Scope and Contents Hudson's telegrams and postals received after the manuscripts called for had been forwarded. While she was straining every nerve to keep copy supplied her three daughters were ill, her son-in-law dying, and her grandson was brought to her house with a broken arm. Fortunately her story was finished and only needed putting together. She had a thousand interruptions while she worked and many times she thought she would drop dead from sudden paralysis of the heart. The story should have...

Scope and Contents Hudson's letter and check were received. She is sending a statement for number 24 to 30 in which the story is finished. At $4 a page it is $117 less the $50 received. Hudson should write this week. She thanks Hudson for his promptness in sending remittances. The need of money is distracting, but Hudson would not know as his vocation lifts him above the cares of the worldings. Mrs. Dorsey was grieved by Hudson's last letter when Hudson told her he was feverish. It must be malaria...

Scope and Contents She is sorry to hear of Hudson's illness and tells him that she may enable him to guard against reattacks of malarial fever. She explains different preventive measures to take in order to avoid these attacks. The withdrawal of Father E.D. Reveille from the Washington was an unnecessary sacrifice. She would be glad if the two priests who caused his withdrawal would be sent to Memphis to work out their salvation. She tells Hudson that the story is under way but she will not try to finish...

Scope and Contents She hopes Hudson has recovered from his accident but is glad he has been able to rest. Her daughter, Mrs. Eastman, is still ill and suffering but not complaining. The doctor suspects spinal trouble. She is continuing with her story and has named it "Beth's Promise". She does not hinge the story on the evils of mixed marriages, but the evils of such a marriage reveal themselves in the characters and events throughout the story. She asks Hudson to advance her some money when she sends in...

Scope and Contents She sent by mail six chapters of "Beth's Promise" and will continue sending the rest as rapidly as she can copy them. The evils resulting from mixed marriages are shown in the story throughout and it is impossible for those who are not of the faith to bring up Catholic children. Mrs. Hamilton and Aunt Beth, who are born Catholic, do not know how to pity those that are not as fortunate. They condemn them instead of exercising Christian Charity towards those whose opinions are only the...

Scope and Contents Mrs. Dorsey sends her sympathy to Hudson on the death of his father. She was glad to see that Hudson asked the prayers of his readers for the repose of his soul. Many people, even Catholics, believe that prayers cannot be offered for those that die outside of the Church. Mrs. Dorsey's parents were both Protestant and were the most spiritually minded persons she ever knew. Grief would have killed her if she could not have prayed for them. Hudson's card was received. After sending the...

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Mrs. Dorsey will send four chapters and should finish in three more. The story is full of live people. She asks Hudson for the publisher, Collyer's, address. Angie is no better. :: X-2-f A.L.S. 1p. 32mo.

Scope and Contents Hudson will receive a package of manuscripts with which Mrs. Dorsey is quite well satisfied. The story should be complete with 4 or 5 more chapters. Hudson has given Mrs. Dorsey 32 pages in the Ave Maria which tides her over the payment of $100 and as she is in need of money she asks Hudson to forward her a remittance. Those who have vocations escape the anxieties that want of money brings. In May Archbishop Gibbons is going to take "Tangled Paths" and some other of her books to Rome...

Scope and Contents Dorsey is now well on with her story for the Ave Maria. She will need over $100. When the comments she made on Bismarck and Germany appeared in the Ave Maria, it pleased her no little, Now she is trying to be some kind of a prophet. Dorsey prophesies as to the future of many European countries; among them are Spain, Italy and Germany. Dorsey feels that Mgsr. Capel is a worldly priest. His methods of winning sheep are new indeed. Many question him as to his faith. He is genial and his...

Scope and Contents His kind letter arrived when her heart was heavy, and it gave her much relief. Hudson, complying with her request, helped her and she was able to go with "Beth's Promise". The account of Captian Morley's death is true. He Captain Harrison, the real person was a relative of hers and the injustice that led to his death is a fact. She makes use of the event to heighten the dramatic interest of the story. She depicts in the fictitious character of his widow the anguish of a soul who...

Scope and Contents The long silence is due to the illness of her daughter Nellie. It has pleased Our Lord that the last years of her life should be filled for her daughter's health, and for the conversion and restoration to health of her son-in-law who has heart disease. The Sadlier's are to bring out "Tangled Paths" if she agrees to the terms given. They are going to bring it out for $.75 a copy and she is to receive 8.07½ a copy. What Hudson said about Father Reville impressed her and whatever was the...

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Hudson's letter received. Proofs from New York to correct have prevented her from answering it sooner. The publishers of the book "Tangled Paths" are Sadlier and Co. of New York. It will be ready in May. She would like Hudson to notice the story in the Ave Maria. She wants Hudson to bury the request she made, and is sure if the matter had rested with Hudson, it would not have been denied. She encloses a few lines for Father Edward Sorin. :: X-2-e A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo.

Scope and Contents She forwarded by Sunday's post the end of Chapter 12; only the conclusion remains. She misses Father John J. Keane, whose visits are now few and far between. "Warp and Woof" has been kindly mentioned in some secular papers, in the "Catholic Mirror" and one of the Washington dailies. She feels it would be a good plan to get up a uniform edition of her Ave Maria tales. She never considered that Patrick O'Shea had a right to the "Flemmings." It was agreed between Father Neal Gillespie,...

Scope and Contents She acknowledges Hudson's letter and the draft for $60; and hopes it gave rise to no unpleasantness. It is well that the religious state has its crosses. The greatest fault of the religious is that they become environed by a world of their own and are apt to forget the laws which govern the world. She was pleased at what he said of Nellie. She asks his prayers for the success of Nellie's undertaking. Her two daughters, Clare and Angie, are slowly improving. She did not see the notice in...

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Mrs. Dorsey is ending 20 pages of manuscript. She adopted the title Hudson approved. This story will not be as long as "Tangled Paths." She needs help and asks for $150 in advance on her literary work. Hudson left only friends in Washington. Father Boyle is now visiting with her daughter, Angela, who is very ill again. Her son-in-law has improved and the dropsy seems to have disappeared. Regards to Brother Stanislaus. :: X-2-g A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.

Scope and Contents She has remodelled the manuscript which Hudson returned as none of it could be left out. She is hindered by her daughter Angela's illness. How is a uniform edition of her book to be published and by whom? She thanks Hudson for all he has done and approves of his arrangements though she doesn't understand them. The poem "Guy the Leper" must be revised. The opening of her present story will be attractive to young men, and the terror of it is meant to influence them. She is anxious to hear...

Scope and Contents She thanks Father for his kind and comforting letter to her. She refers to John Boyle O'Reilly and her poem, "Beth's Promise." She does not believe that Mr. O'Reilly, being an Irishman, will keep his promises. She thinks her poem is fine but that it is too intensely Catholic to be accepted by a Protestant publisher. Does Father Hudson know any English Publishers or correspondents through whom she could have it published in London or Edinburgh? She received a check for $73, some postage...

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She returns a check which is improperly signed and asks that it be corrected as soon as possible as she needs it very much. :: X-2-g A.L.S. 1p. 12mo.

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She thanks Hudson for check and money order. However, she returns the check because the bank refused it on account of the way it is drawn, and asks that it be exchanged for a P. O. money order for $50.00. :: X-2-g A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.

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Hudson's letter received as she was sending chapter 7 of the story. She is glad Hudson is interested in the story, so there must be something good about it. She noticed in the tales of the "Catholic World" that very little is said about religion. The characters are Catholic and she likes the way they work out their history in a natural way. She will answer his letter soon. The "Catholic Universe" has not yet arrived. :: X-2-e A.L.S. 2pp. 16mo.

Scope and Contents She acknowledges the receipt of $70 and thanks Hudson for being so prompt. It has been a pleasure for her to write for the Ave Maria since Hudson has had control of it. She is glad Hudson has the courage to resist annoyances and spare the subscribers the reading of weak sentimental poetry. She cannot understand what right Mother Angela Gillespie has to meddle in the affairs of the Ave Maria. She interfered with Mrs. Dorsey when two of her stories were in progress, "Adrift" and "Tangled...

Scope and Contents Hudson's letter was received while at Rehoboth Beach, but due to numerous interruptions, she was unable to answer sooner. These interruptions were two wrecks, two great August storms, and the almost dread of being swallowed up in the raging ocean which burst across sands 100 yards away from her hotel. The next interruption was a hotel fire and inmates barely escaped with their lives. She names several other feats that delayed her writing sooner. She describes the storms that took place...

Scope and Contents Hudson's letter received. She is sorry Hudson is confined to his room but glad for the rest he will receive. Hudson's expression of her gratified her. Her best work was written for the Ave Maria. When she received buffets instead of commendations, she oftentimes vowed never to write again. She is not referring to Hudson asking her to bring the last story to a close as it was too long. She was sure Hudson did not write the notice of "Tangled Paths". Mr. McGee omitted Natalie who is...

Scope and Contents Hudson's letter and water of Lourdes were received. She has read the substitution Hudson made in place of hers on the tradition of Judas Iscariot and Pontius Pilate and Hudson's version is no more authentic than the one she sent. She explains that Pilate may have sought refuge in Gaul, and he may have returned to Rome. The grave where it is said he is buried could be the grave of his son, as his children with their mother might have sought refuge in Gaul while he remained in Judea or...

Scope and Contents She received Hudson's remittance of $100.00 and thanks Hudson. She was relieved to hear that her manuscript arrived safely. She hopes Hudson will look over her work as she has been idle so long that she probably has made slips of the pen. She thanks Hudson for his congratulations of her 63rd birthday. She wonders if Hudson is praying for her so that she may find happiness at the end of life. She would like to write for the "Catholic Universe" which will probably have "Tangled Paths" in...

Scope and Contents She reminds Hudson that when he and Father Edward Sorin asked her to write something for the Ave Maria he told her not to hurry with her article since a story being published in the Ave Maria at that time would have to be completed before her work could be used. Thus, having completed the promised sketch she did not feel compelled to write to Hudson concerning it; instead she was merely waiting for him to decide when it would be needed so that she could sent it. The material for the...

Scope and Contents Dorsey intends to keep sending installments on her story, "Auld Nicol..". The volumes on Haydn's life have been received. They are gracefully translated. She has a collection of a strange book called the "Apocryphyl". It is a collection of childhood traditions of Our Lord. It is part of the Gospels which were rejected. She is going to copy some of it which she thinks will be of interest to the readers of the Ave Maria. Nellie, her daughter met Mgsr. Capel recently. Capel said he...

Scope and Contents Dorsey's story is modelled on a Mr. Bradford of Wilmington, Delaware, a descendant of the Puritan governor. He married a Catholic lady. His family of boys were brought up in the faith of their mother. Their eldest son, Father George S. Bradford is an energetic priest. General Sherman and Colonel Lee and others she knows are examples of mixed marriages. She was a bitter Protestant when she married her converted Catholic husband and did not become a Catholic for 7 years. :: X-2-m A.L.S....

Scope and Contents She thanks Hudson for discovering the errors in the chapter returned. Father James A. Doonan told her that in Baltimore it was easier to get dispensations for mixed marriages than anywhere else in the country. Angie's husband, whose Father was General Eastman, was baptized in his infancy at Fort McHenry by a Catholic Priest. When he married after graduating from west Point no difficulty was offered by Archbishop Kenrick or Father D. Lynch, S.J. who married them. She wants to call...

Scope and Contents She sends with this letter the first of three sketches from life for the Ave. She comments briefly on each one. She is penniless and asks Hudson to send her the money for the MS just forwarded. Hudson's letter made some allusions to his own history and if at any time he wishes to confide in her she will be ready to sympathize with him. Nellie's burdens are the cause of her present anxiety. On her arrival in Chicago as the guest of Judge Proudfoot and his wife Nellie twisted her ankle...