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THE MAN
THE FLY
LIT ON
By GORDON H. CILLEY
T WAX tlie murk from n far off
Jungle fire that hung, a half -chok-
. Ing base, between land and sky
but the sun pierced through front
the bruxen heaven overbend and la-at
down with relentless ray« till heat
waves danced from the parched und
dusty earth. To the wounded man
out In front It brought, first. Inde
scribable agony that was told of in
raOMS. Then the dry und swelling
throat choked back even the expres
sion of pain. Now, perhaps, a merci
ful God liud given him unconscious
ness perhaps he was dead.
The three men In the drteil out water
hole hud few words for each other.
There was nothing to suy until some
one of them should evolve a plan for
safety. And what plan could there
be? Less than one hundred yard« out
In front was the bamboo clump and
within It was ii Filipino sharpshooter
and a wury one. Over und over had
each of the three held aloft Ida serv
ice hut on the ¡ailnt of Ids cleaning
rod, but the only tire It drew was a
chuckling mix-king laugh. It would
not work. The little brown disciple
of Aguinaldo held cartridges precious.
It hud sounded like un old Springfield
when he shot the corporal probably
Hint was what It wui If so, then be
hud but one cartridge In Ids gun.
lie could be shot or there might be
time to escu|>e before he could reload
after that was tired. But that one
cartridge was one death. Who’s should
Il be?
There was but ene solution, and as
each of the three eliminated nil other
possible chances, that one remained In
Ids mind. And each of the three knew
that the others knew. So, when Adams
passed around his canteen with an In
dication that they should drink each a
third of the little water that remained,
they knew he was about to propose
the one plan possible. He waited until
the canteen lay empty by Ids side, and
then he whispered:
"It's got to be one of us. It’s prob
ably a sure thing, for he won't miss
at that range. But the man that daes
It cun get up shoutin', nnd maybe it'll
startle Idm. And the other two can
Jump up and shoot the minute Ids guu
cracks Shull we draw straws?”
There was no reply. The others
looked nt each other searchlngly.
Then they looked down again. Adams
went on, his voice hard: “If either of
you fellows lias got a wife nnd kids
back home, that makes It different.”
Again he stopped and waited. Then
Welch spoke:
"Jim Carney here's got a girl back
In Boston. She promised to wait for
him."
"Stow your gab," said Cnrney,
roughly.
"I'm here to take my
chances."
"That’s white talk," said Adams,
with Just n tinge of admiration. "I've
got a girl hack there, too. But that
ain't like bein' married, with kids.”
"llow're we going to chouse?" naked
Cnrney, impatiently.
Adnms reached up to the edge of
the water hole nnd carefully detached
a long, dry blade of tile grass. Tois
lie begun to break Into pieces of differ
ent lengths. A droning fly bussed be
fore his face and be slapped it Impa
tiently. lie wutched it us It rose,
slowly circling, and then he dropped
the straws. “Lot's leave It to that
cussed fly," lie said. “It's been fussln'
around here ever since we slid Into
this hole. The man it lights on first."
He looked at the others. Carney
noddl'd his head. Welch watched the
fly with n gathering frown and made
no reply.
"Let's nil Ue still nnd seo who he
picks out." said Carney. "We can't
wuste time.”
The men lay on their backs, their
aching eyes following every movement
of the fly. The soldier Welch sat up,
pulled Ids haversack forward from his
hip, rummaged In It with his hand,
apparently found what he was seek
ing, and, lying down ngnln, put his
hand to Ills mouth. The others
wutched him with suspicious Interest.
"Well, you are a queer one," said
Adams, "anting at n time like this."
Welch said nothing, and the three
resumed their vigilance of the fly. It
rose, a black speck In the nlr, darted In
parabolic curves back nnd forth, then
slowly begun to spiral downward. The
test was at hand. The men lay along
side with practically facing distance
between them. Welch was In the cen
ter. The fly descended deliberately,
swung bnck and forth nnd seemed to
still Its flight Just over the face of
Cnrney. Ln the breathless silence the
faint chord of Its wings was distinctly
audible. Incontrollably, the soldier's
face twitched. The tly darted nway.
The others looked on without com
ment while n flush spread over the
man's neck nnd up to his ears.
Then the Insect returned and leis
urely humme« back nnd forth nnd then
In a swlngh g circle nbove the hnnd
tlmt Adams had stretched out upon
the ground. It settled within tin Inch
and the mnn Inughed. The fly mount
ed upward «gain.
Again It cume back. Flies have no
long flight, a>d already It wns weary.
This time It would seek a resting place.
Its tired wlrgs grew slower In their
vibration nnd the noise of their buz
zing deeper nnd more distinct. It cir
cled twice about the dusty shoes of
Adama, and tills time he did not move.
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N. Y., and it is a pleasure for me
to Mate that during all the yean
1 told medicine I never had a single
complaint i■ Indmg Di I'
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people tell me how much good they
have derived from them. 1 had,
and still have so much confidence
in these medicines that when I need
a tonic 1 take the ‘Golden Medical
Discovery’ which clears my system
of all unfavorable symptoms giving
me a feeling of tN-rfeci health."—
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Gray Eyas and Sin.
Among the Arabs there Is a popular
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of sin. The belief Is founded on a
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Mature Slowly.
Natures that have much heat, and
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are not ripe for action till they have
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lie looked on with his features drawn
In agony and teeth sinking Into bis
Up. Then the fly rose three or four
feet In the air, circled slowly and de
sdended like a bullet upon the face of
Welch. It alighted on Ids chin and
crawled toward Ids mouth
For u long minute the other men
looked on In alienee. The fly stopped
at the man's lip and begun to tied
Carney suddenly swept his hnnd above
It und the Insect darted "ft. Both Cur
ney und Adams rose to sitting p«s
lures und looked Inquiringly ut their
prostrate comrade. Another minute
passed, nnd a glance shot between
them. Cnrney sldftid uneasily and
whispered: "Well. Welch, old man?*
Mill) the man did not move III»
eyes were closed ami a sort of smile
hovered about Ids Ups. Adams seized
his arm und shook him. The arui
dropped limply back into place.
"Well, by G d !" exclaimed Carney
nnd then placing a Anger on the man's
eyelid, he roughly pushed It bai k
Only the white of the eye showed
"Well, by G- d!" he muttered again
and reached for Welch's wrist He
held It for u little time la-tween bl
thumb und forefinger, while Admit*
looked <>n with a puzzled stare. Cur
ney dropped the wrist and bent hh
ear to the num's nostrils. Then he
drew back, settled himself In Ids sit
ting posture und turned to Adams
from whom a question burst:
"Fainted?"
Carney shook Ids head. “Dead
scared to death—well, by O—d!"
For full five minutes the men were
silent. Then Adams spoke dully: “He
tix.k his chance with us. and It fell to
him. He faded out without makln
good. But we can make him do It We
can hold him up nnd let him get shot
Then we can get that sneuklng little
devil that shot the corporal."
Carney sat up. “Hight you are; I
wns a fool not to think of it. but II
knocked me all In a heap to think of
Wel<-h turning yellow. It's Just wlrui
he's good for now. I will hold him up
and you can be ready for the little
devil."
He seized the body and. hugging it
about the hip«, strove to raise it so
that the head would show above the
water hole. But It was still limp; It
would not hold erect. With a mut
tered oath, Carney seized the dead
man's rifle and Jammed It down tin
back of the dead man's blouse. The
device served and, bolding by the hip*
and keeping bls own bend well bent
down, he hoisted the corpse erect and
upward. There was a moment of
agonizing suspense. and then rang out
the booming roar of a Springfield
The sound was hardly complete be
fore Adams leaped up and began
pumping bls Krag at a patch of pow
der smoke In the bamboo. At the third
shot there was a yell and a crashing
of branches. Adams dropped bls rifle,
and ran toward the corporal, while
Carney sat weakly down and propped
up the bixly of bls friend. There was
a ynwnlng hole In the dead man’s fore
head where the snub-nosed Springfield
bullet had crashed through, and a
stream of blood trickled away from It.
"If you’ll stay here by the corporal.
I'll hike back to the column and get
the ambulance,” said Adams.
Carney replied with a nod. and
when the soldier was gone, he turned
to a closer examination of the body
of Welch. "H—I of a hole that old
Springfield makes,” he muttered. He
untied the handkerchief from about his
neck nnd started to wipe away the
blnod Then he saw something tlmt
made him stay hl* hnnd. He looked
close at the dead man's face and
then sprang to his feet and swore
aloud. For about the lips of bls
friend nnd spread all over rhe lowe
half of lil» face were—grains of com
mlssury brown sugar!
Just before taps that night Carney
stood within the flap of the major's
tint uuil saluted. He averred urgent
business. The major looked up wear
By from his writing nnd listened. Car
ney, with more strength of language
than was usual to the major's ears,
begged that a recommendation would
be made for a medal of honor for the
dead man, to be sent to his relatives,
as Is customary when a soldier has
died a hero.
"I thought he had turned yellow.”
said the soldier, “and. God forgive me.
I held up his body and let that little
hellion shoot a hole In bls head. And
then I found that he had fixed It all
up. He'd baited himself with sugar
out of bls haversack, and that d—d fly
lit on him Just us he figured it would
Physically, sir. It was more than lie
could stand, und the heart failure
killed him when he felt the fly on his
chin. But I've heard you say, sir
that the real heroes are the men who
do their duty and more than their duty
when they are most afraid. You see
sir, he knew Adams and I hnd sweet
hearts at home, and he didn’t.”
"You are right, Carney," said the
major, “the moral heroes are the
greatest of nil. I will make the recom
mendatlon for the medul of honor."
Explained His Absence
The recruit wns n tall, lanky man
nnd he hud very Inrge feet. In fact. It
wns rumored In the regiment that hr
took size 13, and those who had seen
his extremities saw no reason to doubi
It. One night he happened to be In
eluded In a party that had to do a
Job several miles from the barracks
and on their return and the roll being
called he was found to be absent.
"Hus anyone seen O'Halloran?"
naked the sergeant before dismissing
the men.
There was silence for a moment
Then one of the privates took a step
forward, came smartly to attention
and said :
“Yes, sergeant. He’s Just gone up to
the crossroads to turn round.”
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Invested through federal aid In the
Improved highway« of the country, ac
cording to a statement issued by the
American Automobile Hssociatlon.
Thia dividend actually goes Into the
pockets of the motorists and repre-
sents the difference between the cost
of motor vehicle ojieratlon over unim
proved and Improved highways The
differential, which la conservative. Is
baaed on extensive engineering testa
of motor vehicle operation <osta made
in different sections of the country
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A recent survey made In Kentucky
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of operation over Improved roads and
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of 2% cents a mile fur 6.000 milts
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saving of $2,550,000.01)0 a year on gaso-
Une. tires, parts, upkeep, renewals und
all phases of operation.
This would be the total saving If
every mile over which an automobile
traveled was Improved. But. of course,
only 60,000 miles of highway havs
been Improved by federal aid. This
60.000 mile« represents slightly more
than 2 per cent of the total h <hway
system, which amounts to approxi
mately 2,500,000 miles.
Two per cent of |2^5O,O00,orr> gives
$51,000,000 which can be legit'mutely
credited to federal aid. The tor il cap
ital expenditure for federal ; <1 was
$500,000,000, which yields $51 »00.000
a year, or 10 per cent In su Ing to
the user of Improved highway s.
The study made by the Io» i State
college, the Iowa highway com nission
and the bureau of publl
roads
showed that the gasoline con- med on
a paved road was only appro imately
one-half the gasoline consum' d on a
dirt road per unit of traffic Inciden
tally the Investigation deveh -ed that
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It showed. In fact, that there is a
definite relation existing between the
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and other Items of cost in vehicle op
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of the highway commission, estimated
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two, the same applying to other Items,
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of dollars and cents the difference
In cost to the motorist and the public
In general between Improved and un
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According to the Iowa study, traffic
equaling 500 vehicles per day over
enrth roads requires an annual ex
penditure from both private and public
funds of F25.600 per mile, while a simi
lar amount of transportation over a
concrete surface costs $20,650 per
mile.
This means that for a light traffic
earth road carrying 500 vehicles a
day there would be saved $4.950 per
mile per year If the same traffic went
over a paved road surface. Assum
ing the cost of paving a dirt road to
be 125.000 per mile the saving in
transportation cost would actually pay
for the capital outlay in from four to
six years. The difference between the
cost of operation on a gravel road nnd
a paved road would pay for the differ
ence In the cost of construction In
three years.
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