The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-03-27

In something Just as hot" He eyed
her half angrily. And you're the
little devil that's stocking the fire."
Nellie half rose from her chair
and leaned across the table toward
him kiss me. BOBBY |" she COM
manded 1ercely. And Elmer obeyed.
Up to the day he received, from
that anonymous Los Angeles
source, the letters he had written
his inamorata. Elmer made no
progress In the matter Of mapping
out his campaign for mayor. He
was much too nervous, too over
whelmed with grave apprehensfons,
to focus his mind on this adventure
which would end only in disaster.
He spent his days fishing and his
nights In gloomy meditation.
Longfellow. In his "Hiawatha,n
observes that misfortunes come not
singly. The poet might, with equal
truth, have written that blessings
come In focks. Suddenly came the
letter from Doris. charging him
with the preparation Of a newer
and more despicable crime and VOW
ing vengeance when her time should
be up. The receipt Of the newspa-
per clipping solved the mystery of
the girls letter and while Elmer
was rejoicing at this infallible
evidence Of a stay of execution, and
making up his mind to make the fur
fly In his campaign for mayor now
that fate had interviewed and given
him a fighting chance to win, the
packet Of love letters arrived.
The comfort that had been his
Just previous to this was the most
extravagant grief In comparison
with the delirious delight that de-
scended upon him now.
1t was the greatest day In his
tory. When his paroxysm of delight
had In a measure abated, he pro
ceeded to read the letters in the or
der Of their dates.
After reading the third letter he
shook as with an ague, for he dis
covered that he had indeed asked
Doris to marry hint He essayed
to read the fourth letter and
groaned aloud. 1t was terrible.
SO he burned them all.
He was waiting outside the BAN,
when Nellie came out at five
o'clock. Hop into this car and come
away with me. Nellie" he ordered.
"or I'll kidnap you"
Nellie hoped in, and they
whirled away into the country. Once
clear of the town Elmer's hand
stole owe and closed over Nellie's.
She jerked it away, but he seized
her arm roughly and again pos
sessed himself of her hand, which
he retained by brute force. Still
he said nothing, so Nellie main
tanned silence. Presently she spoke,
to break an embarrassing silence.
what have you been doing all
day, Elmer?"
I've been singing"
"Bet you a hundred dollars I
know what you've been singing"
Taken. What have | been sing
ing?"
"The national anthem of SIAM"
"You lose. / don't know It,"
'AOh, yes. you do"
whats it calledT"
"WhatanassTam," she informed
him.
Without a moments hesitation
Elmer ButterwOrth Clarke took out
his wallet and solemnly handed
Nellie Cathcart a hundred-dollar
bill, and Nellie took It'll
When Elmer rose the following
morning he remembered that If he
intended to be mayor Of Pilarcitos
1t behooved him to be up and do
ing. He had no time to spare.
His first idea was to contract
with the Pilarcitos Silver Cor
net band to play at his political
rallies exclusively. thus forcing his
opponents to import their music eI-
pensively from surrounding towns.
The extent Of his advertising and
the elaborate preparations for his
alarmed and irritated his
opponents. the alarm being occn-
stoned by irst-hand knowledge that
they were being opposed by a
young. %forceful, popular man. with
out q blemish on his character and
with an excellent war record. His
strength In ~fraternal circles was
well known, and Of course he would
get the old soldier vote in its en-
The irritation Of the enemy
was born Of an apprehension that
If they yer to oppose him sue
cessfuliy they would have to adopt
the pace he had set. which predi-
Gated the spending Of more money
than they cared to think about.
Also, they would have to make
speeches they were incapable of
making with a 1.-THE of the ease,
grace and logic of their youthful
opponent.
Their best plan lay in ancient
political strategy.
By mutual consent the Democrat
lie and the Republican candidates
concluded to refrain from fighting
each other and concentrate their
Are on Elmer.
To Elmer competition was the
Joy Of life. He had been born with
The winning spirit and he resolved
10 leave no stone unturned to Sc
cure his objective. However, he
overlooked n stone. Nellie Cath
.art called 1t to his attention.
II suppose, Elmer. you're going
10 spend a couple of thousand dol
ars to win an Office that pays
OF only n hundred dollars
!. month"
" suppose 10. The contounded