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ALL/11/257 · Item · 22-Mar-33
Part of Herbert Allingham

Headed notepaper: The Amalgamated Press Ltd., The Fleetway House, Farringdon Street, London EC4. Signed.
'This is to confirm our conversation this morning, when you agreed to let me have another serail right of the story that appeared in Family Journal under the title of 'The Girl Who Loved Him Best'.'

Handwritten note [in Allingham's hand]: 'To appear in The Oracle - The Girl Who Stood By Him'.

Account for typewriting
ALL/11/258 · Item · Mar-33
Part of Herbert Allingham
Statement of account for typewriting from: March 6th-29th. Handwritten list of story titles, word count and costs - including original and carbon copies. Stamped received 10th April 1933. Signed F. Allingham.
ALL/11/259 · Item · 08-Apr-33
Part of Herbert Allingham
Headed notepaper: John Leng & Co. Ltd., Courier and Advertiser, My Weekly, People's Journal, People's Friend, 7 Bank Street, Dundee. Signed.
'We think you have a lot of excellent material in your first instalment, and we are wondering if it would not be better to expand the material and make at least two instalments out of it. In our view, you would get an excellent curtain if you stopped at the point when the second doctor comes and tells the villainess that her cousin is dead. If you were to stop there then you would have a good deal of space in which to develop your characters, and show them more active than they are at present.
You might linger upon Hilda, showing her jealous and annoyed at having lost the money. She would pretend to hate being on a charitable footing, and therefore plan to get married to the doctor whom she knew before. As a means of renewing acquaintance with him, she would advise her cousin to call him in.
We should then see Hilda playing her part and trying to angle to get the doctor; then she would be irritated and angry when she discovered that a friendship is developing ebtweenthe doctor and her cousin. We would, on the one hand, see the slow development of the love between the doctor and Fanny, and at the same time the gradual development of Hilda's jealousy.
When Fanny's engagement is announced, Hilda would be chagrined and also angry at her inability to do anything to have it cancelled.
Thereafter we would see the plan to hurt Fanny maturing in Hilda's mind. We would see her tamper with the medicine, putting poison into it. She would suggest to Fanny when she is helping her pack for the honeymoon that there will be no use now of taking her bottle as she is going to be married to a doctor, but Fanny would say, 'Oh, Yes, give it to me, it will be easily carried.' We would see the mind of Hilda as she hands over the bottle and hear her asking herslef, 'Will it work?' From that we would pass on to see her waiting alone in the house and then her surge of satisfaction when the other doctor comes and tells her that her cousin is dead.
If you made that your first instalment then your second instalment might come down at the point where Hilda is writing the anonymous letter. We would see the letter actually being written and thus learn what it contains.
You will gather from the above that we are not asking you to sacrifice any of your material. It will all come in in [sic] its proper place and we think will give us a good story. As we should like to get on with this story at once we can take the altered instalment from you at your very earliest.'
ALL/11/26 · Item · 3 Jan 1905
Part of Herbert Allingham
Headed notepaper (crossed out): The Amalgamated Press Ltd., 2 Carmelite House, Carmelite Street London. Handwritten: 'Puck' 24 Tudor Street, EC. Addressed to H J Allingham, 5 Broughton Road, Ealing. Stamped.
‘Am using your two stories about “Pomeroy Green” and the other about the young politician and the girl with the gun. Let me have a look at some more about 3500 words and plenty of incident.’
ALL/11/260 · Item · 26-Apr-33
Part of Herbert Allingham
Headed notepaper: The Amalgamated Press Ltd., The Fleetway House, Farringdon Street, London EC4. Signed.
'Some time ago you sent me a story 'The Spider and the Fly', which appeared in 'The Kinema Comic', beginning Janaury 1923. If this has not been used a second time, I will take the second serial rights of it and hope that you will give me permission to cut because, as it stands, it is much too long for me.
The copy you sent me is from 27th January up to June 2nd, but the story does not finish int he JUne 2nd issue, so would you see if you have the remainder beside you, and if not may be you can send me the original M.S.
I am enclosing the last page of what you sent me so that you will see where it stops. I am taking my summer holiday early this year to keep me fit, and I will be going away for three weeks on the 19th of May. To keep my mind at rest while I am away, do you think you can discuss a new serial for 'Family Journal' before then? I will not want it until July, but I like to know that we have an idea and that you are going to do it. Immediately I come back I will be very busy preparing for the Autumn booms.’
ALL/11/261 · Item · 11-May-33
Part of Herbert Allingham

Headed notepaper: The Amalgamated Press Ltd., The Fleetway House, Farringdon Street, London EC4. Signed.
'Thank you for your letter received this morning. I had not received your twelfth instalment when I wrote you.
What I was asking for was something to add to the curtain of number eleven. I have taken two pages from the beginning of number twelve and added them to number eleven. I am returning what you sent for the end of number twelve as you may wish to use it. I ought to have said the number of the instalment instead of referring to it as the last one to arrive.
I have always liked this story, but it is appealing to me more than ever now with the advent of the child.'

Handwritten postscript: 'Young Doll is a perfect treat!'

Handwritten figures on verso.

ALL/11/262 · Item · 13-Jun-33
Part of Herbert Allingham
Headed notepaper: The Amalgamated Press Ltd., The Fleetway House, Farringdon Street, London EC4. Signed.
'Have you any other re-prints that I could have a look at?
I have returned to you to-day, by registered post, two stories of yours that I have had beside me, entitled 'The Girl Without A Home' and 'The Lights of Home'. I do not think I can use these, so think it better to return them to you.
I shall be very glad indeed if you will let me have some further re-prints as I would like some more stories of yours to use straight away.
I am now using 'The Silent Lady of Dead Man's Lane' of which I have four instalments in hand. Will you, therefore, let me have an instalment of this story every week now?
I am now back at the office and had a very nice and sunny holiday.'
ALL/11/263 · Item · 14-Jun-33
Part of Herbert Allingham
Headed notepaper: The Amalgamated Press Ltd., The Fleetway House, Farringdon Street, London EC4. Signed.
'I have an idea that I asked you about the following one time when you were here, but cannot remember definitively. I would like another use of your story which ran in 'Family Journal' from June 6th, 1931 to October 24th, 1931 under the title of 'The Child She Dared Not Claim'. Will you let me know if this is alright?'
ALL/11/264 · Item · 15-Jun-33
Part of Herbert Allingham

Headed notepaper: The Amalgamated Press Ltd., The Fleetway House, Farringdon Street, London EC4. Signed.
‘I am exceedingly sorry, but the instalment of 'Cora Royle' received today is much too strong for the 'Home Companion'. I am returning from page nine to you and hope that you will be able to develop it without so much shooting and without making Baron Sarke so dreadful in appearance.
I hope you will not mind doing this, but as it stands it is not really 'Home Companion' stuff.'

Handwritten postscript: 'Am looking forward to the reprints arriving.'

Attached: pages 9-17, 24 of the story aforementioned, typescript, with manuscript amendments [by Allingham].

ALL/11/265 · Item · 21-Jul-33
Part of Herbert Allingham
Headed notepaper: Cotterill & Cromb, Literary Agents, Lennox House, Norfolk Street, Strand, London WC2. Signed.
'Many thanks for your letter of July 20. Here is the history of 'He Thought She Was His Wife' (original title, 'John Hardy's Wife'):-
Serialised in 'Mascot' 1925.
Published as a White Heather Novel 1928.
Serialised in 'Home Companion' under title of 'When a Man's Married' 1930.
We note you have fixed up a second story with Mr. Davidson. They can’t do without you up North!’