New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-06-08
RrDYARD KTPLING

Helen Bartlett Eridgman's London letter To mo
Iroo,dyn Record Union
Imagine man born in bombay OF parents ~ whose
and passing the nrst five years Of his life In that
strange land then taken back TO the parehtai
ihins Of the ,wcct childhood and healthy boyhood
peculiar u this sheltered island and again at the
az oi sixteen returning Of his own FREQ VII 70 tne
tropical country which save HIM birth and tor seven
hong years doing the hardest kind OF JOURNALISM WORK
working from dawn {" eve, year III ana Nn car Wu,
with The thermometer frequently away up In the nun
territory where journalists are not to he obtained on
short notice for either love or money. WIN lever lo
@ s MI" and sG aga IN t to him. and In his own heart
Away tnt tumult Of aIprati99n and despair which
SsIa @ s ' the sps LARD LABOR % Hl3y sr on
Wa, destined to bear ripe fruit but which at me
ied tai' mnd q Me. having hut little society Tor
srutntives Of tile army and the natives. with whom
he ha' slamnSrcd and fought: sorowsd and made
him as bother, Imagine all TINS; and see You
wr4nss Of Rudyard Kipiing are astonishing two
worlds. Without previous knowledge of the soil
whence has sprung al the;e marvellous blossoms
question should whether thls prcocity but pressscs
mi, century has yet known. Lionizcd a. a young
man can be only In society which constantly Graves
pcrsistcncy which must prove moro natering than
at al a ef |fT < Rpns RAJ io S WI H. not
Tho year only to Tall by the wa1 In the end '' WORLD
But may the gods bo kind and avert sncb
catastrophe! and. indeed, Contemplated the
modest mcnagc near the Thames with the desk and
chair and the PEN which evidently saw long and daily
service. felt that after all. genius would rsc s,;
perlor to society. 4 charming little study that &c
with the green Of Victoria Enbankment dreciiv he
meath the windows the gstenlng waters OF the shin
bnrdencd river Int stones throw away and Such
cozincss and cheer within. Walls hung with army
pictures reproduced by Dctanc. a dozen well'nse3
pipes of wary Ing sorts and sizes occupyinc n CO...
Just a most inviting sleepy hollow chair cnnch
covered with tiger skin, which even I'm death a. nnt
free from menace and alarm, great black eat thor
ougly alive and happy and much pct ted by her fond
master: the little tea table, from which an ascetic
repa,t Is snatchcd when inspiration comes thick and
fast nh, II was all very fasclnatingl And the lord
Of this little realm. how shall | describe HINT is 90
natural to describe woman. difficult 10 repr,siuce
The personality 81 a man woman lends herself viii
ease 10 any Kind Of pOrtraiturc While IN awavs soa,s
to that man nstinctivcly rrbcs against II Vet
| would could convey 10 YOU some Impression M Tint
small 1.-the graceful figure Of a countenanco which
at The Of twenty four is beginning to tell the
tale persistent and labor and climate vhcb
must eat the heart out Of man a chin cleft in
twain. hut strong and prominent. telling Of many
battle fought and conquered. and many battle Vet to
come nostrils which expand with every emotion ike
those If blooded horses quverinG for tho race com
plexion pale from study aud also from the great hea
borne unrmIttingy for 50 many years, and nne gray
eyes, whose widely datlng pupils behind the con.
stantly worn eyeglasses Ill one with vag,,e alarm
Of some misfortune lying In waite for their future
sight