Martin Eden Ch 25 p237

Paul Stought

Jul 1

room and sat down on the bed, the envelope still unopened, and in that moment came understanding to him how people suddenly fall dead upon receipt of extraordinarily good news.	room and sat doun on dhu bed, dhy envuloep stil unoepund, and in dhat moemunt kaem undurstanding too him hou pypul sudunly faul ded upon risyt uv ektraurduneruly gwd nooz.
Of course this was good news. There was no manuscript in that thin envelope, therefore it was an acceptance. He knew the story in the hands of the Transcontinental. It was "The Ring of Bells," one of his horror stories, and it was an even five thousand words. And, since first-class magazines always paid on acceptance, there was a check inside. Two cents a word—twenty dollars a thousand; the check must be a hundred dollars. One hundred dollars! As he tore the envelope open, every item of all his debts surged in his brain—$3.85 to the grocer; butcher $4.00 flat; baker, $2.00; fruit store, $5.00; total, $14.85. 31.85Then there was room rent, $2.50; another month in advance, $2.50; two months' type-writer, $8.00; a month in advance, $4.00; total, $31.85. And finally to be added, his pledges, plus interest, with the pawnbroker—watch, $5.50; overcoat, $5.50; wheel, $7.75; suit of clothes, $5.50 (60 % interest, but what did it matter?)—grand total, $56.10. He saw, as if visible in the air before him, in illuminated figures, the whole sum, and the subtraction that followed and that gave a remainder of $43.90. When he had squared every debt, redeemed every pledge, he would still have jingling in his pockets a princely $43.90. And on top of that he would have a month's rent paid in advance on the type-writer and on the room.	Uv kaurs dhis wuz gwd nooz. Dher wuz noe manyuskript in dhat thin envuloep, dherfaur it wuz an akseptuns. Hy noo dhu staury in dhu handz uv dhu Tranzkontunentul. It wuz "Dhu Ring uv Belz," wun uv hiz haurur stauryz, and it wuz an yvun fiev thouzund wurdz. And, sins furst-klas maguzynz aulwaez paed on akseptuns, dher wuz u chek insied. Too sents u wurd—twenty dolurz u thouzund; dhu chek must by u hurdrud dolurz. Wun hundrud dolurz! Az hy taur dhy envuloep oepun, evry ietum uv aul hiz dets surjd in hiz braen--$3.85 too dhu groesur, bwchur $4.00 flat, baekur, $2.00; froot staur, $5.00; toetul, $14.85. Dhen dher wuz room rent, $2.50; unudhur munth in udvans, $2.50; too munths' tiep-rietur, $8.00; u munth in udvans, $4.00; toetul, $31.85. And fienuly too by adud, hiz plejuz, plus inturust, with dhu paunbroekur—woch $5.50; oevurkoet, $5.50; whyl $7.75; soot uv kloedhz, $5.50 (60% inturust, but whot did it matur?)—grand toetul, $56.10. Hy sau, az if vizubul in dhy er bifaur him, in iloomunaetud figyurz, dhu hoel sum, and dhu subtrakshun dhat foloed and dhat gaev u rimaendur uv $43.90. When hy had skwerd evry det, ridymd evry plej, hy wwd stil hav jinguling in hiz pokuts u prinsly $43.90. And on top uv dhat hy wwd hav u munth's rent paed in udvans on dhu tiep-rietur and on dhu room.
By this time he had drawn the single sheet of type-written letter out and spread it open. There was no check. He peered into the envelope, held it to the light, but could not trust his eyes, and in trembling haste tore the envelope apart. There was no check. He read the letter, skimming it line by line, dashing through the editor's praise of his story to the meat of the letter, the statement why the check had not been sent. He found no such statement, but he did find that which made him suddenly wilt. The letter slid from his hand. His eyes	Bie dhis tiem hy had draun dhu singgul shyt uv tiep-ritun letur out and spred it oepun. Dher wuz noe chek. Hy pird intoo dhy envuloep, held it too dhu liet, but kwd not trust hiz iez, and in trembuling haest taur dhy envuloep uport. Dher wuz noe chek. Hy red dhu letur, skiming it lien bie lien, dashing throo dhy edutur'z praez uv hiz staury too dhu myt uv dhu letur, dhu staetmunt whie dhu chek had not bin sent. Hy found noe such staetmunt, but hy did fiend dhat which maed him sudunly wilt. Dhu letur slid frum hiz hand. Hiz iez
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