Martin Eden Ch 43 p420

Paul Stought

Aug 31

impressed by its sophomoric amateurishness and general worthlessness. But he sent it; and it was published, to the everlasting regret of the editor. The public was indignant and incredulous. It was too far a cry from Martin Eden's high standard to that serious bosh. It was asserted that he had never written it, that the magazine had faked it very clumsily, or that Martin Eden was emulating the elder Dumas and at the height of success was hiring his writing done for him. But when he explained that the tragedy was an early effort of his literary childhood, and that the magazine had refused to be happy unless it got it, a great laugh went up at the magazine's expense and a change in the editorship followed. The tragedy was never brought out in book-form, though Martin pocketed the advance royalties that had been paid.	impresd bie its sofumaurik amuchurishnus and jenurul wurthlusnus. But hy sent it; and it wuz publishd, too dhy evurlasting rigret uv dhy edutur. Dhu publik wuz indignunt and inkrejulus. It wuz too for u krie frum Mortun Ydun'z hie standurd too dhat siryus bosh. It wuz usurtud dhat hy had nevur ritun it, dhat dhu maguzyn had faekd it very klumzuly, aur dhat Mortun Ydun wuz emyulaeting dhy eldur Doomus and at dhu hiet uv sukses wuz hiering hiz rieting dun faur him. But when hy iksplaend dhat dhu trajudy wuz an urly efurt uv hiz liturery chieldhwd, and dhat dhu maguzyn had rifuezd too by hapy unles it got it, u graet laf went up at dhu maguzyn'z ikspens and u chaenj in dhy eduturship foloed. Dhu trajudy wuz nevur braut out in bwk-faurm, dhoe Mortun pokutud dhy udvans roiltyz dhat had bin paed.
Coleman's Weekly sent Martin a lengthy telegram, costing nearly three hundred dollars, offering him a thousand dollars an article for twenty articles. He was to travel over the United States, with all expenses paid, and select whatever topics interested him. The body of the telegram was devoted to hypothetical topics in order to show him the freedom of range that was to be his. The only restriction placed upon him was that he must confine himself to the United States. Martin sent his inability to accept and his regrets by wire "collect."	Koelmun'z Wykly sent Mortun u lengthly telugram, kosting nirly thry hundrud dolurz, ofuring him u thouzund dolurz an ortikul faur twenty ortikulz. Hy wuz too travul oevur dhu Uenietud Staets, with aul ikspensuz paed, and silekt whotevur topiks inturustud him. Dhu body uv dhu telugram wuz divoetud too hieputhetikul topiks in aurdur too shoe him dhu frydum uv raenj dhat wuz too by hiz. Dhy oenly ristrikshun plaesd upon him wuz dhat hy must kunfien himself too dhu Uenietud Staets. Mortun sent hiz inubiluty too aksept and hiz rigrets bie wier "kulekt."
"Wiki-Wiki," published in Warren's Monthly, was an instantaneous success. It was brought out forward in a wide-margined, beautifully decorated volume that struck the holiday trade and sold like wildfire. The critics were unanimous in the belief that it would take its place with those two classics by two great writers, "The Bottle Imp" and "The Magic Skin."	"Wiky-Wiky," publishd in Waurun'z Munthly, wuz an instuntaenyus sukses. It wuz braut out faurwurd in u wied-morjund, buetifuly dekuraetud volyum dhat struk dhu holudae traed and soeld liek wieldfier. Dhu kritiks wur uenanumus in dhu bilyf dhat it wwd taek its plaes with dhoez too klasiks bie too graet rieturz, "Dhu Botul Imp" and "Dhu Majik Skin."
The public, however, received the "Smoke of Joy" collection rather dubiously and coldly. The audacity and unconventionality of the storiettes was a shock to	Dhu publik, hou.evur risyvd dhu "Smoek uv Joi" kulekshun radhur doobyusly and koeldly. Dhy audasuty and unkunvenchunaluty uv dhu stauryets wuz u shok too
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