The Bread Line: A Story of a Paper

The Bread Line: A Story of a Paper

In the main it is the story of fourtwo artists and two writersand of a paper which these four started. Three of themthe artists and one of the writerstoiled and dwelt together in rooms near Union Square, and earned a good deal of money sometimes, when matters went well. The fourththe other writerdid something in an editorial way, and thus had a fixed income; that is, he fixed it every Saturday in such manner that it sometimes lasted until Wednesday of the following week. Now and then he sold a story or a poem[Pg 2] "outside" and was briefly affluent, but these instances were unplentiful. Most of his spare time he spent in dreaming vague and hopeless dreams. His dreams he believed in, and, being possessed of a mesmeric personality, Barrifield sometimes persuaded others to believe also. It beganthe paper above mentionedin the caf of the Hotel Martin, pronounced with the French "tang," and a good place to get a good dinner on New Year's eve or in any other season except that of adversity, no recollection of which period now vexed the mind of the man who did something in an editorial way, or those of the two artists and the writer who worked and dwelt together in rooms near Union Square. In fact, that era of prosperity which began in New York for most bohemians in the summer of '96 was still in its full tide, and these three had been caught and borne upward on a crest that as yet gave no signs of undertow and oblivion beneath. But Barrifield, still editing at his old salary, had grown uneasy and begun to dream dreams. He did not[Pg 3] write with ease, and his product, though not without excellence, was of a sort that found market with difficulty in any season and after periods of tedious waiting. He had concluded to become a publisher. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 34023
Author: Paine, Albert Bigelow
Release Date: Oct 3, 2010
Format: eBook
Language: English