The door closed quickly upon the two and they were together for half an hour or more.
Then Bassett summoned Dan.
"Mr.Atwill, this is Mr.Harwood.He was formerly employed on the 'Courier.' It was he that wrote up the Hoosier statesmen, you may remember." Atwill nodded.
"I remember very well.

Those articles helped business,--we could follow your pencil up and down the state on our circulation reports.

I jumped the city editor for letting you go." Atwill was a lean, clean-shaven man who chewed gum hungrily.

His eyes were noticeably alert and keen.

There was a tradition that he had been a "star" reporter in New York, a managing editor in Pittsburg, and a business manager in Minneapolis before coming to supervise the "Courier" for its new owner.
"Atwill, you and Harwood had better keep in touch with each other.
Harwood is studying law here, but he will know pretty well what I'm doing.