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Chapter 41

           Afterithadbeenrefusedbyanumberofmagazines,hehadtakenBrissenden’srejectedadviceandstarted,"TheShameoftheSun"ontheroundofpublishers. Afterseveralrefusals,Singletree,Darnley&Co.acceptedit,promisingfallpublication. WhenMartinaskedforanadvanceonroyalties,theywrotethatsuchwasnottheircustom,thatbooksofthatnaturerarelypaidforthemselves,andthattheydoubtedifhisbookwouldsellathousandcopies. Martinfiguredwhatthebookwouldearnhimonsuchasale. Retailedatadollar,onaroyaltyoffifteenpercent,itwouldbringhimonehundredandfiftydollars. Hedecidedthatifhehadittodooveragainhewouldconfinehimselftofiction. "Adventure,"one-fourthaslong,hadbroughthimtwiceasmuchfromTheMillennium. Thatnewspaperparagraphhehadreadsolongagohadbeentrue,afterall. Thefirst-classmagazinesdidnotpayonacceptance,andtheypaidwell. Nottwocentsaword,butfourcentsaword,hadTheMillenniumpaidhim. And,furthermore,theyboughtgoodstuff,too,forweretheynotbuyinghis? Thislastthoughtheaccompaniedwithagrin. 

           HewrotetoSingletree,Darnley&Co.,offeringtosellouthisrightsin"TheShameoftheSun"forahundreddollars,buttheydidnotcaretotaketherisk. Inthemeantimehewasnotinneedofmoney,forseveralofhislaterstorieshadbeenacceptedandpaidfor. Heactuallyopenedabankaccount,where,withoutadebtintheworld,hehadseveralhundreddollarstohiscredit. 

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