Again there was a pause before it fired again, this time the shell landed ten yards beyond the lookout post. Then next all the guns fired at the same ...time and shells screamed overhead to fall around the post. At the same time fifty Askaris started across the ford. The four Australians who manned the outpost waited until they were in the middle of the ford, before opening fire. Askaris fell screaming as the three rifles and Lewis gun poured bullets into them. They turned and ran back dragging. A tear formed on her lashes as she thought of her late husband. Ben, what a wonderful husband he had been to her. Never had they shared an argument, only love and happiness. Then, just as they were planning on children, he was gone. The river outside of the property had flooded. He wanted to check the traps any way. The muddy banks couldn’t hold his weight, and before he could cry out, the river sucked him away. The search parties never found his body, but they did retrieve his worn work shirt,. "Everyone cheered and applauded my best friend. Coach Caffrey asked, "Let's have three cheers for Ed, Greg and Jeremy." The team cheered wildly for my friends.Coach Caffrey called for quiet. "There is one more team member I want to recognize even though he isn't on the honors list. 'Coach' Martin, please come forward." I blushed and came to the front. Coach Caffrey put one hand on my left shoulder. "'Coach' is still our leading receiver even though he only played half the games in our season.. I’ll let you know after we sign the papers. Until then, nothing is definite.”“You have learned wisely, Grasshopper,” he said, imitating the television series, Kung Fu.“Thank you, Master,” I replied, bowing towards him.“Great, now we have you two doing bad television,” said Missy. “So, tell us, how did it actually go?”“Good. I think what did the trick was my math background. I told them that no matter how many different bankers and investors they saw, I was going to be the only one who actually.