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ALL LX A GARDEN FAIR.<br />

' Letters r You mean by writ<strong>in</strong>g th<strong>in</strong>gs ?<br />

But you can't make your fortune by writ<strong>in</strong>g.'<br />

' Motlier, I am not go<strong>in</strong>g to try to make a<br />

fortune. I am go<strong>in</strong>g to live simply. I shall<br />

probably always be a poor man. But I shall<br />

try to make a name—and—and to do good<br />

work.' His voice trembled a little, because this<br />

k<strong>in</strong>d <strong>of</strong> work seemed to him so sacred a th<strong>in</strong>g<br />

which it undoubtedly is.<br />

'A name—without money? <strong>All</strong>en, you<br />

are mad. Oh ! your head is turned with your<br />

book-read<strong>in</strong>g and your writ<strong>in</strong>g. <strong>All</strong>en ! <strong>All</strong>en!<br />

I implore you. I will go on my knees to<br />

you.'<br />

' Mo<strong>the</strong>r !<br />

' Yes, <strong>All</strong>en, if you will only give up this<br />

'\vild design.' She wept, she implored ; but he<br />

' was obst<strong>in</strong>ate. Y^ou are mad— you are mad,'<br />

she repeated. ' You will only starve <strong>in</strong> such a<br />

Hfe.'<br />

' I shall not starve, mo<strong>the</strong>r,' he said gently,<br />

'and you have enough for your own wants.<br />

I shall go to London and make, somehow,

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