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 Hudson's letter received with enclosure. She thanks Hudson for his expression of appreciation of her work. Young Catholics need relaxation and amusement. If this is not provided inside the Church they will seek it on forbidden grounds. The Mediaeval literature and the lives of the Saints will hold the attention of some readers, but in order to hold the attention of the young she has endeavoured to blend religion with strong dramatic incident. She believes she is the only writer of...

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In a P.S. Mrs. Dorsey sees in the Ave Maria where Hudson just received the book "Tangled Paths". Hudson will probably write in a review of it. She asks Hudson to send her any notices that he sees in his exchanges. :: X-2-e A.L.S. Initialed 1p. 32mo.

Scope and Contents The "Catholic Universe" received with a notice of "Tangled Paths". She thanks Hudson although it could have been better. A letter from a Protestant lady in New York who read the book has gratified her. Another letter of encouragement came from a sailor whose ship is at Erie, Pa. He spoke of the things she had written warmly. She will get through "Retrospections" presently, to the conversion of Mrs. Moley and "Beth's Promise." Hudson should go over the manuscript for her as she leaves...

Scope and Contents Hudson's letter received. It suggested something which may be of service in regard to the Sadliers who have not sent a decision on "Tangled Paths." She would like Hudson to inform Sadliers that there is a demand for the story in book form. Of all the crosses in life, waiting is the most painful. Mrs. Dorsey detests letter writing. She is sorry that Father E. D. Reville has been charged. His removal is a mistake and was caused by jealousy. His sermons attracted great attention. The...

Scope and Contents Mrs. Dorsey's daughter, Mrs. Eastman, is still suffering. She is hoping three more chapters will complete the story and it may stretch into May. She will send more manuscript next week. Brother Stanislaus called to see her. She was pleased with his intelligence and cultivation of mind. He told her many things that interested her and spoke to her of a book, "De Sauley's Dead Sea", which she obtained at the Capitol Library. Brother Stanislaus did not call again. She would like to write a...

Scope and Contents Hudson's letter was received and she regrets she cannot write the May article for him, as there are two ill persons in the house. Two more chapters will finish it making 18 in all and she does not know how she got through this chapter. She thanks Hudson for not hurrying her. It will cost the magazine a few dollars more, but that was not in her calculations as she was afraid it would ruin her work to chop it off abruptly. Her books and letters are on their way to Rome to be presented to...

Scope and Contents She is sending Hudson another chapter and wants Hudson to see if it is numbered correctly. Someone has been altering previous chapters. Unless Hudson thinks it is best to correct she would rather have no chances. The next chapter will conclude the story. She asks Hudson to send her a check as she is in need of money. Her daughter Mrs. Eastman is very ill, her son-in-law is ill with a disease of the heart. Hudson should pray for them. Brother Stanislaus visited her and was looking very...

Scope and Contents Mrs. Dorsey's silence was caused by something she had no control of. She has been ill, but her heart is nearly broken with the illness of her daughter, Nellie, who was threatened with typhoid fever. Even though the priests love the Blessed Virgin, she wonders if they love her in her sorrows as mothers do, when they are hurt by the sufferings of their children. She asks Hudson to have some prayers offered for her daughter as her life means much to her six children. Hudson's check was...

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...

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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...

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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.

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...

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 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 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 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...