The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-01-23

orv minute, could not resist an auln
~, Gov his great shrewdness and In
right And all the time he was DlocA-
Inc out the page Gordon thrilled at the
,Is,op opened ND Of what might De
done for the people and by them u
once n daily that was really tneirs
lived its life for theirs.
"Of course / understand" Harris hau
nj last added, "that all this VIII mean
a tremendous amount Of work. Ihat
is what a daily paper means 10 every
body connected with IT. But II neeu
NOT mean that you would have TO give
nm residence I'm Hope House. In fact'
II would be better TO continue your
| actual touch with the district so as
TO be able to give what you write tor
the paper color. | also realize Ihat
Won have need Of money to carry out
some of these plans. That Is the rea-
son I stand prepared to make TINS
offer. II you will undertake this work
I will pay you $500 a month and In nd
! dition help carry out some OF these
I5ens where money is needed. / don't
care TO say just how much I'll give
Time enough for that when we get 10
it,"
lie stopped abruptly, and then 10
the surprise Of the two friends, ne
suddenly rose and said as he came UP
10 the table and took his hat, which he
had hid down there:
Don't answer now Give 1t consid'
Grafton. Whatever you choose TO ar
range with Barton will be satisfactory
Barton. you'd better get out to Colora'
do for n month. as | advised. Knowles
can manage very well for awhile lon
ger. Good night"
He walked out, and Barton and Cor.
=, don sat silent for a moment.
"Of course he heard what you sale
] about the paper having no Influence
with the best people, said Barton
with n chuckle.
r q believe he did, but his manner die
not betrny it except once
eyes, / noticed that. Oh, the ole
! man would give his long white hand t
p POSSESS real influence. That's his am
Iiuon. my boy. All he said about the
boulevard and the Stun was pure non
= sense. lie doesn't believe it any more
than ! do"
81 believe It, though. He spoke tn
Z truth whether he meant to or not"
J. "What difference David Barto
smoke carelessly. "But this propos
ton. John" he added, keenly watchin
j, Gordon. How about that, eh2 IT
opening. the leverage. the money. Wa
$ a minute. This COMPOUNDED cough
, going to get me again"
lie went into the other room %
time, and his coughing spell lasted
long that Gordon was alarmed. j.
went In where his friend was situn
with his head down between his knee
/ his whole body racked with the enc
and when it was over he still mail
tanned the same position until Gordo
= demonstrated with him.
David, you're IN no condition to 6
n on with work. You're killing yourse.
] ON the News. / had no idea you ha
T such Il cough. How long have 20
: been this way|
g "Thc average limit OF usefulness o
the News" said David Barton as h
lifted up his head, rs less than &c
years from the time Of beginning. Nv
a been with II now going on six. tn
rule In a daily paper is, no old men !
any department. If you see an oil
man anywhere around the Office, he
d a visitor or a stranger. Modern JouI
nallsm is a man killer. I'm just n q
the fools caught between the rolleri
d SeeG us like this. Harris prizes m
because / know how, But when ! one
v let 90 he knows he can get another Zoe
10 take my place, Food for the llol
< Three cheers for the press! It's Oh
great agency OF civilization. It's III
n prize life tGEor. It's the look uuI
Here | 20 again.
lie put his head down aud cough"
SO long and violently thai go the EN-