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selling papers in the streets�察�and from then on              until I was sixteen I had a 

thousand   and   one   different   occupations   work   and   school�察  �school   and 

workand so it ran。 

     * * * 

     Then   the   adventure´lust   was   strong   within   me�察  �and   I   left   home。     I 

didn't run�察�I just leftwent out in the bay�察�and joined the oyster                 pirates。 

The days of the oyster pirates are now past�察�and if I had                got my dues for 

piracy�察�I would have been given five hundred years                   in prison。     Later�察�I 

shipped as a sailor on a schooner�察�and also             took a turn at salmon fishing。 

Oddly   enough�察  �my   next   occupation   was         on   a   fish´patrol�察  �where   I   was 

entrusted with the arrest of any           violators of the fishing laws。         Numbers 

of   lawless   Chinese�察  �Greeks�察     �and   Italians   were   at   that   time   engaged   in 

illegal fishing�察�and many          a patrolman   paid his life for his interference。 

My only weapon on            duty was a steel table´fork�察�but I felt fearless and a 

man when I        climbed over the side of a boat to arrest some marauder。 

     Subsequently   I   shipped   before   the   mast   and   sailed   for   the   Japanese 

coast   on   a   seal´hunting   expedition�察  �later   going   to   Behring   Sea。     After 

sealing for seven months I came back to California and took                    odd jobs at 

coal    shovelling     and   longshoring     and   also   in  a  jute   factory�察   �where    I 

worked from six in the morning until seven at                 night。    I had planned to 

join    the  same     lot  for  another    sealing    trip   the    following     year�察  �but 

somehow        I  missed    them。    They     sailed   away    on   the    Mary    Thomas�察�

which was lost with all hands。 

     In my fitful school´days I had written the usual compositions�察�which 

had been praised in the usual way�察�and while working in the jute                     mills I 

still made an occasional try。         The factory occupied thirteen           hours of my 

day�察  �and   being   young   and   husky�察  �I   wanted   a   little   time for   myself�察  �so 

there was little left for composition。           The San      Francisco Call offered a 

prize for a descriptive article。         My mother        urged me to try for it�察�and I 

did�察�taking for my subject ;Typhoon             off the Coast of Japan。;         Very tired 

and sleepy�察�knowing I had to be            up at half´past five�察�I began the article at 

midnight and worked           straight on until I had written two thousand words�察�

the   limit   of   the article�察  �but   with   my   idea   only   half   worked   out。  The 

next night�察     �under the same conditions�察�I continued�察�adding another two 



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thousand      words   before   I   finished�察  �and   then   the   third   night   I   spent   in 

cutting     out the excess�察�so as to bring the article within the conditions of 

the contest。      The first prize came to me�察�and the second and third                  went 

to students of the Stanford and Berkeley Universities。 

     My success in the San Francisco Call competition seriously turned my 

thoughts to writing�察�but my blood was still too hot for a settled                   routine�察�

so   I   practically   deferred   literature�察  �beyond   writing   a   little   gush   for   the 

Call�察�which that journal promptly rejected。 

     I   tramped   all   through   the   United   States�察  �from   California   to   Boston�察�

and    up   and   down�察    �returning    to  the  Pacific    coast   by   way   of   Canada�察�

where     I  got   into  jail  and   served   a  term   for   vagrancy�察    �and   the  whole 

tramping      experience     made     me   become      a  Socialist。    Previously      I  had 

been     impressed      by   the  dignity    of   labour�察  �and�察  �without     having    read 

Carlyle or Kipling�察�I had formulated a gospel of work which put                     theirs in 

the shade。      Work was everything。           It was sanctification        and salvation。 

The pride I took in a hard day's work well done                 would be inconceivable 

to   you。   I   was   as   faithful   a   wage´slave   as  ever   a   capitalist   exploited。 

In    short�察 �my    joyous    individualism      was     dominated       by   the   orthodox 

bourgeois ethics。       I had fought my way           from the open west�察�where men 

bucked big and the job hunted the man�察               �to the congested labour centres 

of the eastern states�察�where men            were small potatoes and hunted the job 

for all they were worth�察�and          I found myself looking upon life from a new 

and   totally   different    angle。     I   saw   the   workers   in   the   shambles   at   the 

bottom of the        Social Pit。     I swore I would never again do a hard day's 

work   with     my  body  except   where   absolutely  compelled   to�察  �and   I   have 

been busy       ever since running away from hard bodily labour。 

     In   my  nineteenth   year   I   returned to   Oakland   and started   at   the   High 

School�察  �which   ran   the   usual   school   magazine。        This   publication   was   a 

weeklyno�察�I guess a monthlyone�察�and I wrote stories for it�察�very                    little 

imaginary�察�just recitals of my sea and tramping experiences。                    I remained 

there   a   year�察  �doing   janitor   work   as   a   means   of livelihood�察  �and   leaving 

eventually because the strain was more than                 I could bear。      At this time 

my socialistic utterances had attracted             considerable attention�察�and I was 

known as the ;Boy Socialist�察─�a             distinction that brought about my arrest 



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for   street´talking。     After     leaving    the   High    School�察   �in  three   months 

cramming   by   myself�察  �I   took      the   three   years'   work   for   that   time   and 

entered the University of          California。     I hated to give up the hope of a 

University education         and worked in a laundry and with my pen to help 

me keep on。        This    was the only time I worked because I loved it�察�but 

the task was too       much�察�and when half´way through my Freshman year I 

had to quit。 

     I   worked   away   ironing   shirts   and   other   things   in   the   laundry�察  �and 

wrote   in   all   my   spare   time。 I   tried   to   keep   on   at   both�察  �but   often fell 

asleep with the pen in my hand。             Then I left the laundry and          wrote all 

the time�察�and lived and dreamed again。             After three      months' trial I gave 

up writing�察�having decided that I was a            failure�察�and left for the Klondike 

to prospect for gold。        At the end      of the year�察�owing to the outbreak of 

scurvy�察�I was compelled to           come out�察�and on the homeward journey of 

1��900 miles in an open boat           made the only notes of the trip。           It was in 

the Klondike I found         myself。     There nobody talks。         Everybody thinks。 

You get your true       perspective。      I got mine。 

     While   I   was   in   the   Klondike   my   father   died�察  �and   the   burden   of   the 

family fell on my shoulders。          Times were bad in California�察�and I            could 

get no work。       While trying for it I wrote ;Down the River�察─              �which was 

rejected。     During the wait for this rejection I wrote   a           twenty´thousand 

word   serial   for   a   news   company�察    �which   was   also    rejected。     Pending 

each rejection I still kept on writing fresh          stuff。   I did not know what an 

editor    looked    like。  I   did  not   know    a   soul   who    had   ever   published 

anything。      Finally a story was accepted          by a Californian magazine�察�for 

which I received five dollars。         Soon     afterwards ;The Black Cat; offered 

me forty dollars for a story。 

     Then things took a turn�察�and I shall probably not have to shovel                  coal 

for a living for some time to come�察�although I have done it�察               �and could do 

it again。 

     My first book was published in 1900。             I could have made a good deal 

at newspaper work�察�but I had sufficient sense to refuse to be a                   slave to 

that man´killing machine�察�for such I held a newspaper to be                   to a young 

man     in  his  forming    period。    Not    until   I  was  well   on   my    feet   as  a 



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magazine´writer did I do much work for newspapers。                     I am a      believer 

in regular work�察�and never wait for an inspiration。                  Temperamentally I 

am  not   only  careless   and   irregular�察  �but    melancholy�察  �still   I   have   fought 

both   down。      The   discipline   I   had   as   a   sailor   had   full   effect   on   me。 

Perhaps   my      old  sea   days   are   also   responsible     for   the  regularity   and 

limitations of my sleep。         Five     and a half hours is the precise average I 

allow myself�察�and no          circumstance has yet arisen in my life that could 

keep me awake when            the time comes to ;turn in。; 

     I   am   very   fond   of   sport�察  �and   delight   in   boxing�察  �fencing�察  �swimming�察�

riding�察�yachting�察�and even kite´flying。           Although prim
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