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 ordered to write the court reports to the newspaper Kurjer. He had no clients for lack of time. Scarcely had he led one civil lawsuit, without losing in all respects.

In 1898 he had written one novel, but acting on the advice of the secretary of the newspaper Kurjer, from that time he worked at many kinds of literature, relating just what occurred in court reports, writing feuilletons, novels, and so on. Maxim Gorky helped his fellow author very greatly with his advice.