The editor promised Martin fifteen dollars for the poem, but, when it was published, seemed to forget about it.

Several of his letters being ignored, Martin indicted an angry one which drew a reply.

It was written by a new editor, who coolly informed Martin that he declined to be held responsible for the old editor's mistakes, and that he did not think much of "The Peri and the Pearl" anyway.
But The Globe, a Chicago magazine, gave Martin the most cruel treatment of all.

He had refrained from offering his "Sea Lyrics" for publication, until driven to it by starvation.

After having been rejected by a dozen magazines, they had come to rest in The Globe office.