Arizona republican., 1895-03-19

give q man encouragement when ne
doesn't need it. Now that I am get
ting along you ask me to write for
your magazine, ignoring the fact that
you have rejected more MINIS. of mine
than any other man in London, which
is saying good deal"
The editor looked at him now with
genuine surprise in his eyes.
''My dear sir" he said, you are Ia
boring under some strange mistake. I
never in my life saw INNS. of yours"
81 am sorry to contradict you," re-
piled Trigg, ''but have too many let
tiers in my possession which tend to
prove the contrary. I have, I believe,
some in your own handwriting, not in
tended for my eyes, of course, in which
you speak with great frankness, of
what you were pleased tc term the
utter drivol l have written"
81 would like very much" said the
surprised editor, ito see one of those
letters. To tell the truth I am getting
on in years, and my position on the
magazine is largely nominal. l occa
sionally contribute something, but the
MSS. sent in are entirely dealt with
by our reader and finally by Mr.. Den
ton. He is the real editor Of the maya
zine, as I thought everybody knew, and
has been for the past ten years"
''You surprise me-" said Trigg. 'Of
course until quite recently have known
nothing OF the inner life of literary
London, and since joining the staff of
the Acadaneum | have been too busy
to pay attention to it. Have you, then,
no power on the magazine with which
your name is connected?"
''Oh, have the power if I choose to
exercise it; but have very little taste
for the drudgery of editing, and l leave
it entirely in the hands Of my subor
dinates."
"What you say" said Trigg, ''in-
terests me more than you can be aware
of. l would like, if you do not mind,
to show you some day a number of let
tiers | have had from the office of your
magazine"
81 should be pleased to see them,"
answered the other, and they made an
appointment to meet at the club of the
editor.
The old man was very much aston
ished when he saw the letters.
''These alleged extracts from notes
of mine are not in my writing. They
were never written by me. If Denton
wished to reject your MSS. he should at
least have had the honesty to take the
responsibility upon himself"
The next week Trigg received note
from the editor of the magazine in
question. 1t was to the following eff
feet:
IF you think it worth an item in
your usual column of literary notes
you have my authority for making the
announcement that Alfred Denton, for
many years subeditor Of the - maya
zine, is no longer connected with that
periodical"
Trigg chuckled as he read this let
ter,
Denton" he said to himself, 1.-THE
treacherous scoundrel, will find out
now that it is easier to lose situation
like that than to get another" And he
added cutting line to the item he
wrote about his former friend, which,
without being libelous. indicated that
Denton's leaving Of the magazine was
practically dismissal in disgrace.
Denton soon realized that rumors
were abroad about him, ana his
endeavors to get a fresh footing
in the line that led to ultimate edit
orship were discouraging failures. 1t
was under these circumstances that he
wrote his first book and had it pub
lished under a nom de plume.
1t CALLED Trigg for many a '2y after
to know that what he wrote about this
book was upon the whole favorable,
| indeed exceedingly favorable for Trigg,
who at once recognized the merit of
the work without III the least guessing
who its author was
By this time T1igg had reached a
commanding position upon his paper,
and what he wrote for its columns was
printed as he wrote it. with no blue
pencil supervision.
Denton, pleased with the success of
his first book, allowed it to be an
nounced that he was the anonymous
author.
Trigg CRASHED his teeth when he
realized that be had helped his enemy,
but he held his peace and waited.
A three-volume novel was announced.
When those three volumes came to the
Acadaneum office, Trigg felt that his
time for vengeance had come. He de-
voted a page to it. Moth g so bitter
and so crushing even before or since
/ appeared in the cynical columns OF
that paper. 1t was merciless, and
everyone recognized that Denton had
received his death-blow as novelist.
None realized this more than Denton