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me up; and, unless I am very much mistaken, 

 we shall make money. To write a tale is to 

 me as easy as to write a letter, and I do not 

 see why I should not issue two a year for the 

 next twelve or fifteen years. I can hardly see 

 the possible loss from a novel." 



This is really wonderful. This young man 

 knows so little about the writing of novels as 

 to suppose that, because it is easy for him 

 to write two " Scarlet Shawls " a year, there 

 can be no possible loss in them! You see 

 that he had everything to learn. You may 

 also observe that from the beginning he has 

 never faltered in his one ambition. He will 

 succeed; and he will succeed in literature. 



Terms are finally agreed upon, and " The 

 Scarlet Shawl " is produced. Some time 

 afterwards he writes for a cheque, and receives 

 an account, whether accompanied by a cheque 

 or not does not appear. But he submits the 

 account to a friend, who assures him that it is 

 correct. Thus satisfied, he finishes a second 

 story, this time in three volumes. It was 

 called " .Restless Human Hearts." 



In the following year " Eestless Human 



