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Chapter 28

           NordidheknowthattheTranscontinentalwasthesolelivelihoodoftheeditorandthebusinessmanager,andthattheycouldwringtheirlivelihoodoutofitonlybymovingtoescapepayingrentandbyneverpayinganybilltheycouldevade. NorcouldhehaveguessedthattheparticularfivedollarsthatbelongedtohimhadbeenappropriatedbythebusinessmanagerforthepaintingofhishouseinAlameda,whichpaintingheperformedhimself,onweek-dayafternoons,becausehecouldnotaffordtopayunionwagesandbecausethefirstscabhehademployedhadhadaladderjerkedoutfromunderhimandbeensenttothehospitalwithabrokencollar-bone. 

           ThetendollarsforwhichMartinhadsold"TreasureHunters"totheChicagonewspaperdidnotcometohand. Thearticlehadbeenpublished,ashehadascertainedatthefileintheCentralReading-room,butnowordcouldhegetfromtheeditor. Hisletterswereignored. Tosatisfyhimselfthattheyhadbeenreceived,heregisteredseveralofthem. Itwasnothinglessthanrobbery,heconcludedacold-bloodedsteal; whilehestarved,hewaspilferedofhismerchandise,ofhisgoods,thesaleofwhichwasthesolewayofgettingbreadtoeat. 

           YouthandAgewasaweekly,andithadpublishedtwo-thirdsofhistwenty-one-thousand-wordserialwhenitwentoutofbusiness. Withitwentallhopesofgettinghissixteendollars. 

           Tocapthesituation,"ThePot,"whichhelookeduponasoneofthebestthingshehadwritten,waslosttohim. 

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