Мартін Іден

Chapter 28

           Indespair,castingaboutfranticallyamongthemagazines,hehadsentittoTheBillow,asocietyweeklyinSanFrancisco. Hischiefreasonforsubmittingittothatpublicationwasthat,havingonlytotravelacrossthebayfromOakland,aquickdecisioncouldbereached. Twoweekslaterhewasoverjoyedtosee,inthelatestnumberonthenews-stand,hisstoryprintedinfull,illustrated,andintheplaceofhonor. Hewenthomewithleapingpulse,wonderinghowmuchtheywouldpayhimforoneofthebestthingshehaddone. Also,theceleritywithwhichithadbeenacceptedandpublishedwasapleasantthoughttohim. Thattheeditorhadnotinformedhimoftheacceptancemadethesurprisemorecomplete. Afterwaitingaweek,twoweeks,andhalfaweeklonger,desperationconquereddiffidence,andhewrotetotheeditorofTheBillow,suggestingthatpossiblythroughsomenegligenceofthebusinessmanagerhislittleaccounthadbeenoverlooked. 

           Evenifitisn’tmorethanfivedollars,Martinthoughttohimself,itwillbuyenoughbeansandpea-souptoenablemetowritehalfadozenlikeit,andpossiblyasgood. 

           BackcameacoolletterfromtheeditorthatatleastelicitedMartin’sadmiration. 

           "Wethankyou,"itran,"foryourexcellentcontribution. Allofusintheofficeenjoyeditimmensely,and,asyousee,itwasgiventheplaceofhonorandimmediatepublication. Weearnestlyhopethatyoulikedtheillustrations. 

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