36                                  Stanley Wertheim

madly exciting life in which you left us; scribbling now and
again the same bad scribble. Sometimes when Im [sic] real
devilish I go to the Pioneer Club and hear the wise (?) women
tell of the wrongs of our sex. Why don't men shout about
their wrongs, dont ]sic] you have any? Perhaps those of you
that are any good are too busy earning money for the
wronged women.

Be good to yourself and come to see me on your return.

Faithfully Ever

c.c.

P.S. You might ask your agent to show Jose and the Saints to
Stokes & CO. for the "Pocket Magazine"?

The correspondence between Cora Crane and Poultney Bigelow
continued in a subdued commonplace manner until shortly before
she took ship for America on April 28, 1901, to escape her
memories and her creditors, and they enjoyed a normal social rela¬
tionship, apparently undamaged by their abortive love affair. From
his home near Saugerties, New York, following his separation from
his wife, Bigelow wrote her a final, melancholy note:

Maiden on Hudson.

N.Y

There [A pen stroke connects "Maiden on Hudson" with the
initial line of this letter| is my permanent home, dear lost
wandering lady! and there lives alone

Yours faithfully

Poultney Bigelow

who is at this moment on a little driving trip & will be hack
there in time to meet yr. reply which will, 1 hope, be full of
yr. news.

Century Club (7 w 43- St.) N.Y. is also a safe address.

Most likely, Cora did not reply. The course of her life diverged
sharply from Bigelow's after her return to Jacksonville, Florida, in