The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-03
CampC0m edies
lBy Alma Woodward.
THE TsETsE FLY.

Scene: Camp Lewis. Time: After
noon.
1Three boys are using conVales-
cent flivver as smoking car de luxe.
Their poses lax almost to a gsSatinous
degree. result in a notpourri Of putteed
knees capped heads and gain1ieted
hands that is most confusing.)
i Canning the air. something been
f7ying around mere for q half hour.
| Have yon seen it?
r Quitting quietly)-Ive seen SO
many things flying around since ~"
been here that l wouldn't notice 2
Zeppelin If it lighted on my eyebrow
4 tpeevishly)--I hate o1gs.
G iagrreahly)- do land speak
ing of bugs--there goes Percival.
B (waking mp q hito-.Surc enough.
That guys d bug OH bugs, | wonder
where he got 1t.
a thastiIy,--Got what
R--This germ mania. lie secs a
horrible death IN everything about him
Can't even see the joke about the germ
in German
c ttakins az the biography ut this
nointl--He carries an atonizer OF
earricide III his hin pocket md every
time anyone coughs. sneezes cf
hreathes. he sprinl<les his larynx. They
con him .thc earbolic Kid"
A tnakine a wild pass at aonethine)
There's that blamed thing again. III
massacre Il or lose a Leg tRango
Gce' what q whopper-- what i ~
y 0ahing a loolSl-That. my dear
stperaon, is the green fly peculiar to
American Lake and partial 70 people
in bathing suits. Won can Kill i, but
II viii rise again Il has til cat haf
taiaed on life insurance. You can boil
ii ard Il Will escape with tfa steana--
YOU crn freeze il and il viii make
faces az you through the ice you can
Gnterupting with q Whecp,--,
listen Is il very common
with much pathos)-Connlon.
dear boy. n is the sub proletariot
81 the prolific fly familt-it is
Z Gnnatiently)--Ch, / mean do you
suppose Percival has ever scea one
+ q light fawnng on hi-ii Boy.
Won have fiendish brain. / can soc
y0p Gro going to Luther Burbank the
POOR Green fly % American Lake into
something deadly ana sic hHl on Per.
ciNal. Confess Is it not ao'
G tensely)-It is, Follow my lead.
hoys, aud Wen have the carho}:c Kid
foaninE at the mouth. Watching me
very carefully you will see th~t place
tho dofunct fly on the floor Of thc fliy-
YER nothing in my right hand to de-
caive yon-nothing up my sleeve This
is the cue for us all 10 utter wilc;
shrieks and jump for the tail timber.
Ready,
(Whoopinc like shrapnelled Heinias,
the three cata putt over The side CT the
flivTer and come into sudden contact
with Perciral. who palos 10 a beauti-
ful pea reen)
p (gaspine> VIII VIII what is ito
c thoarsely>-The tsetse fly: Car.
rjer of the most deadly disease known
to medical science-the SLEEPING,
SICKNESS Usually found in tho
tropics. It must have been looking for
winter sports and found---camp Lowist
p tpetrified)- Il t-t-tonch YOU
c with manjacal laughter)-Touch
ME. Won roCr fish--it bit me.
with concerted screams Of terror
the four make eff across trn stubb1a
1 AtHh lli@iitt az ~ u Is q bGai 10 SeIllf
into a first delicious slumber when the
whining, ipecacai elissandos of a
nkelele shatter the night quiet)
y Dumping up)-What in-what--
Voice tsoftly)-lt is T--Percival. |
have been reading up on the tsetsa fly
and the sleeping sickness. The main
idea is not to allow the victim 10 sleen.
no matter how much he wants 10. 50
am going to sacrifice myself and st
beside you all night playing on my
Gkelele--to save Your life
\ tmirth smotherea by b'arkets)-
He laughs best and so forth.