glvo In that was fine!" said Marta. Westerllng, who had been engrossed In his own thoughts, looked up. "Courago 1; tho cheapest thing nn army has! You can got hundreds of young officers who nro glnd to tako n risk or that kind. Tho thing Is," and his fingers pressed In on tho palm of his hand In a pounding gesture of tho forearm, "to direct and command head work organization!" "If war should come ngaln " Marta began. Mrs. Galland nudged her. A Drown never mentioned wnr to nn olll cer or tho Grays; It wns not at all In tho ncccptcd proprieties. Dut Marta rushed on: "So many would bo en gaged that It would bo moro horriblo than over." "You cannot make omelets without breaking eggs," Westerllng answered with suavo finality. "Tho aeroplane will tako Its place aa nn auxiliary," he went on, his mind Btill running on tho thomo of her prophecy, which tho meeting with Lan stron had quickened. "Dut war will, as ever, bo won by tho bayonet that takes and holds a position. Wo shall havo no miracle victories, no " Thero ho broko off. Ho did not ac company Mrs. Galland nnd Martn back to the house, but mado his adieus at tho garden-gate. "I'm sure that I shall never marry a soldier!" Marta burst out as, sho and her mother wero ascending the steps. CHAPTER II. Ten Years Later. Ills Excellency tho chlof of staff of tho Grays was seldom in his office His Excellency had years, rank, prestige. The breast of his uniform sagged, with tho weight of his decorations. Ho ap peared for tho army at great func tions; hie picture was In the shop windows. Hedworth Westerllng, the new vice-chief of staff, was content with this arrangement His years would not permit him tho supremo honor. This wns for a figurehead, while he had tho power. His appointment to the staff ten years ago had given hlra the field ho wantedthe capital itself, for tho play of his abilities. HIb vital energy, hie impressive personality, his gift for courting tho influences that counted, whether man's or woman's, his astute readiness in stooping to soma meas ures that woro in keeping with tho tlmee but not with nrmy precedent had won for him tho goal of his ambi tion. Ho had passed over the heads of older men, whom many thought his bettors, rather ruthlessly. Those who would servo loyally ho drew around him; thoso who wore bitter ho crowd ed out of his way. In the adjoining room, occupied by Westerllng, the walls wero hung with the silhouettes of infantrymen, such as you seo at maneuvers, in dlfforent positions of firing, crouching in shal low trencheB, standing in deep trenches, or lying flat on the stomach on level earth. Another silhouette, that of an infantryman running, was peppered with white points in arms and legs and parts of tho body that wero not vital, to show in how many places a man may be hit with a small caliber bullet and still survive In this day of universal European conception, If Westorllng wero to win in wnr it would bo with live millions five hundred thousand moro than when ho faced a young Drown officer over the w'rock of an aoroplnno Including tho reserves; each man running, firing, crouching, aa was tho figure on tho wall, and trying to glvo moro of tho whlto points thnt peppered tho sil houette than ho received. Now Turcas, tho aBslstant vice-chief of staff, and Douchard, chief of tho di vision of intelligence, standing on olthor Bldo of Westerllng's deck, await ed his decisions on certain matters which they had brought to his atten tion. Doth wero oldor than Westor llng, Turcas by ton and Douchard by flftoen years. Turcas had boon strongly urged in Inner army circles for tho place that Westerllng had won, but his manner nnd his nblllty to court Influence woro against him. A lath of a man nnd stiff ns a lnth, palo, with thin, tightly-drawn lips, quiet, stool-gray oyos.-a tracery of .blue veins showing on his full tomplos, ho suggested the ascetic no less than tho soldier, whllo his incisive brevity of speech, flavored now and then with pungent humor, without any inflection In his dry volco, wns In keeping with his nppenranco. Ho arrived with tho clerks In tlio morning and frequently romnlned after thoy wero gono. As a master of detail Wcstorllng rognrdod him ns an Invaluable assistant, with certain limitations, which wero thoso of the plgconholo and tho treadmill. As for Douchard, nntu'ro had meant him to be a wheel-horse. Ho had never bad any hopo ot being chief of staff. Hawk-eyed, mth a great boak noes and irou-gra7 Unlr, Intensely and sol emnly serious, Incklng a scnBo ot humor, ho would havo looked nt home with his big, bony hands gripping n broadsword hilt and his lank body clothed in chain armor. Ho had a mastiff's devotion to its master for his chief. "Slnco Lanstron became chief ot In telligence of the Drowutijnformntlon seems to havo Btopped," snld Westor llng, but not complalnlngly. He appre ciated Douchard's loyalty. "Yoh, they eay ho oven burns his laundry bills, ho Is so careful," Dou chard replied. "Dut thnt wo ought to know," Wes terllng proceeded, referring very In sistently to n secret ot tho Drowns which had baffled Douchard. "Try a woman," he went on with thnt terso, hard directness which reflected one of his sldos. "Thero Is nobody llko a woman for thnt sort ot thing. Spend enough to got tho right woman." TurcaB nnd Douchard exchanged n glance, which roo suggestively from tho top of tho hend of tho seated vfee chief of staff. Turcas smiled slightly, whllo Douchard wns graven ns usual. "You could hnrdly reach Lanstron though you spent n queen's ransom," said Douchard In his literal fashion. "I Bhould sny not!" Westerllng ex claimed. "No doubt about Lanstron's being all there! I saw him ten years ago after his first aoroplnno (light un der conditions that proved It. How ever, he must have suseoptlblo subor dinates." "We'll set all the machinery wo havo to work to find one, Blr," Dou chard replied. "Another thing, wo must dismiss nny Idea that thoy aro concealing either artillery or dlilgibles or planes that wo do not know of," continued Wester ling. "That Is a figment of our appre hensions. The fact that wo find no truth In tho rumors proves thnt thero Is none. Such things are too Important to bo concealed by ono nrmy from nn other." "Lanstron certainly cannot carry them In his pockets," remarked Tur cas. "Stllf, we must bo sure," he added thoughtfully, moro to himself thnn to Westorllng, who had already turned his attention to a document which Turcas laid on the desk. "Tho 128th Regiment ha been or dered to South La Tlr, but no order yet given for tho 132d, whoso place it takes," ho explained. . "Lot It remain for the presentl'v Westorllng replied. After thoy had withdrawn, the look that passed between Turcas and Dou chard wns a pointed question. Tho 132d to remain at South La Tlr! Was there something more thnn "newspa per talk" in this latent diplomatic crisis between the Grays and tho Drowns? Westerllng nlono wns In the confidence of tho premier of lato. Any exebango of Ideas between the two subordinates would be fruitless sur mise nnd against the very Instinct ot staff secrecy, where every man knew only his work and asked about no one clse'e. Westerllng ran through the papers that Turcas had prepared for him. If Turcas had written them, Westorllng know thnt thoy wero properly done. Having cleared his desk into tho hands of his executive clerk, ho looked at the clock. It had baroly turned four. Ho picked up tho final staff report of ob servations on the lato Dalkan cam paign, Just printed In book form, glanced at it and laid It aside. Already he knew the fow lessons afforded by this wnr "done on tho cheap," with limited equipment and over bad roads. No dirigibles had been used nnd fow planes. It was no criterion, except In the effect of the fire of the new pattern guns, for tho conflict of vast masses of highly trained men ngalnst vast masses ot highly trained men, with rapid transportation over good roads, com plete equipment, thorough organiza tion, backed by generouB resources, In the cataclysm ot two great European powers. (TO nn CONTINUED.) HAVE YOU A CHILD? Many women Ions for children, but because of lotne curable physical derangement are deprived Of this mentcst of all happiness. The women whose names follow were restored to normal health by Lydia E. 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BALANCE KEPT BY NATURE Increase of the Human Race Seems to Be Regulated by Wars and Other Devastations. Every year, according to scientist who nttempt to keep tho gcnernl reo ords, at least 80,000,000 human bolnga aro born on this earth and C0.O0O.O0O or 70,000,000 die. This indicates a daily birth rato of about 220,000 and a death rate of 180,000. The daily increnso in population therefore lfl about 40,000. The total population of tho globo is estimated at 1,800,000,000. The ravages of war do llttlo to im pede tho Increase. Far moro effective havo been tho upheavals of nature. The Franco-Prusslnn war killed about 130,000 in seven months. Tho death roll of the nusso-Japaneso reached about 200,000. A single earthquake (1737, in India) has been estimated to havo caused 300,000 deaths. The fa talltles of tho Messina earthqunko in 1008 cannot have been far short of 100,000. A tidal wave in 1896 drowned 27,000 persons in Japan, causing a greater loss of llfo than tho whole war with China in 1894. Thb earth quake in Japan in 1703 is Bald to have killed 200,000 peoplo. -Tho Lisbon earthquako In 1755 destroyed 50,000 human lives, whllo 40,000 wero lost la the samo year 1c earthquakes in Persia. ELECTRICITY IN. RAIN DROPS Just Mother's Way. Robbie (from the depths of a bed time cuddle) Mother, you 'raemben you told me today that no ono could, possibly love dirty, noisy little boys? Mother Yes, dear. What about' It? Robbie Then what for are you buggln' me so tight? Judge. Its Period. "What Ib your new cottage like?" "Our architect says Its Looey Kan sas style." German Scientist Has Measured tho Charge Describes Results of His Investigation. Rain drops nro almost alwayft charged with electricity. Tho charge is often positive, rarely negative. Many observers havo measured tho charge approximately and mado it from 0.000,000,000,000,000,01 to 0.000, 000,000,000,001 amperes por squaro centimetre. Prof. F. Heruth of Kiel describes In tho Hyvuo Electrlquo tho experiments by which ho has meas ured them. Ho received tho rain on a flno me tallic cloth 25 motroB square insulat ed and attached to a galvanometer In a cellar. Tho galvanometer registered photographically. Among the facts he proves aro theso: Rains with a constantly posltivo charge aro much more frequent thnn those that chango to a nogntlve. The passage from a positive to a negativo chargo corresponds to a momentary cossatlon of tho ahowor. Tho quanti ty of positive electricity brought by tho rain Is fifteen times greater than that of tho negative. Tho posltivo currents in a steady rainfall aro about 0.000,000,QOO,000,OD0.1 amperes per squaro centimetre! tho negntlvo cur rents novor exceed 0.000,000,000,000, 001 amperes por squnro centimetre. Where 8ome Reformers Err. 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