Susan:
Did you have many ordeals before you became a success?
Richard Nugent:
No, I...
Susan:
You can talk to me. I want you to think of me, not as a newspaper woman, but as a friend.
Richard Nugent:
Well, in that case, I'll tell you. I did suffer. When I was 10, my mother and father had a double suicide pack, they made it. I was sent to an orphanage. Some days they didn't beat me. Then one night I escaped, I ran away to New York. I used to steal.
Susan:
What did you steal?
Richard Nugent:
Beg your pardon?
Susan:
What did you steal?
Richard Nugent:
Crusts of bread... and things. One time I stole a valise. There were paints and paintbrushes inside. So I began to paint. Then they got me. I was sent to a reform school, but I escaped again.
Susan:
Go on.
Richard Nugent:
Back to new York. A weathly society lady saw my work, fell in love with me and sent me to art school. The rest is history.
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