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From the very beginning each step in expansion made the next logical and inevitable, made the plea of necessity seem valid. An aunt of Marian's died, leaving her a "small" house worth perhaps a quarter of a million near the Avenue in Sixty-fifth Street, and eighty thousand in cash. About the same time Stokely told Howard of a fine speculative opportunity in certain copper properties.
"It would be a grave step for the News-Record to take. I am not well, as you see. To-morrow or next day I'll decide. You'll see my answer in the paper, I think." He closed his eyes with significant weariness. Hereford looked at him uneasily. Just outside the door Stokely whispered, "Don't be alarmed. You've got him. He's with us, I tell you." "I must make sure," whispered Hereford.
But you may quarrel with Stokely and Coulter especially Coulter. In fact, I'm sure you'll quarrel with them. But if you make yourself valuable enough, you'll probably win out. Only " Malcolm hesitated, then went on: "I stopped giving advice years ago. But I'll venture a suggestion.
It was in conspectu classis in sight of the Roman fleet; and would any admiral, Roman or British, wish a fairer bay to ride in than that on your right hand? It is astonishing how blind we professed antiquaries sometimes are! Sir Robert Sibbald, Saunders Gordon, General Roy, Dr. Stokely, why, it escaped all of them.
In her own way she had become as self-absorbed, as ambitious as he. He looked at her, felt this chill, sighed, smiled at himself. Yes, he was alone and he preferred to be alone. Through all his scheming and shifting Howard had kept the News-Record in the main an "organ of the people." Coulter and Stokely had on many occasions tried to persuade him to change, but he had stood out.
In the first week of September came Stokely with Senator Hereford, the chairman of the "Plutocracy" campaign committee. "I shall not annoy you with evasions," said Hereford, "as Mr. Stokely assures me that I may speak freely to you, that you personally are with us. The fact is, our campaign is in a bad way, especially in New York State, and there especially in New York City."
He tried to go on with his work, but Stokely's cynical words persistently interrupted him. Why had he not squarely challenged Stokely then and there? Why had he only winced where a year ago he would have demanded an explanation?
Why not? It would cost me nothing." But a man is the sum of all his past. Stokely arranged the loan, and within six months Howard was controlling owner of the News-Record. There was a debt of a million and a quarter attached to his ownership, but he saw how that would be wiped out. Once more he threw himself into his work with the energy of a boy.
Through a quarter of a century of changing ownerships Malcolm had persisted, chiefly because he had but one conviction that the post of editor of the News-Record exactly suited him and must remain his at any sacrifice of personal character. Howard had met Stokely and Coulter. He liked Stokely who was owner of a few shares more than one-third; he disliked Coulter who owned just under one-half.
His salary was fifteen thousand a year; and Stokely and Coulter, acting upon Malcolm's advice, gave him a "free hand" for one year. They agreed not to interfere during that time unless the circulation or the profits showed a decrease at the end of a quarter. The next morning Howard, in the Madison Avenue car on his way to the office, read among the "Incidents in Society:" Mrs.
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