_Saranac_, _November_ 1887.
DEAR MR. BURLINGAME,—The revise seemed all right, so I did not trouble
you with it; indeed, my demand for one was theatrical, to impress that
obdurate dog, your reader. Herewith a third paper: it has been a cruel
long time upon the road, but here it is, and not bad at last, I fondly
hope. I was glad you liked the _Lantern Bearers_; I did, too. I thought
it was a good paper, really contained some excellent sense, and was
ingeniously put together. I have not often had more trouble than I have
with these papers; thirty or forty pages of foul copy, twenty is the very
least I have had. Well, you pay high; it is fit that I should have to
work hard, it somewhat quiets my conscience.—Yours very truly,