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Chapter 29

           Inplaceofhisown,"MedusaLights,"theeditorhadprinted,"TheBackwardTrack." Buttheslaughterinthebodyofthepoemswasterrifying. Martingroanedandsweatedandthrusthishandsthroughhishair. Phrases,lines,andstanzaswerecutout,interchanged,orjuggledaboutinthemostincomprehensiblemanner. Sometimeslinesandstanzasnothisownweresubstitutedforhis. Hecouldnotbelievethatasaneeditorcouldbeguiltyofsuchmaltreatment,andhisfavoritehypothesiswasthathispoemsmusthavebeendoctoredbytheofficeboyorthestenographer. Martinwroteimmediately,beggingtheeditortoceasepublishingthelyricsandtoreturnthemtohim. 

           Hewroteagainandagain,begging,entreating,threatening,buthisletterswereignored. Monthbymonththeslaughterwentontillthethirtypoemswerepublished,andmonthbymonthhereceivedacheckforthosewhichhadappearedinthecurrentnumber. 

           Despitethesevariousmisadventures,thememoryoftheWhiteMouseforty-dollarchecksustainedhim,thoughhewasdrivenmoreandmoretohack-work. Hediscoveredabread-and-butterfieldintheagriculturalweekliesandtradejournals,thoughamongthereligiousweeklieshefoundhecouldeasilystarve. Athislowestebb,whenhisblacksuitwasinpawn,hemadeaten-strikeorsoitseemedtohiminaprizecontestarrangedbytheCountyCommitteeoftheRepublicanParty. Therewerethreebranchesofthecontest,andheenteredthemall,laughingathimselfbitterlythewhileinthathewasdriventosuchstraitstolive. 

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