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Chapter 28

           Heregardeditasthebiggestthinghehadeverachieved. Ruth’spointofviewwasthathewasdoingnomorethanwasright. Shebroughthimtheanti-tobaccoremedy,purchasedoutofherglovemoney,andinafewdaysforgotallaboutit. 

           Hismachine-madestoriettes,thoughhehatedthemandderidedthem,weresuccessful. Bymeansofthemheredeemedallhispledges,paidmostofhisbills,andboughtanewsetoftiresforhiswheel. Thestoriettesatleastkeptthepota-boilingandgavehimtimeforambitiouswork; whiletheonethingthatupheldhimwasthefortydollarshehadreceivedfromTheWhiteMouse. Heanchoredhisfaithtothat,andwasconfidentthatthereallyfirst-classmagazineswouldpayanunknownwriteratleastanequalrate,ifnotabetterone. Butthethingwas,howtogetintothefirst-classmagazines. Hisbeststories,essays,andpoemswentbeggingamongthem,andyet,eachmonth,hereadreamsofdull,prosy,inartisticstuffbetweenalltheirvariouscovers. Ifonlyoneeditor,hesometimesthought,woulddescendfromhishighseatofpridetowritemeonecheeringline! Nomatterifmyworkisunusual,nomatterifitisunfit,forprudentialreasons,fortheirpages,surelytheremustbesomesparksinit,somewhere,afew,towarmthemtosomesortofappreciation. Andthereuponhewouldgetoutoneoranotherofhismanuscripts,suchas"Adventure,"andreaditoverandoverinavainattempttovindicatetheeditorialsilence. 

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