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Chapter 25

           Fivedollarsfor"TheRingofBells"fivedollarsforfivethousandwords! Insteadoftwocentsaword,tenwordsforacent! Andtheeditorhadpraisedit,too. Andhewouldreceivethecheckwhenthestorywaspublished. Thenitwasallpoppycock,twocentsawordforminimumrateandpaymentuponacceptance. Itwasalie,andithadledhimastray. Hewouldneverhaveattemptedtowritehadheknownthat. HewouldhavegonetoworktoworkforRuth. Hewentbacktothedayhefirstattemptedtowrite,andwasappalledattheenormouswasteoftimeandallfortenwordsforacent. Andtheotherhighrewardsofwriters,thathehadreadabout,mustbelies,too. Hissecond-handideasofauthorshipwerewrong,forherewastheproofofit. 

           TheTranscontinentalsoldfortwenty-fivecents,anditsdignifiedandartisticcoverproclaimeditasamongthefirst-classmagazines. Itwasastaid,respectablemagazine,andithadbeenpublishedcontinuouslysincelongbeforehewasborn. Why,ontheoutsidecoverwereprintedeverymonththewordsofoneoftheworld’sgreatwriters,wordsproclaimingtheinspiredmissionoftheTranscontinentalbyastarofliteraturewhosefirstcoruscationshadappearedinsidethoseself-samecovers. Andthehighandlofty,heaven-inspiredTranscontinentalpaidfivedollarsforfivethousandwords! Thegreatwriterhadrecentlydiedinaforeignlandindirepoverty,Martinremembered,whichwasnottobewonderedat,consideringthemagnificentpayauthorsreceive. 

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