publishing in years. Your salary has been raised to twenty-five dollars a
week.

"Congratulations. You have 'caught on' at last. I'm glad to take back what
I said the other day.

"HENRY C. BOWRING."




III.

A PARK ROW CELEBRITY.


Kittredge was the first to congratulate him when he reached the office.
"Everybody is talking about your story," he said. "I must say I was
surprised when I read it. I had begun to fear that you would never catch
the trick--for, with most of us writing is only a trick. But now I see that
you are a born writer. Your future is in your own hands."

"You think I can learn to write?"

"That is the sane way to put it. Yes, I know that you can. If you'll only
not be satisfied with the results that come easy, you will make a
reputation. Not a mere Park Row reputation, but the real thing."

Howard got flattery enough in the next few days to turn a stronger head
than was his at twenty-two. But a few partial failures within a fortnight