She set at her task with the
energy of her youthfulness and no limit to her ambition, and she felt that
Harkless had prepared the way for a wide expansion of the paper's
interests; wider than he knew. She had a belief that there were
possibilities for a country newspaper, and she brought a fresh point of
view to operate in a situation where Harkless had fallen, perhaps, too
much in the rut; and she watched every chance with a keen eye and looked
ahead of her with clear foresight. What she waited and yearned for and
dreaded, was the time when a copy of the new "Herald" should be placed in
the trembling hands of the man who lay in the Rouen hospital. Then, she
felt, if he, unaware of her identity, should place everything in her hands
unreservedly, that would be a tribute to her work--and how hard she would
labor to deserve it! After a time, she began to realize that, as his
representative and the editor of the "Herald," she had become a factor in
district politics. It took her breath--but with a gasp of delight, for
there was something she wanted to do.
Above all, she brought a light heart to her work. One evening in the
latter part of that first week of the new regime, Parker perceived Bud
Tipworthy standing in the doorway of the printing-room, beckoning him
silently to come without.
"What's the matter, Buddie?"
"Listen.
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