Martinwentbacktohispearl-divingarticle, , inspiredbyRuth, , buttherewas, overandbeyondthem, anintangibleandevasivesomethingthathecaughtinallgreatpoetry, , awarmandtrailingvapor, everbeyondhisreaching, , andtherhymepoundedalongerandequallyfaultlessrhythm, , andtimeandagain, indespair, defeatedanddepressed, .

Followingthe "Pearl-diving," hewroteanarticleontheseaasacareer, anotheronturtle-catching, , asanexperiment, ashortstory, , intensely, frommorningtillnight, andlateatnight, exceptwhenhebrokeofftogotothereading-room, drawbooksfromthelibrary, —theodorsofstalevegetablesandsoapsuds, theslatternlyformofhissister, —, andthestorieshewroteweresomanypiecesofrealityoutofhismind.

, , thatheceasedfromstudytogotothelibrary, , whenhewaswithRuth, tostandupandgo; , putnote-bookandpencilaside, , evenforsoshortatime, , andthenthejanglingbellwouldjerkhimoutofunconsciousnessandhewouldhavebeforehimanothergloriousdayofnineteenhours.

Inthemeantimetheweekswerepassing, hismoneywasebbinglow, , theadventureserialforboyswasreturnedtohimbyTheYouth', , , thankstoaCerberusofanofficeboy, oftenderyearsandredhair, , bymail, , noexplanation, , hesentthemtothemagazinesintheEast, fromwhichtheywerereturnedmorepromptly, accompaniedalwaysbytheprintedrejectionslips.

, andlikedthemsomuchthathecouldnotpuzzleoutthecauseoftheirrejection, until, oneday, , , hischinmoreaggressive, andhebundledthemanuscriptsofftoneweditors.

, andshelookedathimproudlyasshesaid:-

"Ain'titgrand, youwritin' thosesortofthings."