Some of the editor's visitors handed T.J.
money, and carried away copies of the TIMES, but all went, gently urged by the editor, and joined one or another of the groups below.

The attorney drew on his coat.

He would postpone his interview with Eliph' Hewlitt; Thomas Jefferson Jones was the man he wanted to see at that moment.
It was difficult for the attorney to retain his enigmatical smiles as he climbed the stairs to the TIMES office.

He was angry, but he knew the value of that irritating smile that hinted superiority and a knowledge of hidden details.

He needed it in his talk with the editor.
It is odd how common interests will bring men together.