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neen; the lower part, where the Qrar* were, wax illuminated.
"Another one of Lanny's plans!" thought Marta. "He would have them work in the light, while we flre out or obflcuTlty!"
Soon all the town was in darkness, ! for the Grays had cut the wire in the | main conduit shortly after she had j beard the groans of the wounded man. ! There the automatics broke out in a | mad storm, voicing their feelings at i getting a company in close order in a : street for tbe space of a minute, be- foro those who escaped could plaster themselves against doorways or find cover in alleys. Then silence from the automatics and a cheer from the Browns that rasped out its triumph like the rubbing together of steel files.
From the line of defense, that In¬ cluded tbe first terrace of tbe Galland grounds as the angle of a redoubt, not a ehot, not a sound; silence on the part of offlcers and men as profound aa Mrs. Galland's slumber, while one of the Browns' search-lights, like some great witch's slow-turning eye in a narrow radius, covered tbe lowar taf" races and the road.
Marta gave intermittent glances at the garden; the glances of a guardian. She happened to be looking in that direction when figures sprang across the road, crouching, running with the short, quick steps of no body move¬ ment afcompanylng that of the legs. The search-light caught them in mer¬ ciless ailfiouette and the automatic and the rifles from behind the sand- hags on the first terrace let go. Some | of the figures dropped and lay in the 1 road and she knew that she had seen mon hit for the firet time. Othera. she ! thought, got safely to the cover of tlie j gutter on the garden side. Of those I on the road, .sonio wire still mid some | .''ho saw w prt) moving slowly back on ' thf'ir stomachs to s.ifcty. Ndw thn] Ri'iirchlisht laid its beam steadily on I hi' road. Again silence. From the j iij.'por termce came u great voice, litte ; thut oC the guns, from a human throat:
"Why didn't we IpvpI those ter- r.'.ccH? They'll cropp up from oue to Iln.' otherl" It was Stransky. i
I.'I aiiHwer was anothor voice—Del- ' Tie's.
"IVrhaps tlurp wa.'iti't lime to do pverythinK. If they j,'et us far as the iijst terrai p - wi>il, in ca.se of a crisis, V. i; have ' h.'! nil f'roiindrK. Iiut, G(id 1 ::o\\s, I hope we shall nut liavo to L.o tlifm."
After an i,nterval, more figures made a ru.sh acrosn the road. They, too, in Striui'Sky's words, paid a price for siTiag the garden. But the Hashes from tho rifles and tho automatic pro¬ vided a tarj-'f t for a Gray battery. The hlue spark that tWcn from an ovprhead trolley or a third rail, multiplied a hundredfold, broke In Marta's face. It was dazzling, blinding a.s a bolt of liphlning a few feet distant, with the iliunder crash at the same second, lOIlowcd by the tlirashing hum of bul¬ lets and fragnient.'S against the side (if the house.
"I knew that this must come!" something within her said. If sho had not been prepared for it by tho events of the last twelve hours she would have jumped to her feet with an e.\eIamatiou of natural shock and horror. As it was, she felt a convul¬ sive, nervous thrill without rising from her scat. A p.uise. The ne.\t .shell burst in lin(> with the (irst, out hv t!ie lindeuticen; a third above the veianda.
"We've got that range, all ri{;htl"
I fMllngs! Always his eontroTled fed- I Ings!
I She saw Westerling. so consctons
I of his Btrenglh, directing his chess-
men in a death struggle against Par-
! tow. And he waa coming to this bouse
' e? his he?d'"iHrte'i' whon the "dsI
test of the strength ot the Titans was
made.
She hoped that her mother was still sleeping; and she had .seconds when she was startled by her own calmness. Again, the faces ot tbe children in her school were as clear as in life. She breathed her gratitude that the procession In which they moved to the rear was hours ago out of tho
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the hnrricane breatba of shnLpnd bursts; bullets whistled so near Marta that sbe beard their shrillnesa above every other sound. Sbe was amased that the houses still remained stand- Ibg—that anyone was alive. But she ¦ b?.d a gllrspee of DeDarnje raatetain: ing his set smile and another df Fel¬ ler, who had crept up behind the au¬ tomatic, making impatient "come-on! come-on I what-is-the-matter-with-you ?"
gestures in tbe direction ot the bat- .. » ,
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"Thur-eesh—thur-eesh!" As the j Demonitrate that you have confidence In your goods by exhibiting thtw welcome noto swept overhead he . ^.
waved his hands up and down in mad I""'*" *"* ^^rching ray. of ga. light, rapture and then peeped over the j
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action, but they coon broke the pre¬ cision of the opposing fire.
Now shells coming frequently fell short or went wide. The air cleared. Then a chance shell, striking at the one point which the man , who flred it eix thousand yards away would have chosen as his bull's-eye, obscured Fel¬ ler and the automatic and Ita gunners In the havoc of explosion. Feller must have been killed. The dust settled; she saw Dellarme making frantic ges¬ tures as he looked at his men. They were keeping up their fusillade with unflinching rapidity. Through the breach left in the breastwork she had glimpses, as the dust was finally dis¬ sipated, of gray figures, bayonets fixed, pressing together as they came on fiercely toward the opening. Tha Browns let go the full blast of their magazines. Had that chance shell turned the scales? Would the Grays j git Into tlie breastwork? ¦ All Marta's faculties and emotions i were frozen in her stare of suspense j at the breach. Then her heart leaped, a ery in a gust of short breaths broke from her lips aa the Hrowns let go a rasping, exjilosivp, deiiKiniacal cheer. The tirst attaeli had been checked!
After triumph, terror, faintiiess, and a closing of her eyes, slie opened them to see Keller, with his old straw hat—brim toiii and crownless now— still on hla head, rise trom the debris und shake himself like a dog comiim' ashore froir. a swim. While the en-i- neers hastened to repair the brearli he assisted Stransky, wlio had also been knoclu'd down by tlu' ¦concus¬ sion, to lift the overtiiriied aiitomatie The doctor, ] tittinj: a hand on thf >;unner'B heart, sh-.itk h's head, and two hospital-corns nuan r>,'- nio\ed th" bmiy to make room for the engineers.
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theater of danger. In the siiiH)Iir'ity
of big thiiifis. her duly was tu teach
them, a future j'eneration. no less
than Feller's duty was the ptirnuing
shadow of his conscience. She should
see war, alive, naked, bloody, and she i off the ^liiin
vrculd tell Imt children what 'She had
teen as a warning.
Silence, except an occasional rifle sliot—silence and the darkness before dawn which ^\ould, she knew, concen¬ trate fhe lishtiiin.'js around tl'.e house. .She. glanied into her motlier's room and marveled aa at a miracle to find f ,(h.fei;f?e. and even if somebody gpuld
liiT sleeping, 'i'hen she stole down¬ stairs and opened the outer door of j the dinins-room. A step er two j brought her to the edp;e .of the ve¬ randa. There slie i)aused and leaned uKainef one of the stune pillars." Del- ' larmc himself waa in a lialfterlining 1 jjositlon, his back to a tree. Ho ! seemed to be nodding. Kxcept for a I few on watch over the sand-bags, his I itien were stretched on the earth, mov¬ ing restlessly at interval.';, either in iiu effort to sleep or waldiig suddenly i after * ap*!! ol harassed uncon^^cious- ! ness.
CHAPTER XII.
Hand to Hand.
W'ith the first tign of dawn there
was a movement of shadowy forms
taking position in answer to low-
si)oken commands. The search-liKht
,,,,„, yielded its viKil to tho wide-spfead
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of the setting where Jlarta v.as to
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who had judged the distance by the \ staff map. This was all he wanted to ! know for tlie present. He would let ; Jijose at tho i)roper time to support the infantry attack, when there were [ enough driblets across the road to make a charge. The driblets kept on : coming, and, ono by one, the number ; of dead on tho road was augmented.
?,rarta was diverted from this proc- ; < ss of killing by piecemeal by a more ' theatric spectacle. A brigade com- ' mander of the Grays had ticked aa order over the wires and it liad gone ; from battery to battery. Not only 1 inany field-guns, which are the ter- i riers of tho artillery, but some guns | of siego caliber, the mastiffs, iu a j sudden outburst started a havoc ot } tumbling walls and cornices In tlio I upper part of tho town. I
Then on explosion greater than any from the shells shot a hemispht re of ; light heavenward, revealing a shadowy body flying overhead, aud an instant later the heavens were illuminated by a vafit circle ot flame as the dirigible that had dropped the dynamite re- ; celved its death-blow. Hut already i tho Brown infantry was withdrawing j from tlio town, destroying buildings | that would give cover tor the attack | iu the morning as they went. Two or | three hours after midnight fell a si- j lence which was to last until dawn. | The combatants rested on their arms, j Krowns saying to Grays, "Wo shall j be ready for the morrow!" and Grays j replying: "So shall we!" j
Afarta, at her window, her eyes foi- j lowing the raovemente ot the display, i now here, now there, found herself ; thinking of many things, as in the ¦ Intilrmissions between the acts of a | drama. Islie wondered Jf tlie groan-i iug, wounded man were crying for I water or it he wcro wishing that some ' one at home were near him. She ; thought of her talk with Lanstron and i how feminine and feeble It must havo i sounded to a mind working in the in- j exorable processes of the clash of railUons of men. She saw his left hand twitching in his pocket, his right hand gripping it to hold it stlU, on that afternoon when, for the first time, sbe had understood bis injury in the aeroplaiid accident as the tal- Uman of hla feelings—his controlled
watch the play of one ot man's pas¬ sions, which he dares not jMjrmlt tho ttuider flesh of wnman to share, grew distinct. Bayonets were fixed on the rifles that lay a king tlie parapet ot sand-bags in front of the row of brov. n
shoulders. Back of them in the yard j l-'eller replied, nnd was a section of infantry in reserve, I also with bayoiKits fixed, ready to fill . the place of any who tell out of line, | a doctor and Kin tellers to care for ! the wounded, and a detachment of en- j gineerrf to mend any breaches made In the breastwork by shell flre. '
The gunnc of the automatic sight- j rd his barrel, slightly adjusted its elevation, and swung it back and ' forth to make sure that it worked smoothly, while his assistant aaw that the fresh belts of cartridges which were to teed It were within easy reach.
In straw hat and blue blouse, shuf¬ fling with liis old man's walk. Feller came along the path from the gate. He waa in retreat from the enticing picture of the regiment ot field-guns in front of the <astle that was ready for action. As the infantry had never intereeted him. he would be safe frora temptation in tho yard.
"This is no place for you!" said one of the engineers.
"No, and don't waste nny time, ei¬ ther, old man!" said another. 'Hack to your bulbs!"
Feller did not even hear them. For Iho moment he was actually deaf.
"Fire!" said Deilarme's whistle. "Thur-r-r!" wont the automatic in soulless, mechanical repetition, its tape spinning through the cylinder, while the rifles spoke with the huaau,.!.there during the fighting?" he cried irrogular.'ty of stoel-tipped tlnge;-8 as he ran toward her. pounding at random ou a drumhead. | "Yes," she said rather faintly. All along the line facing La Tir the volume of fire spread until it was like the concert ot a mighty loom.
The Gray batteries having tried out tbeir range by the flashes of the au¬ tomatic the previous evening, were making the most of the occasion. "I^k-ung-n-ng!" the breaking Jackets whipped out their grists. The re¬ serves, the hospital-corps men and the engineers hugged the breastwork for cover. The leaves clipped from the trees by bullets were blown aside witb
I be found the gun was probably out of I commisKion. As ho started toward it l.ia smile, already !;ummoiied back, i was shot with surprise at sl;^ht of the i gun in iilaee and a stranger in blue I blouse, white hair showing thronj^h a I crownless straw hat, trying out "the ; iinchanitim with knowing fingprs. Del- I larme stared. Feller, unconscious ot ¦ everything but the gun, righted tlie I cartridge band, swung the barrel back I and forth, and then fired a shot. I "You—you seem to know raiiid- ' firers!" Dellarme exclaimed in blank I iacomprehen.sion.
I "Yes. sir!" Fcllor raised his finger, I whether in salute as a soldier or as I a gardener touching his liat it was ' hard to eay.
I "But how—-whrrn?" gasped Del- j j larme. |
I This time the movement of the fin- j R(T was undoubtedly in salute, iu ijcr- | feet, swift, military salute, with head i tlirown back and shoulders stilt. Fel- ! ler the gardener was dead aud buried ! without ceremony.
"Ltuisfron's (la.ss, school for offi¬ cers, sir. Stood Olio in ballistins. prize medallist control of f-'iin-firc Ves, sir, 1 know something about rtipidflrers," red a d'W more lots. "A little bi;-h. a lilth' low— right, my lady, riglitl"
Stransky was.back in hi.s place next to the automatic and liiing wlimiever a head appeared. He rolled his eyes in a characteristic squint of scrutiny toward the new recruit.
"Beats spraying rose-bushes for bugs, eh, old man?" he a-^Ued.
"Yes, a lead solution Is best tor gray bugs!" Feller remarked pun- gently, and their glances meeting, tbey saw in each other's eyes the joy of hell.
"A jiair of anarcliists!" exclaimed Stransky, grinning, and trii.'d a shot for aitother head.
As If in answer to prayer, a gun¬ ner had come out of the earth. Suf¬ ficient to the need was the fact. It | was not fdr Dellarme to ask questions ot a prize-med;i,lli«t graduate of thn school for olHccrHXln a blue blouse and i crownless straw liat His expert sur¬ vey assured hira that before another , rush the enemy had certtiln prepara¬ tions to make. Ho might give his } fighting smilo a recess and iK'rmit I htm;?eif a few minutes'' rt.daxatlon. ' Looking around to ascertain what j damage had been done to the houco i and grounds, he became aware ot j Marta's presence for the first time. ".Miss (ialliind, you—you weren't
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