THE LAST SHOT
By FREDERICK PALMER
Copyright, IB 14, by Cbarlea Scribncr'a Suns.
[Continued.]
r "Oh!" Hti «..» opened wide In
Wonder—only wonder, at first. Then,
as comprehension took the place of
■wonder, they grew sympathetic. "That
explains!" she exclaimed. "His hate
ful glances were those of delusion. He
iwas going mad, you mean?'
"Yes," said Westerling, "that—that
would explalqfit!"
"I have been told that when people
Bo mad they always ascribe every in
jury done to them to the pterson who
happens to have excited their dislike,"
she mused.
j "Which seems to have been the case
here," Westerling assented. He did
not know what else to say. His pride
iwas recovering its natural confidence
In the infallibility of his judgment of
human beings. He was seeing his sus
picions as ridiculous enough to con
vict him of a brain as disordered as
(Bouchard's.
Marta was thinking that she had
Ibeen skating on very thin ice and
Ithat she must go on skating till she
(broke through. There was an exhila
ration about it that she could not re
islst: the exhilaration of risk and the
■control of her faculties, prompted by
Ei purpose hypnotically compelling.
3oth were silent, she watching the
Gky, he in anticipation and suspense,
'he rose went violet and the shadows
lover the range deepened.
"The guns and the troops wait.
fWith darkness the music begins!" he
isaid s&owly, with a start of stern
|fervor.
"The music—the music! He calls
lit music!" ran through Marta's mind
mockingly, but she did not open her
Hips.
"They wait, ready, every detail ar
ranged," he continued proudly.
The sky merged into the shadows of
the landscape that spread and thick
ened into blackness. Out of the drawn
curtains of night broke an ugly flash
and farther up the slope spread the
explosive circle of light of a bursting
shell.
"The signal!" he exclaimed.
Right and left the blasts spread
along the Gray lines and right and
left, on the instant, the Browns sent
their blasts in reply. Countless tongues
of flame seemed to burst from count
less craters, and the range'to rock In
a torment of crashes. In the inter
vening space between the ugly, sav
age gusts from the Gray gun mouths,
which sent their shells from the midst
■of exploding Erown shells, swept the
• 'beams of the Brown search-lights,
their rays lost like sunlight In the vor
tex of an open furnace door.
"Splendid! splendid!" exclaimed
"Westerling, in a sweep of emotion at
the Bight that had been born of his
command. "Five thousand guns on
our side alone! The world has never
Been the equal of this!"
, Marta looked away from the range
to his face, very distinct in the garish
y illumination, it was the face of a
maestro of war seeing all his rehear
sals and all his labors come true in
symphonic gratification to the eye
and ear; the face of a man of trained
mind, the product of civilization, with
the elation of a party leader on the
floor of a parliament in a crisis.
"Soon, now!" said Westerling, and
looked at his watt h.
Shortly, In the direction of Engadir,
to the rear of the steady flashes
broke forth line after line of flashes
as the long-range batteries, which so
far had been silent, joined their might
ier voices to the chorus, making a con
tinuous leaping burst of explosions
over the Brown positions, which were
the real object of the attack.
"The moment I've lived for!" ex
claimed Westerling. "Our infantry is
starting up the apron of Engadir! We
held back the fire of the heavy guns
concentrated for the purpose of sup
porting the men with an outburst.
Three hundred heavy guns pouring in
itheir shells on a space of two acres!
We're tearing their redoubts to pieces!
,They can't see to fire! They can't
Jive under it! They're in the crater
lof a volcano! When our infantry is
ion the edge of the wreckage the guns
Icease. Our Infantry crowd in—crowd
(into the house that Partow built
jHe'll find that numbers count; that
Ithe power of modern gunfire will open
(the way for Infantry in masses to take
p.nd bold vital tactical positions! And
r—no —no, their fire in reply is not as
Btrong as I expected."
"Because they are letting you In!
lit will be strong enough In due sea
son!" thought Marta In the uncontrol
lable triumph of antagonism. Five
(against three was in hie tone and in
levery line of his features.
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hrive. This simple remedy never fails.
tint menu
THURSDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH OCTOBER 15, 1914.
"It's hard for a soldier to leave a
sight like this, but the real news will
be awaiting me at my desk," he con
cluded, adding, as he turned away:
"It'a fireworks worth seeing, and If
you remain here I will return to tell
you the results."
Turning her back to the range for
the moment, she saw the twinkle of
the lights cf the town and the threads
of light of the wagon-trains and the
sweep of the lights of the railroad
trains on the plain; while in the fore
ground window of the house was
ablaze, like some factory on a busy
night shift. She could hear the click
of the telegraph instruments already
reporting the details of the action as
cheerfully as Brobdingnagian crickets
in their peaceful surroundings. Then
out of the shadows Westerling reap
peared.
"The apron of Engadlr is ours!" he
called. "Thanks to you!" he added
with pointed emphasis. Back in the
house he had received congratula
tions with a nod, as if success were
a matter of course. Before her, ex
ultation unbent stiffness, and he was
hoarsely triumphant and eager. "It's
plain sailing now," he went on. "A
break in the main line! We have
only to drive home the wedge, and
then—and then!" he concluded.
She felt him close, his breath on
her cheek.
"Peace!" she hastened to say, draw
ing back instinctively.
And then! The irony of the words
in the light of her knowledge was
pointed by a terrific renewal of the
thunders and the flashes far up on the
range, and she could not resist re
joicing in her heart.
"That's the Browns!" exclaimed
Westerling in surprise.
The volume of fire increased. With
the rest of the frontier in darkness,
the Engadir section was an isolated
blaze. In its light she saw his fea
tures, without alarm but hardening in
dogged intensity.
"They've awakened to what they have
lost! They have been rushing up re
serves and are making a counter
attack. We must hold what we have
gained, no matter what the cost!"
His last sentence was spoken over
his "houlder as he started for the
house.
Without changing her position,
hardly turning her head, she watched
until the firing began to lessen rap
idly. Then she heard his step. She
rose to face him, summoning back
the spirit of the actress.
"This is better yet! I came to tell
you that the counter-attack failed!" he
said as he saw her appear from the
shelter of the arbor.
She wondered if she were going to
fall. But the post of the trellie was
within reach. She caught hold of it
to steady herself. Failed!
"The killing—it must have been ter
rible!" her mind at last made her ex
claim to cover her tardiness of re
sponse to his mood.
"You thought of that—as you should
—as I do!" he said.
He took her hands in lite, pulsing
warm with the flowing red of his
strength. She let them remain life
lessly, as if she had not the will to
take them away, the instin t of her
part again dominant. To hliu this was
another victory, and it was discovery
—the discovery of melting weakness
in her for the first time, which magni
fied his eense of masculine power. He
tightened his grip slightly and she
shuddered.
"You are tired!" he said, and It hurt
her that he should be so considerate.
"The killing—to end that! It's all
I want!" she breathed miserably.
"And the end is near!" he said.
"Yes, now, thanks to you!"
Thanks to her! And she must lieten
and submit to his touch!
"Then engineers and material were
ready to go in," he continued. "Be
fore morning, as I had planned, we
shall be so well fortified in the posi
tion that nothing can budge us. This
success so strengthens my power with
the staff and the premier that I need
not wait on Fabian tactice. I am
supreme. I shall make the most of
the demoralization of this blow to the
enemy. I shall not wait on slow ap
proaches in the hope of saving life.
Tomorrow I shall attack and keep OD
attacking till all the main line is ours."
"Now you are playing your real part,
the conqueror!" she thought gladly
"Your kind of peace Is .he ruin of an
other people; the peace of a helplesf
enemy. That Is better"—better for hei
conscience. Unwittingly, she allowed
her hands to remain in his. In the pa
ralysls of despair she was unconscious
that she had hands. She felt that sin
could endure anything to retrieve the
error into which she had been the
means of leading the Browns. And
the killing—it would not stop, 6he
knew. No, the Browns would not
yield until they were decimated.
"We have the numbers to spare.
Numbers shall press home—home to
terms In their capital!" Westerling's
voice grew husky as he proceeded,
harsh as orders to soldiers who hesi
tated in face of fire. "After that—after
that"—the tone changed from harsh
ness to desire, which was still the de-
Bire of possession—"the fruits of
peace, a triumph that I want you to
chare!" He was drawing hri toward
him with an impulse of the force of
this desire, when she broke free with
an abrupt, struggling pull.
"Not that! Not that! Your work
Is not yet done!" ehe cried.
He made a move as if to persist,
then he fell back with a gesture of
understanding:.
[To Ho Continued]
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Coincidences in Life and
Death of Henry Peters
Special to The Telegraph
Marietta, Pa., Oct. 15. Henry
Peters, 78 years old, died suddenly last
night when he was about to retire,
from a stroke of paralysis. He was
born In Columbia, July 17, 1836, the
•lay his mother and the mother of his
wife die." and at the same hour the
day his wife was born in Ireland. He
came to Marietta to work for the
I Hester Lumber Company, and was
employed by them sixty-two years. He
was a veteran of the Civil War, serv
ing in the One Hundred and Ninety
ninth Regiment, and saw hard service,
llis wife, four children and eight
grandchildren surviee. He married
Klizabeth Keiley, of Harrisburg, July
•>, 1563.
<JKEAT HAGEItSTOWX FA 111
Oct. 18 to 1H
The C. V. U. It. will sell excursion
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til Oct. 17th, at regular excursion
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trip. Special excursion sections of
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Exciting Finish in Annville
Fishing Contest For Season
Special to The Telegraph
Annville, Pa., Oct. 15.—Next week
the tishlng contest being held by Eu
gene Herr will come to a close and the
local fishermen are endeavoring to
surpass the records of the men who
now lead. Oanlel Spangler is now
high man for the largest bass and
William Waltz leads in the second di
vision. Daniel Pfanmiller is first for
piko and Daniel Spangler holds that
position for the largest yellow perch.
FUNERAL OF .JOHN STOVKK
Special to The Telegraph
StoverUale, Pa., Oct. 15. Funeral
services of John Stover, of Stoverdale,
who died at the Harrlsburg Hospital
on Monday morning after an opera
tion for appendicitis, were held at the
Stoverdale Church yesterday after-,
noon. The Hev. Joseph Welrick, pas
tor of the Stoverdale Church, had
charge of the services. Prayer was
offered by the Hev. O. G. Tiomig, of
Hershey, and the Hev. Mr. Brehm, of
Hummeißtown. Tbe pallbearers were
William Habbyshaw, Boss Swartz,
Uandls Hoffer, Arthur Ylngst, Ira
lishelman, Joseph Snavely. Burial
was made in Stoverdale Cemetery.
WEST rOINT MEN FIGHT FIRE
Special to The Telegraph
Albany. N. Y„ Oct. 15. The entire
Went Point garrison has been called
out to fight great forest tires at Mt.
I'leasant and Phoenicia. Ulster county.
l''onr hundred acres of forest land have
already been completely BWept bv the
flames. The West Point men aro doing
herloe work in the attempt to stop the
huge blaze.
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