She received a letter from Patrick Donahue, formerly a writer for the Boston Pilot, in which he highly praised her Christmas story and the Ave Maria. She has not heard from the Ave Maria since she sent the manuscript. This worries her because she knows that Hudson is in the habit of paying for the manuscript as soon as it is published. She asks Hudson's advice concerning a book of popular poems by Catholic authors which she intends to publish. Her reason for writing is to help her husband pay the mortgage on their home and to support their children. She would be happy to write a serial story for the Ave Maria on a subject of Hudson's own choice. :: X-2-d A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.