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Chapter 41

           "Overdue,"afterhavingbeendeclinedbyanumberofmagazines,cametorestattheMeredith-LowellCompany. MartinrememberedthefivedollarsGertrudehadgivenhim,andhisresolvetoreturnittoherahundredtimesover; sohewroteforanadvanceonroyaltiesoffivehundreddollars. Tohissurpriseacheckforthatamount,accompaniedbyacontract,camebyreturnmail. Hecashedthecheckintofive-dollargoldpiecesandtelephonedGertrudethathewantedtoseeher. 

           Shearrivedatthehousepantingandshortofbreathfromthehasteshehadmade. Apprehensiveoftrouble,shehadstuffedthefewdollarsshepossessedintoherhand-satchel; andsosurewasshethatdisasterhadovertakenherbrother,thatshestumbledforward,sobbing,intohisarms,atthesametimethrustingthesatchelmutelyathim. 

           "I’dhavecomemyself,"hesaid. "ButIdidn’twantarowwithMr.Higginbotham,andthatiswhatwouldhavesurelyhappened." 

           "He’llbeallrightafteratime,"sheassuredhim,whileshewonderedwhatthetroublewasthatMartinwasin. "Butyou’dbestgetajobfirstan’steadydown. Bernarddoesliketoseeamanathonestwork. Thatstuffinthenewspapersbroke’mallup. Ineversaw’msomadbefore." 

           "I’mnotgoingtogetajob,"Martinsaidwithasmile. "Andyoucantellhimsofromme. Idon’tneedajob,andthere’stheproofofit." 

           Heemptiedthehundredgoldpiecesintoherlapinaglinting,tinklingstream. "YourememberthatfiveryougavemethetimeIdidn’thavecarfare? Well,thereitis,withninety-ninebrothersofdifferentagesbutallofthesamesize." 

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