Dorsey thanks Hudson for sending her the issue of the Ave Maria containing the prize poem. After considering Hudson's new financial offer she has decided that the former terms would be more satisfactory. In several days she will send a completed sketch for the Ave Maria. It has an Italian background and deals especially with Jacques dei Bernadette and the remarkable events that ultimately led him to write that most touching hymn "Stabat Mater." Because of her tendency to be able to write well only when in the proper mood she feels that it is rushing her to expect a completed serial story so soon. The election of Cardinal Pecci to the papacy as Pope Leo XIII gives her much satisfaction. In fact, never before did she have the devotion to a pope that she has for the present Bishop of Rome. In an attempt to lighten the weight of the many tasks under which Hudson is burdened she reminds him of the great awards he is accumulating in heaven. Of late the eastern section of the country seemingly has been flooded by a deluge of lectures and discussions on hell. Despite their popularity she has not attended any of these discourses since her faith in the existence of such a horrible place has never wavered in the least. :: X-2-d A.L.S. 4 pp. 12 mo