Glacier County chief., 1940-04-19
CHAPTER m-Continued

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IAN apartment is part of house
and home is what you make it."
Olympia contradicted the Senator.
And an apartment is closer togeth-
e., more intimate. want them to
be intimate. want them to get used
70 seeing you around and being with
you and-h possible-to like you as
II you were their very own
Before the campaign starts" she
added significantly.
It must be said for the Senator
that never once had he remotely
thought of the children as latent
campaign material.
"Oh, they've got plenty of time to
get used to me-" he said mildly.
well, it took me a good many
years to get used to you and even
now sometimes I'm surprised. Very
much surprised Besides, a hotel
apartment is more accessible. Ac-
cessible to newspapermen and pho
tographers as well as constituents
{. Fortunately, they photograph
well Yes, you're right, Del.
We'd better take a larger apartment
and stay where we are. This year
at least. Next year is another year."
Their talk during those interview
ing days was all of the children.
The Senator wiped his glasses with
out intermission during a full hour
while Olympia told him the sad de-
tails of the tragedy and the fu-
neral. He did not brighten until she
added thoughtfully:
"As Limpy says, it's just terrify-
ing the way things happen SO out of
a clear sky. But as / said to Limpy,
there's always something to look
forward to. / was all cut up-I
was terribly cut up-about this hor-
rible tragedy" Her chin quivered a
little and tears flooded her eyes.
"And yet just look! Nothing else in
the world could have given US those
children
We'll be very good to them,"
said the Senator. "In buy them
anything they want" The Senator's
sole idea of being good to children
was to buy them things.
DEL" Olympia said, almost
pleadingly, II want you to help me
about something" That shocked the
Senator. He was used to having his
advice asked when Olympia had her
mind made up. He was used to
receiving orders for cooperation or
for the carrying out of plans. For
Olympia to ask his help, ask it
pleadingly, was something new.
Helen" she explained, tearfully,
sis going home next winter and mar
~ a grocery store. She doesn't
know I know it, so kindly do not
make any comments about it. She's
Of age and it's nobody's business
but her own. Adele is so beautiful
that she's bound to be gobbled up
Immediately and that's an end of
her. But DEL" Olympia began to
cry softly, which so distressed the
Senator that he set at once to wip-
ing his glasses though he had no
idea what she was crying about,
del, there's Limpy! If we work
this thing right, we can have Limpy!
She's only sixteen; she calls it sew
enteen minus, but she's only sixteen.
If we make her happy and she
learns to like us, we can have her.
EDel, I never wanted anything so
much in my life." And she fell to
crying again.
The Senator didn't even cough.
collie" he said firmly, eff you want
that child, you can have her. You
deserve her, Ollie. If she turns out
to be nice child and you want her,
you can have her."
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just grand! And named after me,
too You'd think she might like
me all right, wouldn't you? :.
They're all nice children" she ad-
mifted, rather grudgingly Helen
is little pig-headed. You wouldn't
think person as angelic as Helen
could be SO pig-headed about de-
livery boy. Adele's nice, too.
wouldn't have believed such a beau
ty could be so nice if / hadn't seen
it with my own eyes But
Limpy-Del, Limpy is the cockiest,
bravest little thing you ever saw.
She's-well, it made me sick to have
to come away and leave her even
for three weeks. I kept wanting
all the time to pick her up and start
running with her."
DO you want her as much as
that, Ollie?" he asked, rather awk-
wardly. They had been married a
leng time and sweet speeches be-
tween them had come to seem arti-
fetal and affected, but he really
thought great deal Of Olympia !;
he was actually fond Of her. ollie,
you're an right! And anything you
want a much as that. I'm going to
zee that you getI''
IT'S not ~ simple as that" she
said ruefully. But Del, give you
my word, IL want Limpy so much
Z thnt I'd rather have her than have
you hck that damn preacher. I'd