Arizona republican., 1895-04-07

ting along you ask me to write for
your magazine, ignoring the fact tina
you have rejected more INNS. 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 la
boring under some strange mistake. 1
never in my life saw a INNS. of yours. !"
81 am sorry to contradict you," re-
piled Trigg, ''but 1 have too many let
ters in my possession which tend to
prove the contrary. have, l 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 drivLP have written"
u would like very much" said the
surprised editor, ''to see one of those
letters. To tell the truth am getting
OF in years, and my position on the
magazine is largely nominal. 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 | thought everybody knew, and
has been for the past ten years"
''You surprise me" said Trigg. ''Of
course until quite recently I have known
nothing OF the inner life of literary
London, and since joining the staff of
the Acadaneum l 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-
dnates."
what you say" said Trigg, lin
terests me more than you can be aware
OF. l would like, if you do not mind,
to show you some day number of let
ters 1 have had from the office of your
magazine"
Il 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
upon himself"
Tho pavt 1x,ao1, T,,;cr1.
from the editor of the magazine in
question. It 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, 'sthe
seoundrel, will find out
now that it is easier to lose situation
ike that than to get another" And he
added cutting line to the item he
wrote about his former friend, which, |
being ibelous, indicated that |
Denton's leaving of the magazine was
practically a dismissal in disgrace.
Denton soon realized that rumors |
were abroad about him, ana his
endeavors to get fresh footing
n 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
-lshed under nom de plume.
1t CALLED Trigg for many e2y after
to know that what he wrote cbout this |
book was upon the whole favorable,
indeed exceedingly favorable for Trigg,
who at once recognized the merit Of |
who its author was.
By this time T~igg had reached a
position upon his paper,
md what he wrote for it's columns was
printed as he wrote it, with no blue
pencil supervision.
Denton, pleased with the success of
MS first book, allowed it to be an
that he was the ANONYMOUS
author.
Trigg CRASHED his teeth when he
that be had helped his enemy,
out 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
lime for vengeance had come. He de-
yoted a page to it. Moth 2 SO bitter
md so crushing even before or since
in the cynical columns of |
hat paper. 1t was merciless, and
everyone recognized that Denton had
'eceived his death-blow as novelist.
None realized this more than Denton
himself, who was driven to the verge
# dispair. His publisher was apnalled. |