DIVVY UP
By MILT LESSER
ILLUSTRATED by VARGA
Here's a fine, hard story of the inverted
ethical system of the post-war world, where
inhumanity is the norm and cruelty pays dividends.
[Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from
Amazing Stories February 1960.
Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that
the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]
Hardesty fondled the sight picture with his right eye, squinting shut his left eye, caressing the trigger of his rifle with the index finger of his right hand and waiting for the squad leader to issue his commands.
"Ready," called the squad leader.
At times like this, Hardesty observed, time seemed suspended. He wondered if it worked that way for the condemned man, too. The sun was just coming up over the rim of the bomb crater, splashing the rubble there with rose and gold. A hungry dog howled somewhere north of the crater.
"Aim...."