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Chapter 28

           AsthesweetCaliforniaspringcameon,hisperiodofplentycametoanend. Forseveralweekshehadbeenworriedbyastrangesilenceonthepartofthenewspaperstoriettesyndicate. Then,oneday,camebacktohimthroughthemailtenofhisimmaculatemachine-madestoriettes. Theywereaccompaniedbyabrieflettertotheeffectthatthesyndicatewasoverstocked,andthatsomemonthswouldelapsebeforeitwouldbeinthemarketagainformanuscripts. Martinhadevenbeenextravagantonthestrengthofthosetenstoriettes. Towardthelastthesyndicatehadbeenpayinghimfivedollarseachforthemandacceptingeveryonehesent. Sohehadlookeduponthetenasgoodassold,andhehadlivedaccordingly,onabasisoffiftydollarsinthebank. Soitwasthatheenteredabruptlyuponaleanperiod,whereinhecontinuedsellinghisearliereffortstopublicationsthatwouldnotpayandsubmittinghislaterworktomagazinesthatwouldnotbuy. Also,heresumedhistripstothepawn-brokerdowninOakland. Afewjokesandsnatchesofhumorousverse,soldtotheNewYorkweeklies,madeexistencebarelypossibleforhim. Itwasatthistimethathewrotelettersofinquirytotheseveralgreatmonthlyandquarterlyreviews,andlearnedinreplythattheyrarelyconsideredunsolicitedarticles,andthatmostoftheircontentswerewrittenuponorderbywell-knownspecialistswhowereauthoritiesintheirvariousfields. 

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