The message was interesting as well as imperative, and he made
an instant response. The thought of Lakely's keen eyes and
shrewd enthusiasms always possessed strong attractions for his
own slower temperament, but even had this impetus been
lacking, the knowledge that at the 'St. George's' offices, if
anywhere, the true feelings of the party were invariably
voiced would have drawn him without hesitation.
It was scarcely twelve o'clock when he turned the corner of
the tall building, but already the keen spirit that Lakely
everywhere diffused was making itself felt. Loder smiled to
himself as his eyes fell on the day's placards with their
uncompromising headings, and passed onward from the string of
gayly painted carts drawn up to receive their first
consignment of the paper to the troop of eager newsboys
passing in and out of the big swing-doors with their
piled-up bundles of the early edition; and with a renewed
thrill of anticipation and energy he passed through the
doorway and ran up-stairs.
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