Glacier County chief., 1940-04-12
II. Honorable UncIeL ancv
By ETHEL HUSTON
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enough of; he can afford anything
in reason. You can see the life in
Washington, you can learn about
politics and government-andm mod
ern women ought to know about
those things. If you will come with
me for this one year, you can do
absolutely whatever you please aft
er that"
There won't be any argument
about the future?" asked Helen in
her soft voice. "There will be no
i'll feeling about tiff, after this one
year-we come back and take up
life as we want tor"
Absolutely and irrevocably. But
after one year, think, / hope, may
be I can keep Limpy. And the Sem
ator will make her his heir, you
know-that's something. I would
certainly like to see Len Hardesty's
face when he hears about my or
phans!"
Lien Hardesty?" The girls had
difficulty keeping pace with Aunt
Olympia's swift flights.
"a snake-in-the-grass if ever lived
one. He used to be our publicity
man and the Senator out of the big
ness of his heart, like the fool he is,
turned him over to Brother Wilkie-
the Governor-for his first cam
paign and now he's signed him up
to contract and we can't get him
back. He has to 60 on working for
the Governor and against us-the
Governor and the brats and the
trumpeter-and bites the hand that
would be glad to feed him."
why doesn't Uncle Lancy hire
him back?"
Because Brother Wilkie, as soon
as he decided to run, signed Len to
a contract to work for him all this
year Well, I just wanted to be
frank with you, girls. I want you
to know just where I stand. I know
it doesn't mean much to you, per-
sonally, but it may mean the world
to Limpy."
Aunt Olympia returned to her own
room and retired to bed in such a
glow of contentment that she did not
feel the cold. She would have been
surprised, perhaps little discon-
certed, if she had known that, al
most before her door was closed
upon her, Helen was saying briskly:
well, we may as well settle this
right now and then maybe we can
get little sleep. Let's have it out
with Limpy."
Limpy still sat cross-legged and
erect on her bed. She was smiling
mistily.
Girls" Helen began abruptly, II
want to make deal with you"
"Helen!" cried Adele, with soft
laughter in her voice. "Be careful!
You're catching it! You're getting
POLITICAL"
well have to be political, every
one of US, to hold our own with Aunt
Olympia even halfway Now
you realize, of course, that for pure
ly personal and selfish reasons l do
not want to 60 away from here at
all. I hate terribly to leave Brick
this year, when he's going to be all
J messed up in his first campaign and
will most certainly want me near
| him. But do realize it is magnifi-
cent opportunity for both of you. I
will go with you, with Aunt Olym-
pia, on one condition"
| AHA! The deal! smell rat"
Yes, the deal. You can see that
absolutely without reason she has
taken a violent dislike to Brick. If
she knew he was running for Con-
gress from this district-and going
to be elected, too!-she would al
ways be against him and make fun
of him and call him a delivery boy
Even when he gets to Washington
| she will look down on him. But she
has hardly SO much as caught a
| glimpse of him and she doesn't even
! know his name. If he is elected
and he will be!-she will meet him
as a new Member from Iowa and
she'll forget the grocery store l
| want you to promise not even to
| mention his name to her. Don't
tell her a thing about him. And
don't in any circumstances let her
find out that we are engaged"
"But Bricks so swell. Helen"
protested Limpy.
"All the more reason for not in
citing her prejudice. She can't help
liking him if she meets him under
different circumstances. Our Aunt
Olympia is going to teach me the
political racket from the ground up.
I'm going to make business of
learning everything she knows-and
she knows plenty. Then when we
are married, can be real help to
Brick. And she won't object to my
marrying him when he's congress
man. Is it a deal?"
"Okay by me-" said Limpy cheer
fully. And added more soberly, 1T
would seem very strange to keep on
living here-outside the parsonage"
Eyes, I feel that way, too" said