It seems to me that you ought to do better with it out there than you could here. If you can get somebody out there to publish it it ought to sell all right. N. Y. is a pretty cold proposition and it can’t see as far as the Oklahoma country when it is looking for sales. How about trying Indianapolis or Chicago? Duffy told me about the other MS sent out by your friend Abbott. Kind of a bum friendly trick, wasn’t it?
Why don’t you get “Arizona’s Hand” done and send it on? Seems to me you could handle a short story all right.
My regards to Mrs. Jennings and Bro. Frank. Write some more.
Still
Bill.
N. Y., May 23, ’05.
Dear Jennings:
Got your letter all right. Hope you’ll follow it soon.
I’d advise you not to build any high hopes on your book—just consider that you’re on a little pleasure trip, and taking it along as a side line. Mighty few MSS. ever get to be books, and mighty few books pay.
I have to go to Pittsburg the first of next week to be gone about 3 or 4 days. If you decide to come here any time after the latter part of next week I will be ready to meet you. Let me know in advance a day or two.
Gallot is in Grand Rapids—maybe he will run over for a day or two.