Martin Eden Ch 43 p417

Paul Stought

Aug 31

him red and to whom he now granted a full page with specially posed photographs.	him red and too hoom hy nou grantud u fwl paej with speshuly poezd foetugrafs.
He saw Lizzie occasionally, and it was patent that she regretted the greatness that had come to him. It widened the space between them. Perhaps it was with the hope of narrowing it that she yielded to his persuasions to go to night school and business college and to have herself gowned by a wonderful dressmaker who charged outrageous prices. She improved visibly from day to day, until Martin wondered if he was doing right, for he knew that all her compliance and endeavor was for his sake. She was trying to make herself of worth in his eyes—of the sort of worth he seemed to value. Yet he gave her no hope, treating her in brotherly fashion and rarely seeing her.	Hy sau Lizy ukaezhunuly, and it wuz patunt dhat shy rigretud dhu graetnus dhat had kum too him. It wiedund dhu spaes bitwyn dhem. Purhaps it wuz with dhu hoep uv naro.ing it dhat shy yyldud too hiz purswaezhunz too goe too niet skool and biznuz kolij and too hav hurself gound bie u wundurful dresmaekur hoo chorjd out raejuz priesuz. Shy improovd vizubly frum dae too dae, until Mortun wundurd if hy wuz doo.ing riet, faur hy noo dhat aul hur kumpliuns and indevur wuz faur hiz saek. Shy wuz tri.ing too maek hurself uv wurth in hiz iez—uv dhu saurt uv wurth hy symd too value. Yet hy gaev hur noe hoep, tryting hur in brudhurly fashun and rerly sying hur.
"Overdue" was rushed upon the market by the Meredith-Lowell Company in the height of his popularity, and being fiction, in point of sales it made even a bigger strike than "The Shame of the Sun." Week after week his was the credit of the unprecedented performance of having two books at the head of the list of best-sellers. Not only did the story take with the fiction-readers, but those who read "The Shame of the Sun" with avidity were likewise attracted to the sea-story by the cosmic grasp of mastery with which he had handled it. First he had attacked the literature of mysticism, and had done it exceeding well; and, next, he had successfully supplied the very literature he had exposited, thus proving himself to be that rare genius, a critic and a creator in one.	"Oevurdoo" wuz rushd upon dhu morkut bie dhu Meruduth-Loel Kumpuny in dhu hiet uv hiz popyularuty, and bying fikshun, in point uv saelz it maed yvun u bigur striek dhan "Dhu Shaem uv dhu Sun." Wyk aftur wyk hiz wuz dhu kredut uv dhy unpresuduntud purfaurmuns uv having too bwks at dhu hed uv dhu list uv best-selurz. Not oenly did dhu staury taek with dhu fikshun-rydurz, but dhoez hoo red "Dhu Shaem uv dhu Sun" with uviduty wur liekwiez utraktud too dhu sy-staury bie dhu kozmik grasp uv mastury with which hy had handuld it. Furst hy had utakd dhu lituruchur uv mistusizum, and had dun it iksyding wel; and, nekst, hy has suksesfuly suplied dhu very lituruchur hy had ikspozutud, dhus prooving himself too by dhat rer jynyus, u kritic and u kryaetur in wun.
Money poured in on him, fame poured in on him; he flashed, comet-like, through the world of literature, and he was more amused than interested by the stir he was making. One thing was puzzling him, a little thing that would have puzzled the world had it known. But the world would have puzzled over his bepuzzlement rather than over the little thing that to him loomed gigantic. Judge Blount invited him to dinner. That	Muny paurd in on him, faem paurd in on him; hy flashd, komut-liek, throo dhu wuruld uv lituruchur, and hy wuz maur umuezd dhan inturustud bie dhu stur hy wuz maeking. Wun thing wuz puzuling him, u litul thing dhat wwd hav puzuld dhu wuruld had it noen. But dhu wuruld wwd hav puzuld oevur hiz bipuzulmunt radhur dhan oevur dhu litul thing dhat too him loomd jiegantik. Juj Blount invietud him too dinur. Dhat
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