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Chapter 41

           WithoutathrillheopenedathickenvelopefromTheMillennium,scannedthefaceofacheckthatrepresentedthreehundreddollars,andnotedthatitwasthepaymentonacceptancefor"Adventure." Everydebtheowedintheworld,includingthepawnshop,withitsusuriousinterest,amountedtolessthanahundreddollars. Andwhenhehadpaideverything,andliftedthehundred-dollarnotewithBrissenden’slawyer,hestillhadoverahundreddollarsinpocket. Heorderedasuitofclothesfromthetailorandatehismealsinthebestcafésintown. HestillsleptinhislittleroomatMaria’s,butthesightofhisnewclothescausedtheneighborhoodchildrentoceasefromcallinghim"hobo"and"tramp"fromtheroofsofwoodshedsandoverbackfences. 

           "Wiki-Wiki,"hisHawaiianshortstory,wasboughtbyWarren’sMonthlyfortwohundredandfiftydollars. TheNorthernReviewtookhisessay,"TheCradleofBeauty,"andMackintosh’sMagazinetook"ThePalmist"thepoemhehadwrittentoMarian. Theeditorsandreaderswerebackfromtheirsummervacations,andmanuscriptswerebeinghandledquickly. ButMartincouldnotpuzzleoutwhatstrangewhimanimatedthemtothisgeneralacceptanceofthethingstheyhadpersistentlyrejectedfortwoyears. Nothingofhishadbeenpublished. HewasnotknownanywhereoutsideofOakland,andinOakland,withthefewwhothoughttheyknewhim,hewasnotoriousasared-shirtandasocialist. Sotherewasnoexplainingthissuddenacceptabilityofhiswares. Itwassheerjuggleryoffate. 

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