Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-07-05

my children! You let them right
out of there this minute or I'll call
the police!"
Shut up, Olympus" he said.
"They can't come out. They haven't
any clothes on!"
They haven't any clothes" Sud-
denly Aunt Olympia remembered.
She had forgotten to take the suit
case from the trailer. Deli" she
cried. "They'I-catch their death
Of cold!" And would have collapsed,
had she not been supported by the
Senator and couple of policemen.
The girls, watching from the mar
row little windows at the top of the
rear door, had seen the beloved and
sheltering, though agitated, figures
of the Senator and Aunt Olympia.
Limpy opened the door defiantly.
Lien Hardesty!" she screamed.
"You give me my Uncle Lancy, this
minute! You give him right here!"
The defiant voice then rose to a
familiar wall. saw, Uncle Lancy."
When had Uncle Lancy heard that
appeal in vain? He did not hesitate
a moment. He relinquished Olym-
pia to the arms Of the policemen
with all the dignity Of an old Ro-
man, in smart fall coat instead of
toga, and bore down on the truck.
He didn't say a word. He waved
his arm and Len Hardesty stood
aside. The Senator stumbled up the
steps.
my poor children" he began.
But Limpy interrupted.
Come over here to this mike and
give them a piece Of your mind"
she ordered. ''They said the most
outrageous things about you. They
said you were a hopeless inefficient
and turned the lights on US to prove
it. Tell them, Uncle Lancy!"
my dear" he demonstrated
gently.
Here's the mike" said Limpy.
There was only one thing to do in
the presence of a microphone. I'm
Gle Lancy cleared his throat.
Ladies' and gentlemen!" he
roared.
The bands, which had been in
structed to stop playing when the
speeches began, stopped at the first
syllable. The musicians wanted to
get over to the truck themselves and
see what was going on.
Ladies and gentlemen of the OPP
position!" went on the Senator.
This is Senator Slopshire address,
ing you from my own sound truck
which was in dastardly fashion sto-
len by one have loved and trusted
for many years. I shall neither
love nor trust him again So
am accused of inefficiency, Ell?
Well, if to put trust in man at
whose pulpit have sat for spiritual
guidance, who has blessed my food
which I gladly shared with him
If to put trust in that man is in
efficient, then I plead guilty! Yes!
I am a hopeless inefficient! I did
trust him!
''This is the closing night of my
campaign for reelection. Thousands
had gathered at Trentfare to hear
my final message and my summary
of the issues of this campaign. But
the instant I heard that these chill
dren of mine had been ruthlessly
snatched from the swimming pool
and dragged away on this chilly
autumn night in thin bathing suits,
still wet from swimming-when I
heard that, stopped in the middle
of sentence. I waived the issues.
I relinquished the campaign. sac
rificed any votes to be gained there
and rushed here at full speed to
save my children. If that is ineffi-
cheney, yes! am a hopeless in
efficient!
"Crouched beside me, here in my
sound truck, are these three girls,
three American children, bereaved
young orphans. They are still in
the wet bathing suits they wore
when kidnapped, they are shivering
and blue with cold. Their very
lives have been endangered by this
despicable act. could stand here
for hours expounding the issues of
this campaign; it is a great oppor-
tunity; but I relinquish that oppor-
tunity. sacrifice any votes to be
gained here. I 60 to take my chill
dren to warmth and comfort; I 60
to see them safe in their little beds,
with what precautions may be taken
to save them from the danger of
this terrible exposure they have suf-
fered. If that is inefficiency, ladies
and gentlemen, yes! / am a hope
less inefficient"
"Give them some Bible" said
Limpy grimly. 'They used Bible
on you"
The Senator hesitated briefly. He
hadn't been brought up on the Bible
like Brother Willde and the girls.
He had a special clerk to handle
his quotations. He tried desperately
to remember something.
"'As We sow, SO shall ye reap"