"They just talk. I know, 'cause I
heard Mr. Perkins say so down in our post-office at home one day. He
said all the senators and congressmen did was talk and talk and talk!"
"Well, they do talk a lot!" laughed Bert's father. "But that is one of
the ways in which they work. Now we'll go inside for a little while."
In spite of the fact that it was night the Capitol was a busy place.
Later Mr. Bobbsey learned that the senators and congressmen were meeting
at night in order to finish a lot of work so they could the sooner end
the session--"adjourn," as it is called.
Bert and Nan walked around the tiled corridors. They saw men hurrying
here and there, messenger boys rushing to and fro, and many visitors
like themselves.
The children looked at the pictures and statues of the great men who had
had a part in the making of United States history, but, naturally, Nan
and Bert did not care very much for this.
"It isn't any fun!" exclaimed Bert. "Can't we go in and hear 'em talk
and talk and talk, like Mr. Perkins said they did?"
"We'll go in and hear the senators and congressmen debate, or talk, as
you call it, some other time," said Mr.
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