Glacier County chief., 1940-05-03

Sd1 EdChtL kept neT IdlTly DuSy. Sle
read the Congressional Record con-
scientiously, if boredly. She spent
hours visiting the Senator's commit
tees and trying to make heads and
tails of things which didn't make
sense to an average intelligence like
hers. She hung over the gallery of
the House as if she had become a
fixture there.
Aunt Olympia at last reached a
stage of her preparations where she
felt impelled to ask the Senator's
advice.
"Del, how about a publicity man
for our campaign"
why, we're going to have Dave
Cooper. He's the best we can get,
since Lens tied up. I've already
spoken to him about it. He's work.
ing on it now"
Eyes, of course, for you," she
said significantly. But how about
the girls here?"
The Senator wisely said nothing,
but the girls rose to it.
"For us!"
We've had enough publicity to
last US lifetime!"
Heavens, Auntie, do we rate a
publicity MANI"
"Oh. he'll only be an assistant to
Dave Cooper, but we'll need some
one to handle our end of it. Daven
be pretty busy We need some
one more sentimental. For sob stuff.
Heart interest. Human appeal. Let
me see-um-ah! Del-what would
you think Orwell, what would you
think of-say-someone hke-Cecil
Dodd?"
The Senator came to with a snap.
Cecil Dodd! Cecil Dodd, my
dear!" The Senator put on an ex-
ira pair of glasses to regard her
more severely. "Why, Ollie, Cecil
Dodd doesn't know the first thing
about politics! He'd never get to
first base. In fact, he'd never even
get to bat. He's never been in a
campaign in his life. Cecil Dodd-
well, Cecil Dodd is what I call a
sofa-sitter. But I've heard it ex-
pressed more forcibly and perhaps
with more truth"
"Oh, he's not so dumb" Olympia
rose to the argument. Hes chock-
full of human appeal; full of adjec-
tives; why, he knows adjectives I've
never even heard Of! He's the loud
est exponent of youth and beauty
in Washington. Do you remember
those articles he wrote when Sissy
Graves was killed in an airplane
accident? A dozen people were
killed-and some of them important
but he wrote about Sissy with so
much heart appeal that everybody
forgot all about the rest of them and
made it her exclusive fatality. I
know it brought tears to my eyes. /"
II don't 60 in for tears in cam
paign," he said, more on the de-
fensive than the girls had ever seen
him. There isn't going to be any,
thing milksop about this campaign.
It's going to be muddy"
Hes a fine dancer; he rides
horseback and plays tennis and golf
and has taken prizes for swimming
and diving. Del, try to forget your
personal, political aspirations for
once in your life, and think of these
poor dear children! Don't you want
them to have any amusement? Do
you expect them to listen to you
make speeches and shake hands for
six months with no exercise, no
fresh air and no-no young compan-
ionship?"
This put a different light on the
matter. The Senator took off both
pairs of glasses and set to wiping
one. That's so," he assented. 81
didn't mean to be selfish, my dear.
The children come first, of course
But l don't suppose we can
get him. l don't think he could tear
himself away from the sofas long
enough"
1--WE can get him." said Olympia.
1--WE already spoken to him-just
tentatively, you understand; asking
why he didn't get into the political
end of it and he said he wanted to
but never got the breaks. We can
get him." A happy smile rosied her
face. "Wait till Len Hardesty hears
this!"
Len Hardesty was not long hear
ing it. He dropped in on them the
next night.
Had to fly down." he said cheer
fully. Got to fly back, too. The
Governors going tightwad on me. l"
"I'm glad you came, Len" said
Olympia heartily, almost fondly. Il
want to ask your advice about some
thing"
A guarded expression settled over
.hic face ooh Won do eh2 Then