"All right; I'm hired."
"That's good," said Hal heartily. "I think you'll find I'm not hard to get along with."
"I think you'll find I am," replied the other with some grimness. "But I know the game. Well, let's get down to cases. What do you want to do with the 'Clarion'?"
"Make it the cleanest, decentest newspaper in the city."
"Then you don't think it's that, now."
"No. I know it isn't."
"Did you get that from Dr. Surtaine?"
"Partly."
"What's the other part?"
"First-hand impressions. I've been going through the files."