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nest" with reference to his collection. So you must not think any more about not taking money for your mss., etc. They are worth money and I am all? too glad, for my part, that some of this money is coming to you while you are alive instead of, as in most cases, being spent unclear after the man himself can never know it happened. And so for a first shot (And I dont know when the next shot will be fired) here is a check for $200 which I shall appreciate having you accept. For this I should like to have you send me at your leisure, and without any worry about being generous or liberal or anything, whatever you feel like sending. The best hints I can give you are on the previous page and I should explain that in all of my reference to manuscripts I have been thinking of ms. of short stories, not full novels.