After talking to the men last night, he’d learned that there were still some parcels of land available on the main street. There was also a small store, almost a shack, abandoned by the previous owner, which he could move into. The men he’d talked to agreed that if he wanted to use that store for a few months while he built a newspaper office there wouldn’t be anyone to pay rent to. Should he go for broke? Sink his money into building an attractive brick office, with room to grow, and buying the latest printing equipment—the linotype. Or should he stay in the pokey building and buy some secondhand equipment—preserve some of his capital? Permanence. The very thought made his stomach churn. It was bad enough buying a house and a little land, but to pour his fortune into a newspaper meant he would be so committed to living in Sweetwater Springs there’d be no turning back. And what to do with David while he set up an office and worked long hours to establish a newspaper? He could bring the boy with him, but then what?
