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Show Sad story unfortunately has no moral But none the less, it was a happy town, and the constables took it all in stride. They, too, were happy. They did Long ago, and not so far away, there was a quiet little town, nestled against some beautiful, purple mountains majesty. It was a happy town, with happy people. There was very little crime; and what crime there was,' was very adequately handled by the local constables. con-stables. They were a good group. Like most constables, they were under paid, worked strange hours and were criticized by everybody no matter what they did. to grow. It was still not a large city, but it was getting big enough that some crime began to appear that was not there before. And the constables continued con-tinued to work and do their job, again largely unappreciated. Then it happened. It was a routine call for Constable Miller. He was just doing his job, but was allegedly, (don't you like how all fairy tales use that word, allegedly), anyway, he was allegedly taken hostage, and an alleged gun was By Bruce Lee their job. But soon this happy, little town began allegedly pointed at his head. Yet, good oT Constable Miller never let it bother him too much. Constable Miller, through his smooth thinking saved himself before the night was over, and saved the lives of two others. It was quite a feat, allegedly. When he returned home and to work, everyone was relieved. The Chief Constable gave him a commendation, and the area newspapers (who allegedly between themselves and the lawyers made up the word allegedly) wrote stories about the incident and about the commendation. In fact, a newspaper from "Northern Utah" (shudder) also wrote stories about it, and they put Constable Miller's and the Chief Constable's picture in the paper. Yet, it was all part of the job, and Constable Miller and the others made no big deal of it. Unfortunately, the "others" included the alleged Mayor and the alleged City Manager and the alleged City Coun-cilmen, Coun-cilmen, the people who kept, supposedly, sup-posedly, the little town on a straight track and who paid the salary of the Constables. They did not commend the officer. They didn't even speak to him, for the most part. . I guess they thought it was all part of his job, allegedly getting shot at and everything. Unfortunately, the "others" included civic clubs in the little town, clubs which pride themselves on the good news of the town, clubs which allegedly recognize superior achievements. I guess they thought it was also all part of his job, allegedly getting taken hostage and everything. The moral of the story? Well, because this story isn't entirely , a fairy tale, I'm not sure there Is a moral. But there should be. |