Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-27
pAeToR.AuThoR WRITES STORY
OF HAPPENINGS IN
FAIRFIELD.
.vIcToRY OF ALLEN RUrLEDoE"
MAKES AUTHOR FAMOUS
Rev. Alexander corksy Pens Novel IN
Reply 70 Attack on chureh-comss
From Family Of Ministers-chureh's
Weaknesses and Accomplishments
Interestingly Told.
pecial to rimes-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
I Council Bluffs, Dec. 27.-Many people
in Iowa who have read THE Victory
of Allen Rutledge." the reply of the
author, the Rev. Alexander Corkey, to
the attack upon he church, made in the
Calling OF Dan Matthew'S a novel
which has created much discussion,
have been able to discern therein
citizens Of this state, for it has just
leaked out that the scene of the story
town is the Wellington of The Victory
of Allen Rutledge. and the characters
of the ale are many of them local
people. DR.. Jenkins, now OF Omaha,
was formerly pastor of a little church
in Fairfield.
Rev. Alexander Corkey. who has sud-
denly leaped into literary fame. is pas
tor Of the Presbyterian church of
Wayne. Neb.. and his story, evolved as
a relpy to 1.-The Calling of Dan Mat
thews," purports to show the work that
a real man a do in the pulpit in h
sometimes narrow field of the church
In q small town.
Mr.. Gorkey is himself a very inter-
esting young man of about 35 years.
The story of how he came to write the
book is Of interest. aside from that
which attaches to the fact that he chose
scenes and people now living in Iowa
as the vehicle for his novel. The young
minister was very much exercised
in%sinuations Of the much criti-
cised calling of Dan Matthews" and
expressed his feelings to Henry Kieser.
manager Of the book department Of a
local department store.
A Family Of Ministers.
Write an answer to it" said Mr..
Kieser with enthusiasm. write a
story yourself that will counterfeit it.
So Gorkey wrote the book He is m
OF seven brothers who are in the min
istry and the father was for fifty years
the pastor of the same church in Ire
land. Mr.. Gorkey prefers the small
charge and prior to his coming to
Wayne. Neb., he was for six years at
Cedar Bluff, Neb. In a small field, he
figures. he will have more time to de-
vote to his literary pursuits and de-
lights. and his literary work has be-
come quite extensive. When the story
Oh Alien flutlSuEc Vas WTllleu IL was
first printed as a serial in an eastern
magazine.
In "The Calling OF Dan Matthew's"
the writer's minister was driven to re-
sign from the pulpit because he could
not be a real ma and remain pastor OF
the church. which was described as a
typical community church. where gos-
sips and Jealous and INSCRIPTIONS
b~usybodies and false pillars were in
tolerahle.
Scene Laid in College Town.
Mr.. Gorkey's hero is a minister with
red blood who fought the corrupt and
hypocritical elements in the ~congrega-
ton. cleared the atmosphere and es-
tablished a strong church on the secure
foundation Of real religion n BROTH
erly love. 1t is "a tale Of the middle
west" the scene laid In Iowa. in a col
lege town. A love story adds interest
to the book. The author is very zeal
Gus to show that wrong can be righted
and that conditions can be remedied II
the minister Of the church is fearless
and uncompromising. But his hero is
very human and manly and there is no
in the mind OF the reader that
such a character. remaining faithful in
the battle, with a genius for fight n
a heart for peace, would win almost
anywhere and in any calling. And 1t is
a comfortable contrast to the other pic
ture presented in the case Of Dan Mat
thews.
With Mr.. Gorkey's wellington"
really Fairfield, Iowa. and with prac-
tically all of the characters people of
Iowa with whom the author has at
various times been associated or has
known perhaps less intimately, the
book has a peculiar interest.