Мартин Иден

Chapter 24

           Hepaidadollareachonaccounttothefourtradesmen,andinhiskitchenfriedsteakandonions,madecoffee,andstewedalargepotofprunes. Andhavingdined,hesatdownathistable-deskandcompletedbeforemidnightanessaywhichheentitled"TheDignityofUsury." Havingtypeditout,heflungitunderthetable,fortherehadbeennothingleftfromthefivedollarswithwhichtobuystamps. 

           Lateronhepawnedhiswatch,andstilllaterhiswheel,reducingtheamountavailableforfoodbyputtingstampsonallhismanuscriptsandsendingthemout. Hewasdisappointedwithhishack-work. Nobodycaredtobuy. Hecompareditwithwhathefoundinthenewspapers,weeklies,andcheapmagazines,anddecidedthathiswasbetter,farbetter,thantheaverage; yetitwouldnotsell. Thenhediscoveredthatmostofthenewspapersprintedagreatdealofwhatwascalled"plate"stuff,andhegottheaddressoftheassociationthatfurnishedit. Hisownworkthathesentinwasreturned,alongwithastereotypedslipinforminghimthatthestaffsuppliedallthecopythatwasneeded. 

           Inoneofthegreatjuvenileperiodicalshenotedwholecolumnsofincidentandanecdote. Herewasachance. Hisparagraphswerereturned,andthoughhetriedrepeatedlyheneversucceededinplacingone. Lateron,whenitnolongermattered,helearnedthattheassociateeditorsandsub-editorsaugmentedtheirsalariesbysupplyingthoseparagraphsthemselves. 

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