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IT WAS the murk from a far-off
Jungle fire that hung, a half-choking
haze, between land and sky
but the sun pierced through from
the brazen heaven overhead and beat
down with relentless rays till heat
waves danced from the parched and
dusty earth. To the wounded man
out In front It brought, first, inde
scribable agony that was told of in
moans. Then the dry and swelling
throat choked back even the expres
sion of pain. Now, perhaps, a merci
ful God had given him unconscious
ness perhaps he was dead.
The three men in the dried-out water
hole had few words for each other.
There was nothing to say until some
one of them should evolve a plan for
safety. And what plan could there
be? Less than one hundred ynrds out
In front was the bamboo clump mull
within it was a Filipino sharpshooter
and a wary one. Over and over had
each of the three held aloft his serv
ice hat on the point of his cleaning
rod, but the only tire it drew was a
chuckling mocking laugh. It would
not work. The little brown disciple
of Aguinaldo held cartridges precious.
It had sounded like an old Springfield
when he shot the corporal probably
that was what it was. If so, then he
had but one cartridge in his gun.
He could be shot or there might he
time to escape before he could reload
after that was fired. But that one
cartridge was one death. Who's should
It be?
There was but one solution, and as
each of the three eliminated all other
possible chances, that one remained In
his mind. And each of the three knew
that the others knew. So, when Adams
passed around his canteen with un In
dication that Ihey 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 his side, and
then he whispered :
It's got to he one of us. It's prob
ably a sure thing, for he won't miss
Ht that range. But the man that does
it can get up shootin', and maybe It'll
startle him. And the other two can
jump up and shoot the minute his gun
cracks. Shall we draw straws?"
There was no reply. The others
looked at each other searchlngly.
Then they looked down agalD. Adams
went on, his voice bard: "If either of
you fellows has got a wife and 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
Mm."
"Stow your gab," said Carney,
roughly. "I'm here to take my
chances."
"That's white talk," said Adams,
with just a tinge of admiration. "I've
got a girl back there, too. But that
ain't like beln' married, with kills."
"How're we going to choose?" asked
Carney, Impatiently.
Adams reached up to the edge of
the water hole and carefully detached
a long, dry blade of file grass. Tills
he began to break Into pieces of differ
ent lengths. A droning fly buzzed be
fore his face and he slapped it impa
tiently, lie watched It as It rose,
slowly circling, and then he dropped
the straws. "Bet's leave It to that
cusm'.I By he 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
nodded ids bead. Welch watched the
fly with a gathering frown and made
no reply.
"Let's all He still and see who he
picks out," said Carney. "We can't
waste time."
The men lay on their hacks, their
aching eyes following every movement
of the fly. The soldier Welch sat up
pulled his haversack forward from his
hip, rummaged In It with his band.
apparently found what he was seek
ing, and, lying down again, put his
hand to bis mouth. The others
watched him with suspicious interest.
"Well, you nre a ijueer one," said
Adams, "eating at a time like this."
Welch said nothing, and the three
resumed their vigilance of the fly. It
rose, a black speck In the air, darted In
parabolic curves back and forth, then
slowly began to spiral downward. The
test was nt hand. The men lay along
side with practically facing distance
between them. Welch was in the cen
ter. The tly descended deliberately,
swung back, and, forth and seemed to
still Its" flight Just over the 'face of
Carney. In the breathless silence the
faint chord of Its wings was distinctly
audible. Incontrollably, the soldier's
face twltchec. The fly darted away.
The others looked on without com
ment while a flush spread over the
man's neck and up td his ears.
Then the Insect returner) and leis
urely humniei back and forth and then
In a swinging circle above the hand
that Adams bad stretched out upon
the ground. It settled within an Inch
and the man laughed. The fly mount
ed upward again.
Again It came back. Files have no
I long flight, and already It was weary.
This time It would seek a restlngj.lace.
j Its tired wings grew slower In their
vibration and the noise of their buz
zing deeper and more distinct. It clr-
Icled twice about the dusty shoes of
Adams, and tills time be did not move.
He looked on with his features drawn
In agony and teeth sinking Into his
Hp. Then the fly rose three or four
feet in the air, circled slowly and de
scended like a bullet upon the face of
Welch. It alighted on his chiu and
crawled toward his month.
For a long minute the other men
looked on in silence. The tly stopped
at the man's Up and began to feed.
Carney suddenly swept his bund above
it and the insect darted off. Both Car
ney and Adams rose to sitting pos
tures and looked Inquiringly at their
prostrate comrade. Another minute
passed, and a glance shot between
them. Carney shifted uneasily and
whispered: "Well. Welch, old man?"
Still the man did not move. His
eyes were closed and a sort of smile
hovered about bis lips. Adams seized
his arm and shook him. The arm
dropped limply hack Into place.
"Well, by G d!" exclaimed Carney.
and then, placing a linger on the man's
eyelid, he roughly pushed it back
Only the white of the eye showed
Well, by G d !" he muttered ugai I.
and reached for Welch's wrist. In
held it for a little time betwi lii
thumb and forefinger, while Adams
looked on with a puzzled star.'. Car
ney dropped the wrist and bent his
ear to the man's nostrils. Then he
drew back, settled himself in bis sit
ting posture and turned to Adams,
from whom a question burst i
"Fainted?"
Carney shook his head. "Dead
scared to death well, by G d!"
For full five minutes the men were
silent. Then Adams spoke dully: "He
took his chance with us, and it fell to
him. He faded out without tuakln'
good. But we can make him do it. We
can hold him up and let him get shot.
Then we can get that sneaking little
devil that shot the corporal."
Carney sat up. "Right you are; 1
was a fool not to think of It, but II
knocked me all In a heap to think of
Welch turning yellow. It's just what
he's good for now. I will hold hlra up
and you can be ready for the little
devil."
He seized the body and. hugging It
about the hips, 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 unit
tered oath, Carney seized the dead
man's rlile and Jammed it down ttt
back of the dead man's blouse. The
device served and, holding by the hips
and keeping his own head 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 his 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 his rifle,
and ran toward the corporal, while
Carney sat weakly down and propped
up the body of his friend. There was
a yawning hole In the dend man's fore
head where the snub-nosed Springfield
bullet had crashed through, and n
stream of blood trickled away from It.
"If you'll stay here by the corporal
I'll hike back to the coiimin 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 and started to wipe away the
blond. Then he saw something that
made him stay his hand. He looked
close at the dead man's face and
then sprang to his feet and swore
aloud. For about the lips of his
friend, and spread all over the lower
half of his face were grains of com
missary brown sugar!
.lust before taps that night Carney
stood within the flap of the major'
tent and saluted. He averred urgent
business. The major looked up wear
Uy from his writing and listened. Car
ney, with more strength of language
than was usual to the major's ears,
begged that a recommendation would
he made for a medal of honor for tin
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. Cod forgive me.
I held up his body and let that little
hellion shoot a hole In his head. And
then I found that he had fixed It all
up. He'd baited himself with sugar
out of his haversack, and that d d flj
lit on him Just as he figured It would.
Physically, sir, it was more than he
could stand, and the heurt failure
killed him when he felt the fly on his
bin. 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 krlew Adams ami 1 had sw I
hearts at home, and he didn't."
"Vou are right, Carney," said the
major, "the moral heroes are the
greatest of all. I will make the recoin
memlatlon for the medal of honor.'
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Explained His Absence
The recruit was a tall, lanky man
and he bad very large feet. In fact. Il
was rumored In the regiment that be
took size 13. and those who had Seen
his extremities saw no reason to finale
It. One night he happened to be in
hided In a pnrt.r that bad to do
Job several miles from the harracK
and on their return and" the roll fteins
r ailed he was found to be absent.
"Has anyone seen O'Halloran''
asked 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."
American motorists cash In a yearly
dividend of 10 per cent on the capital
Invested through federal ahl In the
Improved highways of the country, ac
cording to a statement Issued by the
American Automobile association.
This dividend actually goes into the
pockets of the motorists and repre
sents the difference between the cost
of motor vehicle operation over unim
proved and improved highways. The
differential, which is conservative. Is
based on extensive engineering tests
of motor vehicle operation costs made
In different sections of the country
and for different types of roads.
A recent survey made In Kentucky
shows that there Is on the average a
saving of 2'S cents a mile In the cost
of operation over Improved roads and
highways. Some time ago a similar
Investigation conducted In Iowa Indi
cated approximately tiie sa:t:p k.t '-t
It has been estimated many times
that the average car runs approxl- j
mately 0,000 miles a year. A saving
of 2 cents a mile for 0,000 miles
amounts to $150 a year. For 17,000,
000 automobiles this would mean a
saving of $2,550,000,000 a year on gaso
line, tires, parts, upkeep, renewals and
all phases of operation.
This would be the total saving If
every mile over which an automobile
traveled was improved. But. of course,
only 00,000 miles of highway have
been Improved by federal aid. This
00.000 miles represents slightly more
than 2 per cent of the total highway
system, which amounts to approxi
mately 2,500,000 miles.
Two per cent of $2,550,000,000 gives
$51,000,000 which can be legitimately
credited to federal aid. The total cap
ital expenditure for federal aid was
$500,000,000, which yields $51,000,000
a year, or 10 per cent In saving to
the user of improved highways.
The study made by the Iowa State
college, the Iowa highway commission
and the bureau of public roads
showed that the gasoline consumed on
a paved road was only approximately
one-half the gasoline consumed on a
dirt road per unit of traffic. Inciden
tally the Investigation developed that
the gasoline consumed per unit of
truffle can be taken as an Index of
the other costs of motor vehicle opera
tion. It showed, In fact, that there Is a
definite relation existing between the
gasoline consumption per unit of traffic
and other Items of coet In vehicle op
eration. F. It. White, chief engineer
of the highway commission, estimated
that through Improvement of a road
surface the gasoline consumption Is
cut In two, the cost of tires Is cut In
two, the same applying to other Items,
Including depreciation and repairs.
For the first time these studies1
make It possible to present In terms
of dollars and cents the difference
In cost to the motorist and the public
In general between Improved and un
improved roads.
According to the Iowa study, traffic
equaling 500 vehicles per day over
earth roads requires an annual ex
penditure from both private and public
funds of $.,000 per mile, while a simi
lar amount of transportation over a
coni-rete surface costs $20,050 per
mile.
This meuns that for a light traffic
earth road carrying 500 vehicles a
day there would be saved $4,050 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 $25)00 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 and
a paved road would pay for the dinVr
ence In the cost of construction In
j three years.
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its regions in the vicinity of Arizona, j
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The fruit of the choke cherry is
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then a large-fruited variety Is found
that is fit for eating. Tho leaves of
the common choke cherry contain
prusate acid and both fresh and willed
loaves arc poisonous.
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It Is planned to do a great deal of
work on the New York state section
of the Huston I'ost road, anil contracts
for part of tills work have been let.
Trattlc on this road Is very heavy.
A count last season showed .riii.fXK)
vehicles passing day and night. The
truBlc Is as heavy Ht night as In the
day time and at times runs heavier
during the night. Just when this Im
provement work is to he started Is not
known.
Thick Roads in Oregon
The Oregon state highway depart
ment recently adopted a design of
thickened edges for roads. Tin- Speci
fications cull for a cross section seven
Inches thick at the center and ten
Inches thick at the edges, the In
creased thickness graduating to the
edge from a point two feet from the
edge. The cost Is estlmuted at
341 per mile.
Different Traffic Rules
With 48 states ami thousands of
municipalities, all making their own
truftlc ruies, the motorist Is more or
less at sea as to what he can and can
not, should and should not do. Hut
when the national government builds
roads for the nation, a national traffic
law will he inevitable as a national
police force for the national highway!.
Papuan Savagery.
In Papua, only 400 miles from Aus
tralia, and part of the British empire,
cases of cannibalism still occur; the
Papuans have a tradition that no
youth may marry until he has shed
human blood,
Inspired to Great Deeds.
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