The Prescott daily news., 1909-09-02

He frets and fumes while a rival un- moved by sentiment lays siege to the maiden and wins her by regular ap- breaches.
 When John Gregory went to college he expected to lead his fellow students as he had led his schoolmates and aft erward to lead the world as he had led his university associates. The only other being he loved except him. self was Bertha Avery. and he loved her far better than himself. It was Bertha who was accountable for her lovers self admiration. She recognized his superior endowments and called his attention to them. Therefore he, believing that through them he would win and hold her love, came to set great store by them.
 John was graduated at the head of his class. Not only this. but he was the college literary light of his time. editor of the university magazine and winner of all the prizes given for es- says. Indeed. so marked was his suc- cess as college scribbler that he de- termined to enter the field of litera- ture. He was never quite sure that Bertha loved him-indeed. she had never told him that she did-and he did not expect to make the conquest of her heart till he could lay a laurel wreath at her feet
 John entered his chosen field encour- aged by all. There was no doubt that he had very superior literary faculties. He entered the editorial service of a magazine for an income. proposing to write out of office hours He soon con- cluded that to win the success he cov- eted he must furnish something in an original vein. To swim in the great ocean of the commonplace did not please him. The first important story he wrote was q satire on certain fada of the day, He had resolved not to embarrass his employers by offering them any of his work. 50 he sent his satire to another magazine. It was re- turned~-with the Endorsement that it was too good for the class of readers of that particular magazine.
 Meanwhile as editor he was accept ing stories of one Jefferson Spangler. They were not to be considered as within the realms of literature. but they seemed to please people who had little or no literary taste. Spangler was connection of Bertha Avery's, and she had introduced him to John, asking him to help one of whose liter ary ability she had q poor opinion. but who was very ''amiable, deserving fellow" John published some of the young mans productions partly to fa- vor Bertha and partly because they helped to widen the circle of the mag azine. At least so thought the editor in chief and owner.
 While John was experimenting with different novelties to attract the atten- tion of the public to his work he main- tained a sort of indefinite understand ing with Miss Avery. He would not ask for her till he had met the coveted success. He always had something under way or finished which he hoped would make the expected hit Bertha encouraged him to push on and he would eventually reap the reward of his perseverance. But, though many of his works were recognized by few as scintillations of genius, only those of which he himself had an in- different opinion found their way into print. One or two stories of marked originality were published and attract ed some favorable comment, but not enough to fix the attention of the pub- lie on the writer
 Meanwhile Jefferson Spangler was blowing in the field of mediocrity. In time he published novel which met with a moderate success. John Greg ory, surprised. read it, or all of it he could force himself to read. and won- dered. But what was his chagrin when the owners of the magazine with which he was connected told him that the next issue would contain a like ness and notice of the new literary light" and that they had decided to boom" him.
 While Gregory had been trying to dash in upon the public by brilliant stroke, humble Spangler had been slowly crawling up upon it. He pos sessed homely faculty of portraying the common events entering into the lives of ordinary people. Having reached point where capital conclud- ed that it could make his work profita- ble, he had nothing more to do but wield his pen. Capital did the rest. Within a few years publishers were competing for his next novel and of- fering him fancy royalties for it.
 The next chapter in John Gregory's life was the receipt of letter from