 In January 1900 he'd recovered sufficiently to work on a new novel, "The O'Ruddy", completing 25 of the 33 chapters.Plans were made for him to travel as a correspondent to Gibraltar to write sketches from Saint Helena, the site of a Boer prison, but at the end of March and in early April he suffered two more hemorrhages.Taylor took over most of Crane's correspondence while he was ill, writing to friends for monetary aid.