Chapter 24About two hours out of New York, I told Katharina about the offer from the Morning Telegraph.
At first, she was silent as she mulled the idea over in her mind.
“New York. It’s tempting, very tempting. Of course, it would mean selling the house. Then, there’s Anna Marie. We would be further away from her. I do like New York . . . .”
“We don’t have to make a decision right away. We can think about it.”
We thought about it, and by the time we arrived in Chicago, the decision was made. No.
“I’ll telephone Mr. Lewis and Bat and let them know,” I said.
Katharina and I spent the next several months in Chicago. Rumors about the sale of the Record-Herald to Hearst abounded, but I ignored them and concentrated on my work. Keeley was the paper’s owner and if he decided to sell, then s
