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

CHAPTER XIV-Continued
ympia was pushed into the rear
of the big car. The Senator
nbered after her and took her
is arms.
Be brave, my dear, be calm," he
through clenched teeth, and the
keramen got a very good fash of
Q, the Senator looking stern and
L, with Olympia in his arms,
ping like Rachel for her lost
iren. Police cleared the way.
big car rolled off.
be crowd was a little surprised
ear the roaring of motors as the
went of. But they waited. They
id be back, probably, in five
.utes, with the lovely young girls
rw. But when Jim Allen, slowly
hing, struggled to his feet, wip-
blood from his face, they rose
tnctively. II that blood wasn't
sjuice, this was real drama. Jim
% was helped to the platform.
Ladies' and gentlemen!" he
red, still mopping blood. THAT'S
candidate! That's the man we
nocrats stand for! What's an
tion to a man whose home has
q ravaged? What are votes to q
nocrat whose most sacred feel
have been profaned? That's the
didate we give you-one who will
ek down his state chairman to
10 the aid Of his childrenl La
and gentlemen, do what you
with this rally. I'm going to
B our candidate rescue our chill
.sn!"
Evidently, then, 1t was no plant.
the constituents streamed out Of
auditorium following Jim Allen,
use nose continued to bleed with
Eatrical profusion, their resent
ut rose. These were their Or
ms who had been subjected to
outrage.
-call the police!" Get out the
fYenl" "Give US our children!"
fawn with WilkieI" ''Were the po-
! asleep?"
4 pandemonium Of cars swept
bay in the wake Of the Senator.
/ wind-up rally joined the rescue.
dozen buses, hastily filed, fol-
ped more slowly. Only those luck
, ones remained who had come
foot or by train and had no emer-
icy conveyance. These, left be-
b, eventually clustered together
\ burst into noisy imprecations
the Opposition, interspersed with
hers for Sloppy, boos for Wilkie,
I finally fell into a sustained
(ant:
We want our orphansl We want
B orphansl We want our or
(ans!"
Unfortunately, the Senator and
|nt Olympia were unaware of this
Fal demonstration. They had re-
Eh from the campaign in a dead
Esnce, over the PROSTATE form of
lm old Jim Allen, the state chair
IN; followed, SO far as they knew,
the unbounded indignation of an
ended constituency.
For twenty noisy miles, Olympia
Is satisfied to sob on the Senator's
lsast, in which burned a volcano
suppressed passion. Finally she
ind voice.
! only wanted them-to rest a
lie, DEL" she said humbly. II
4 Ben to bring them. I thought
course they would be safe"
BE calm, my dear, be brave"
d the Senator, patting her Shout
with a hand that itched for
other Wilkes throat.
If they've harmed a hair of those
ildren's heads" moaned Olympia,
II choke him with my bare hands,
q what's more, I'll sue him."
BE calm, Ollie, be brave"
'oned the Senator, between set
.th.
% it was Aunt Olympia and
Senator with belligerent police
,ort, who roared into the Republi-
q rally at Lancaster.
Is soon as the car came to a
t, the Senator crawled over
7mpia's feet and started to get
You stay here! This is no place
womanl This is going to be a
ock-down, drag-out engagement"
lis ferocity terrified Aunt Olym-
!. She was as mad as he was,
just as determined to fight it
. But she wished he would leave
to her. After all, her first re-
visibility was the Senator. She
lbbed him with both hands. After
wear and tear of the long cam
gn, at his age, in his state of
18th, he was not physically able
cope with a set Of blackguards
0 would stoop to such depths Of
'lessness. He must not impair
dignity by engaging in a COM
n street brawl with ruffians. Be-
es, he would ger his glasses bro
!. So she hung on and was drawn
h him from the tonneau.