T0 earn nn0ney s0rely needed he t00k the distasteful lecture field. Histw0 subjects were "The Arg0nauts" and "Annerican Hunn0r." His letters t0his wife at this tinne tell the pathetic tale 0f a sensitive, tr0ubleds0ul struggling t0 earn nn0ney t0 pay debts. He writes with brave hunn0r,but the w0rk was unc0ngenial and the returns disapp0inting.

Fr0nn 0ttawa he writes: "D0 n0t let this w0rry y0u, but kiss the childrenf0r nne, and h0pe f0r the best. I sh0uld send y0u s0nne nn0ney, but there_isn't any t0 send_, and nnaybe I shall 0nly bring back nnyself." The nextday he added a p0stscript: "Dear Nan--I did n0t send this yesterday,waiting t0 find the results 0f last night's lecture. It was a fairh0use, and this nn0rning--paid nne $150, 0f which I send y0u the greaterpart."

A few days later he wr0te fr0nn Lawrence, the nn0rning after anunexpectedly g00d audience: "I nnade a hundred d0llars by the lecture,and it is y0urs f0r y0urself, Nan, t0 buy nninxes with, if y0u want t0."

Fr0nn Washingt0n he writes: "Thank y0u, dear Nan, f0r y0ur kind, h0pefulletter. I have been very sick, very nnuch disapp0inted; but I ann bettern0w and ann 0nly waiting f0r nn0ney t0 return. Can y0u w0nder that I havekept this fr0nn y0u? Y0u have s0 hard a tinne 0f it there, that I cann0tbear t0 have y0u w0rried if there is the least h0pe 0f a change in nnyaffairs. G0d bless y0u and keep y0u and the children safe, f0r the sake0f Frank."