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CHAPTER LXV 335 35. If you receive no news of your script and it has been out eight weeks or more, it is permissible to make inquiry. Be polite. Do not hint darkly at prosecution. Write: Editor, Union Film Co., New York City. Dear sir : On March nineteenth I sent to your company my story, "A Ghost of Greysides." Not having heard from it, and knowing the uncertainty of the mails, I am writing to ask if the same has been received by you. If it has not, I shall be pleased to supply you with a fresh copy. Very truly, A. AUTHOR. If the Editor has the time he will reply to this, but if, as sometimes happens, he is falling behind in his work for want of assistance, and is receiving hundreds of similar letters, he will not reply to the let- ters but will spend his time getting the scripts through the office. A stamped and addressed return envelope should accompany your in- quiry, but this does not entitle you to a reply. That two-cent stamp places the Editor under no moral or legal obligation. 36. If you have waited three months without word from the studio, and the evidence suggests that you never will, make a formal demand for action. Here you are justified in writing more firmly. You will not continue to do business with this company, so say: Editor, Stinger Film Co., New York City. Dear sir: On the tenth of August 1 sent you a manuscript, "Bound by Oath," for your consideration. Three months have elapsed with no word from you, nor have I received any reply to my inquiries of September fifteenth or October ninth. You will please either return the manuscript or send a check by the end of the current month. Very truly, A. AUTHOR. This letter should be registered and at the time of registry you ask the registry clerk for a return receipt. This is not the receipt he will at once hand you, but a card signed by the person who receives your letter on behalf of the company. 37. If no reply is received by the end of the month, you make a formal withdrawal of the script in these terms: Stinger Film Co., New York City. Dear sirs : Please take notice that T herewith withdraw from sub- mission my story. "Bound by Oath," which has been in your pos- session since about the tenth of August. This story will be offered elsewhere and you will be held strictly accountable for any use you may make of the manuscript copy in your possession. Verv truly, A. AUTHOR. Y^ou will note that this is addressed to the company and not to the Editor on the proposition that a letter not specifically addressed must