[handwritten] [1] Copy Dec, 6th, 1927 Dear Mr. Conway Mr. Maule came to me as I was leaving New York he was in some distress leaving just that a.m. received a letter from you severely taking him to task for having handed the manuscript over to me The understanding between you and me from the first has been that I was to do my best to find a publisher & as I had no copy of the manuscript I naturely [sic] had to have that one while I was there on the ground to submit to other publishers [2] When Mr Maule turned this manuscript over to me that showed Doubleday Page did not want to publish it. It is now being read by another publishing house but I cannot get their report in less than one month and I am not sure I can get it in that length of time- If they refuse it I still leave another house that will read it. Being there I have ^was^ been able to see represenitives [sic] of different houses and create a desire to see the material and give it a fair reading this would be much more difficult to do by mail - [3] I feel it was most fortunate that I was on the ground and had influence enough to get the material in to the hands of a publisher to read so quickly I have stayed one week longer in New York so as to establish a connection with these houses that I hope will be a benefit to us – I feel very sorry over Mr. Mauls distress at the difficult position he has been put in. Of course he could only think we were pardners [sic] in that Manuscript and the only thing he could do was to give it to me- When you receive this I should [4] be at [illegible] “Trails End” – Best wishes to you and yours Sincerely Nancy C. Russell [Transcribed by Lauren B. Gerfen, 2012-10-23]