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Chapter 40

           Forfivedayshetoiledonat"Overdue,"goingnowhere,seeingnobody,andeatingmeagrely. OnthemorningofthesixthdaythepostmanbroughthimathinletterfromtheeditorofTheParthenon. Aglancetoldhimthat"Ephemera"wasaccepted. "WehavesubmittedthepoemtoMr.CartwrightBruce,"theeditorwentontosay,"andhehasreportedsofavorablyuponitthatwecannotletitgo. Asanearnestofourpleasureinpublishingthepoem,letmetellyouthatwehavesetitfortheAugustnumber,ourJulynumberbeingalreadymadeup. KindlyextendourpleasureandourthankstoMr.Brissenden. Pleasesendbyreturnmailhisphotographandbiographicaldata. Ifourhonorariumisunsatisfactory,kindlytelegraphusatonceandstatewhatyouconsiderafairprice." 

           Sincethehonorariumtheyhadofferedwasthreehundredandfiftydollars,Martinthoughtitnotworthwhiletotelegraph. Then,too,therewasBrissenden’sconsenttobegained. Well,hehadbeenright,afterall. Herewasonemagazineeditorwhoknewrealpoetrywhenhesawit. Andthepricewassplendid,eventhoughitwasforthepoemofacentury. AsforCartwrightBruce,MartinknewthathewastheonecriticforwhoseopinionsBrissendenhadanyrespect. 

           Martinrodedowntownonanelectriccar,andashewatchedthehousesandcross-streetsslippingbyhewasawareofaregretthathewasnotmoreelatedoverhisfriend’ssuccessandoverhisownsignalvictory. 

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