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Gloriously looming in the future of his fancy was the day when the "Clarion" should develop into the perfect newspaper, the fine flower of journalism, an organ in which every item of news, every line of editorial, every word of advertisement, should subserve the one vital purpose, Business; should aid in some manner, direct or indirect, in making a dollar for the "Clarion's" patrons and a dime for the "Clarion's" till.
"If the city is saved from a regular pestilence, it'll be the Clarion's' doing." "That doesn't seem to be the opinion of the business men of the place," said Hal, with a rather dreary smile. He had just been going over with the lugubrious Shearson a batch of advertising cancellations. "Oh, don't look for any credit from this town," retorted the health officer.
"Catches on, though. We really ought to run it every day. But the girl hasn't got time to do it." "Who is she?" "Some kid in your father's factory, I understand. Protégée of Veltman's, He brought her stuff in and we took it right off the bat." "Well, I'll tell you one thing that is going." "What?" "The 'Clarion's' motto.
There between the triumphal cocks, where formerly had flaunted the braggart boast of the old "Clarion," and more latterly had appeared the gentle legend of the martyred President, was spread in letters of shame to the eyes of the "Clarion's" owner, the cynic profession of the led captain, of the prostituted pen, of all those who have or shall sell mind and soul and honor for hire;
"The best of it is that now the Retail Union won't fight us, as a body, for taking up the Consumers' League fight. They can't very well, with their second biggest store using the 'Clarion's' columns." McGuire Ellis, too, was feeling quite cheerful over the matter. "It shows that you can be independent and get away with it," he declared, "if you get out an interesting enough paper.
Just as the general entered the hallway, the spaniel, wriggling free from the hound's onslaught, fled upstairs, closely pursued by the other dog, and after the two stamped the officer. On the second floor the fugitive faltered, to cast an agonised glance behind him, but sight of Clarion's open mouth was enough, and up the garret stairs he fled.
Just the same, I hate to let up on Pierce. Sure you won't let me hire a New York lawyer for the libel suit?" "No. Thank you just as much, Dad. That's a 'Clarion' fight, and the 'Clarion's' money has got to back it." It was the gist of this decision which, some days later, had reached E.M. Pierce, and caused him such satisfaction.
In the course of a few weeks the Midland & Big Muddy did bring its service up to a reasonable standard, and the owner of the "Clarion" savored his first pleasant proof of the power of the press. Vastly less important, but swifter and more definite in results and more popular in effect, was the "Clarion's" anti-hat-check campaign.
Neither of them fully approved of his attack on Kathleen Pierce, whom they understood better than he did. But they both and more particularly Festus Willard appreciated the courage and honor of the "Clarion's" new standards.
The defiance to its principles was too flagrant to be passed over. If the "Clarion" pulled through, the press would lose respect for the best interests and the vested privileges of commercial Worthington. Indeed, others of the papers, since the "Clarion's" declaration of independence, had exhibited a deplorable tendency to disregard hints hitherto having the authority of absolutism over them.
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