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Letter from Anne Cooper to Herbert Allingham
ALL/11/275 · Item · 12-Dec-33
Part of Herbert Allingham

Headed notepaper: The Amalgamated Press Ltd., The Fleetway House, Farringdon Street, London EC4. Signed.
'I am anxious to use in 'The Oracle' the story which you wrote for 'Family Journal' two years ago entitled: 'She Loved A Rogue'. Would you let me know if the serial rights are available? I should be using this story almost immediately.'

Handwritten figures on verso.
Letter from Claude Allingham to Herbert Allingham
ALL/11/276 · Item · 28-Dec-33
Part of Herbert Allingham
From Rosemary, Old Fort Raod, Shoreham Beach, Sx. Addressed to 'Dear Old Herb'.
'Have wanted to write you for weeks, thought with a quiet xmas I should have plenty of time and opportunity but fortunately I got quite busy during the holidays', got a lot of people to make xmas presents with addressed stationery. It's been rather a worrying rushing time and the printers were late with one lot of goods which I happened to want for two or three special customers, but I haven't done badly.
You will be glad to hear that old May is better but by no means out of the woods. In addition to my job I'm the general and nurse now and dear old May is not such a good patient as Phil - not so easy to manage! & Phil wasn't easy. We had a line from him and I was glad to hear he was going to have a few weeks at St Mary's. He likes it, if the Hay is not over long & is always better afterwards.
May is very slow in picking up and the Doc. says she won't feel right until she has all her teeth out.
She has turned out some clothes and I did very well with them 'On the Knacker'. They showed a big profit (gross) not reckoning the work she put into 'em.
It was a blessing she struck the idea for she's pretty [?] if she's doing nothing.
At the moment I'm working under difficulties as [Tupper's?] kid is here with the old lady, Hopey, much to May's delight. Tupper often drops the kid here for a few hours while she goes on some expedition or other. She's a charming kid but her visits are not helpful to the work one is doing, though she is continually offering assistance.
This is not at all the letter I meant to write you but I'm afraid my present activities are of a very mundane kind.
As for this job I do feel there may be a living in it eventually but one wants an article to take round where the transactions with a customer means more than a few pence. Live in hopes of finding it.
Without your help I could not have got through these last few weeks.
Re. repayments - I cannot say anything definite but you may be sure that should we turn the corner we shan't forget you.
What's this I hear about foot trouble with you? I have had some lately & have found hot water with common soda a relief.
How is the Silver King story going?
Got no time these days for any reading, bar a glance at the papers. Love to you both from us both.'
Letter from Anne Cooper to Herbert Allingham
ALL/11/277 · Item · 02-Jan-34
Part of Herbert Allingham
Headed notepaper: The Amalgamated Press Ltd., The Fleetway House, Farringdon Street, London EC4. Signed.
‘I wired you to-day telling you that the curtain to the second instalment of 'The Wife of a Hunted Man' story is too slight. Madge fainting in the vicar’s arms is really not a curtain at all. Do try and let us have something not later than Friday morning to add to this instalment.
The instalment is quite good but there is too much talk and too little action.This is not usually a fault of yours!! Will you let me have instalment three as quick as you can as we really are very much behind going to press with this story.'
Letter from G. R. M. Hearn to Herbert Allingham
ALL/11/278 · Item · 10-Jan-34
Part of Herbert Allingham
From Hillside, Cannon Hill, Maidenhead Berks. Addressed to 'My dear Herbert'.
'I find I did not put in Fisher's letter when making up mine to you, so I am sending it now as it will explain more clearly what I said. It shows that he will likely take the yarn if other markets fail, but not until my present serial ends.
Miss Pearce who runs a paper called 'My Favourite' said she liked it but was full up for some time to come.
We are having miserable weather here just now. My small family can hardly get out of doors. Luckily they are very fond of stories, dressing up etc. so we all get on famously. Though there are of course occasional battles between the youthful warriors.
Following on your gifts they have formed a mysterious order called 'The Well-Dressed Giants'. I don't think they consider me fit to be a member. But of course I have my uses! Good luck and love from all.'
Letter from Anne Cooper to Herbert Allingham
ALL/11/279 · Item · 11-Jan-34
Part of Herbert Allingham
Headed notepaper: The Amalgamated Press Ltd., The Fleetway House, Farringdon Street, London EC4. Signed.
‘I like your third instalment. I have altered the last three lines and made Nan say, when Jack asks her what she is going to do now that she has discovered who he is, 'Nuthin, let’s go off together and be sweethearts.'
In the next instalment please bring in the young Lord Swayne; he ought now to meet Madge and be interested in her. This seems to set the story. I hope you like the suggestion.'
Letter from the Editor, Puck to Herbert Allingham
ALL/11/28 · Item · 17 Jan 1905
Part of Herbert Allingham
Headed notepaper: Editorial Department, Puck - A Humorous Journal, 2 Carmelite House, Carmelite Street, London. Signed.
‘In reply to yours of the 10th I always consider and return, or use, short stories sent to Puck promptly. For obvious reasons you cannot bring your stuff into us “in the morning and get cash for it in the evening” as we go to press a month in advance. As far as Puck is concerned your way seems pretty clear. We pay on publication, and if you keep up your present standard there is nor reason why you should not become one of our regular contributors of short stories. Send in some stuffregularly every week and what I cannot use I will return promptly so you can try it elsewhere. pp The Editor, H Havant Chief Sub.
Letter from William Harvey to Herbert Allingham
ALL/11/280 · Item · 18-Jan-34
Part of Herbert Allingham
Headed notepaper: John Leng & Co. Ltd., Courier and Advertiser, My Weekly Secrets, People's Journal, People's Friend, 7 Bank Street, Dundee. Signed.
'Many thanks for sending me instalment 10 of 'Wedded to a Monster'. The story is going all right, but there is one point that is giving us concern. You appear to have transformed Charles Crewe and he has become an apparently very respectable character. I have no doubt you have a perfectly good reason for this, but it is a bit puzzling, and I am wondering whether the reader should not be let into the secret of why he is reformed.
I may be all wrong, but I had an idea at the beginning that Crewe was really an impostor [sic], and that the old housekeeper was in league with him. If I am right in that, possibly his change in character and his efforts to keep Hilda from poisoning Gwen are inspired by the thought that if she were to be found out is would mean financial disaster for him.
I am returning the instalment so that you may look at it in the light of these remarks, and if you think the reader should be enlightened on the point, the necessary paragraph could be introduced.
We should like you to carry the story to 17 instalments, the last one being the usual short one of 1,000 words only.’
Draft letter from Herbert Allingham to William Harvey
ALL/11/281 · Item · [Jan 1934]
Part of Herbert Allingham

‘I will of course do what you like with this story but I cannot help thinking that you are taking a lot of the interest out of it.
Surely one murderer in a story of this kind is enough. I cannot see that CC has had a changeover in character – I have known many writers only out for a good time (one or two in my own family) but not one of them would have committed murder or have failed to be shocked by it.
This is how I meant to go on. [details plot] And so on.
But as I say I will think out an entirely new continuation if you want it. I can't get down to this till Friday. Perhaps you will let me have a line by then.'

Attached: Insert at foot of page 8 [2 pages].
Letter from William Harvey to Herbert Allingham
ALL/11/282 · Item · 25-Jan-34
Part of Herbert Allingham
Headed notepaper: John Leng & Co. Ltd., Courier and Advertiser, My Weekly Secrets, People's Journal, People's Friend, 7 Bank Street, Dundee. Signed.
'I am favoured with your letter of 23rd inst. and wired to you this morning. It is not easy in correspondence to see each other's point of view, but I do not want to repeat that all of us here have been rather disappointed with this sudden change over of character on the part of Crewe, and we feel if we have been disappointed our readers would be sure to be disappointed also.
As I said in my last letter, there seems absolutely no doubt that Charles Crewe was a rascal, and that makes this sudden conversion all the more difficult for us to swallow. He need niether be a murderer nor a monster, but we think he ought to be kept in some degree at least consistent as a bad character.
There seems no reason why your story should not follow the lines you indicated, even though you keep him true to his earlier character.
I know you will do your best to meet out view, and as some days have been lost over this correspondence I sincerely trust that you will be able to let me have the revised instalment by Monday.'
Letter from F. W. Blackmore to Herbert Allingham
ALL/11/283 · Item · 22-Jan-34
Part of Herbert Allingham
Headed notepaper: The Amalgamated Press, The Fleetway House, Farringdon Street, London EC4. Signed.
'Mrs Cooper has just asked me over the telephone if you will please have the next two instalments of THE WIFE OF A HUNTED MAN sent to her at Cliff Combe, Broadstairs, Kent.
I was glad to hear that you are going to try to get ahead with the story, especially as having the instalments sent to Broadstairs means a little delay.'