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Chapter 9

           Ofcourse,hecautionedhimself,itwouldbeslowsucceedingatfirst,andforatimehewouldbecontenttoearnenoughmoneybyhiswritingtoenablehimtogoonstudying. Andthen,aftersometime,averyindeterminatetime,whenhehadlearnedandpreparedhimself,hewouldwritethegreatthingsandhisnamewouldbeonallmen’slips. Butgreaterthanthat,infinitelygreaterandgreatestofall,hewouldhaveprovedhimselfworthyofRuth. Famewasallverywell,butitwasforRuththathissplendiddreamarose. Hewasnotafame-monger,butmerelyoneofGod’smadlovers. 

           ArrivedinOakland,withhissnugpay-dayinhispocket,hetookuphisoldroomatBernardHigginbotham’sandsettowork. HedidnotevenletRuthknowhewasback. Hewouldgoandseeherwhenhefinishedthearticleonthetreasure-hunters. Itwasnotsodifficulttoabstainfromseeingher,becauseoftheviolentheatofcreativefeverthatburnedinhim. Besides,theveryarticlehewaswritingwouldbringhernearertohim. Hedidnotknowhowlonganarticleheshouldwrite,buthecountedthewordsinadouble-pagearticleintheSundaysupplementoftheSanFranciscoExaminer,andguidedhimselfbythat. Threedays,atwhiteheat,completedhisnarrative; butwhenhehadcopieditcarefully,inalargescrawlthatwaseasytoread,helearnedfromarhetorichepickedupinthelibrarythatthereweresuchthingsasparagraphsandquotationmarks. Hehadneverthoughtofsuchthingsbefore; andhepromptlysettoworkwritingthearticleover,referringcontinuallytothepagesoftherhetoricandlearningmoreinadayaboutcompositionthantheaverageschoolboyinayear. Whenhehadcopiedthearticleasecondtimeandrolleditupcarefully,hereadinanewspaperanitemonhintstobeginners,anddiscoveredtheironlawthatmanuscriptsshouldneverberolledandthattheyshouldbewrittenononesideofthepaper. 

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