Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-28

a u,sa who hal abused sacred tSuat. l
its life sad reputation had DEPENDED en- i'll
reception in Californla, this edition anC
explanation would alike have been need
less. But, fortuGetel7, the young Over
LARD Moachiy had in it's hFsE numbe,
secured hearing and position throughout
the American Uniou, ara the author
waited the larger verdict. The return
NAH from tina east brought le.;er So
dressed to the sc iitor OF tae Oyerland
Monthly" ipclosirg letter fEom Fields,
; Ojgocd & Co, Ene publishers of tho At.
} lantic M0nthlS, addressed to the-so
them-unkcown author OF "rhe Luck
opened, and found - be request,
story for the AtlsGtic similar 70 the
81 ack" Tre SAME mail brought ueTa-
| pApErs aud reviews welcoming the little
founding Of California literature with an
! enthusiasm t6st hall frightened iss
su.hor; busWith the placing OF tina. letter
in the hands OF the publisher, who
! chalced to be Standing by bis eide, and
who during these ds:k days had, with ,us
the au!nor's jaith, sustained the au.hol's
position, be felt that his compensation
Nss full snd complete -
JoEq ain Miller was che OF the early
contributors to the Overland as well IS
d. G. Gilmsn, now presiden! of Johns
Hopkins University, then at the head of
the University OF CsIitora!a; also tie late
E. Z. Gill, professor in the ssms uniyer-
sity, whose posth1mcus collection OF
verge recently issued shows him tos nave
been genuine poet Of rare endowment.
III spite 0; the great SUCCESS CT "The
Luck" it was not until January of The
flilowing yesr that the next tale appear
ed, "Ehe O1tcss.s Of Poker Flat" Then
as Irregular intervals followed brilliant
serles Of Californian stories, "Miggles,"
"Ten1essee's Ps.tEer," San Idyl OF X ID
Caleb" snd others-with their rough but
humsn character, whose brief histories,
touched by ps:hos or humor, won the
hearts OF readers en- both sides Of tne a.
lsn:ic. rae publication of the verses
usually called "Ths Heathen Chinee" in
the Overland Of September, 1870, added
greatly to Rsrte's rapidly increasing
fame. This poem ran like wild
fee through the newspapers Of the
country and the name of the
author was Ia every mouth. Strange to
ssy, "rhs Hss.hsu Cainee," which may
bs regarded es s local poem, WAS copied
into 1urasl after j ,uEas! in England,
commented upon by the gres. opponents
oil English criticism, sra was translated
at odce into tue principal European Isl-
gusges.
By tnis time his first book Of stories
had been published IN Boston-"Tle
Lack Of the Roaring Camp and O3her
Sketches" Encouraged oy his SUCCESS,
Bret Hsrte resigned the ed,sorship OF the
Overland II 1871, ss we'll a, the Professor
snip q Rscent Literature In me U University
Of Callforn.a, 10 which he had j1st been
cil!ed, and set IN TO Try MS lit
erary for,n1es 10 the east. A plan 10
establish 8 msgsz.na in Caicsgo under
lis rearsgemers was DOs successful, and
ne pRshsd on to New York and Boston
He wss For = time, II an not mistaken,
assistant editor OF tae Atlsntic Monthly, |
and 81 lEss was regular contricusor 20
Its pages. he is said to have receiSed in
one year from that msgsz!ue $1,000 for
twelve articles. His fsms WAS esssb- |
hahed; he received the highest prices
for his work, especially in short
hsfion; be was received everywhere
as literary lion. During shis period
he fectured with great success In
the larger cities on "rae Argonauts OF
49," He finally took up his residence In
NV York, where he lived for eeveral
years. In 1878 he dramstized "rhe Two
Men Of Sandy Bar" which was produced
by Robson & Crane with fair success.
In that year Bret Harte received recog.
milton from the government by bsing ap.