After being turned down by numerous publishers, he decided to write for posterity.
Source: Said of the main Bohemian,in Fables in Slang, The Fable of the Bohemian who had Hard Luck, 1899.
-- George Ade, (Feb 9 1866-1944), US humorist, playwright; He was the author of humorous fables published as Fables in Slang, 1990; columnist for the Chicago Record.