New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-28
HIPLING IN INDIA
"REMINISCENCES BY A BROTHER Eprro.

the few Engishmen who constitute au ' s9i r
staff; and with the greatest dislike Of using rs,
to cut grindsones. could not help burdepnr I1s
ling with good deal Of daily drudgery Nv ernsry
.hce o, MN as a newsLaper hack suggests however
do the Office work of three men, yuu shouH cs,csy
young genius Like blood horse between sbs
SHAFTS or a coal wagon, he may 20 rear 10 hIrsss
his heart in the effort. but he'll drag that wssass
along as 1t ought to go The amount Of stuff thas
full and though had more or less satisfactory ss.
s'etants after he left ana the stan grew with the
| was done In that office when Kpling and / WORKED
together than ever before or ate,
There was one popularity Of Kpling's work which
| really must mention. namely. me amount Of nv
| ne used to throw about. in the heat OF s,mme,
his office attire and b. the DAYS end he was srot
oil over Ike a Dalma.ian dog He had a habs of
dipping nis pen frequently and deep into the ink pot
| jerky, the Ink used TO fly When ne dlrtel INTO nv
room as ne used to 10 abou: one thing another IN
connection with the contents OF the paper a dozen
| times In the morning had to shout TO him 10
stand Off: otherwise as knew by experience tho
abrupt malt ne would make, and the flourish with
which h. paced the proof in hl- nand before me-
would send the penfu of ink-he always had full
| pen IN ms hand-lying over me. Driving some.
times walking home to breakfast in mis- light attire
pentifully basprlnkad with ink. his specialized face
| p.th hat. Kipng was a quaint-.ooking object This
was in hot weather, when Lahore lay blistering
month after month under the sun, AMI every white
woman and half Of the white men had fed 20 cooler
attitudes in the Hlmaayls. and only those men
were left who ike Kipling and myself had 10 s,ay
| So T. rrattsred li.te In what costume We went "a
| and from IN. office In the winter when society"
had returned to Lahore Kipling was rather scrupu.
lous In the matter OF dress but his lavishness in The
matter Of ink changed not with the seasons.
THE BEST or GOOD COMPANY
| He always the best OF good company. bulb
bling over with delightful humor, which found vent
in every detail Of our days work together; and the
chance visitor to the eii,ors office must often have
carried away very erroneous notions of the amount
Of work watch was being done when he found US In
the frs OF laughter which usually accompanied our
consultations about the makeup Of The paper Tni
| companion And would place serstyeness as mis-
| second characteristic.
| For mind thus highly strung the plains Of India
| IN the hot weather make a bad abid.ng-pl place; ard
many OF Kplings occasional verses ana passages N
times OF the bitterness of the dry cup that rises %
he lips OF the Engshman In India IN ire screening
hen, Of the seepless Indian night In tnf dregs q.
thai CUP lies madness. and the keeusr the intellect
and the more tense the sensibties the greater me
danger suffered little in the hot weather. DAY OF
night and vet Kiping who suffered much at umes
when nothing would have induced me 10 undergo
Hs ctv Of Dreadful Night was fancy sketch.
In. picture burned into his brain during the sufo-
eating night nouns that he spent exploring the reen.
the native city OF Lahore: while MS tl'y Oh NV w
! SifsVand ,he death-when he watched MussulnaI
and Hndoo spending the midnight hours III "u'NA'
buohery. ..,,.,. Faculty. for assiml.
lating local color without apparent erorL hipnns
neglec,ed chance and spared no aDor nrgoss
nmfs M varioIs races OF India whom the ordinary
Engiishman Jumps e,her as - ~ b.h,ts Ian.
SieSc and distinctive ways OF thought ! rsmeT.
Der we'll one ong-limbed Pataan' lIus ,so,mrss
mms sbihnh an | think was his name-who regardeaa
! Kipng as man apart from az o,h h rSs3nIorsd
80 $500 ~ afoSenIstan where his restless spirit OF
hvs,ture led him Mahbub All always used 70 tu1a
up Az coinihsniial c6oquy Nth Kuppeleen sa,
hib his friend; and more man tah SSca &c soSr
MbeS he was able to nut into the story Of me
| Man who Would Pc King.
HOW HE STUDIED INDIA
And Mahbub Ali-peace to his ashes-"as only one
link in ire strange chain Of associations .i.'' .A
ling rlveted around himself in India. NO hA'-'''.
,,e vida oamut of native ideas and custom vas '
familiar 10 him; just he had iei' 10 Ia, -.
white life in India uneXpoIed. ne Mn In the White
current OF the soldiers uious,.'l ~ ~ Man Mir
| washed barracks on the sunournI p>v, f,ther con.
| better than sergeant or chaP'an no thoughts 81
lessor penetrated more deeply lliQ liz; H. Nhsn tho
tair h,it frau humanity tnan hp'Hs.' rhiect Of.
frivolous society OF Angio-lndla ie'HS1 eer colony
| hs inouiries The railway FOLK .n'' tIonk which
~ vhite half-white and three-lCa u = - axcres.
| remains an uncared-f5r ana gls'i S1irJ 70 nave
cence upon British rue i, r, 81 ali their grew
ances their poor pride and their hoPtS ~ lives Of
best of Kpngs work IS lraM Mirnry Anglo-lndian.
whose social caste restrictions are ahoS' ha arecs
exorable than those OF OF the hhaoo seaei book.
10 uesse o' ,an;ng HIGHER digit Kpline has MAJ
vie roys and comma nders-in-cniel - AMI the
eli ard secretaries TO Goyernm. nj Ms % the inner
flashes of light tina, he has thrown ul S IN IN india
| WORKINGS OF the machinery OF S'N.' III ~ he IN
have been recognized too truly c..V9tVs redected
tu,tiye or aught but the high, CT kno"ielse 'ance
| from the actual facts. No wIIiSe'i III 1iurerns
or,iositv nc n how ths inmOst councils 81 tne Me-
had thus been photographs. wl'lSU hn-Ss as they
how or other caugn, ms s It is ns whS, 4;
| the stronges, attribute OF kiphhs III - raising
Photographs as II We're 49,, ey"rs n,,,irv for literary
| reference CT aliusion He "aS 'n.e, ans of va.
might be engaged TO make mental eA'. W OF tho
| rious kinds SIN pursuing the even "'
In sporting matters. for instance sup yoo .,
Ing IL more difficult than FOR H't ny ~" men wh!
''sportsman"-ln the exclusive seisS 81 ~, rals Of
carry the scent OF the stables ana W. W. - spsak 10
| the ring with them wherever tney sD,. own llnes
| these in their own language, along lheH "a spor.-
| OF thought. or novelist VINO writes ehst meme
| Ing story Il IL considered praise 10 -! ne" Bu,
hue n real sportsman could have writer H. horse.
| Kipng sportsman ana an n' - me sp,rt.
Inc world in India (Shere sport takes pTeS,syl By
almost every other form OF hu'ha" "N'
II was to Klplngs powers OF satire nr re poerni
his early fame In India was mainly eIe were PEI.
that made up his DsparmetiS and gsnei ienfol,
in force for readers who could supply 'Is va in al
places There have been p p nse S' JACK Barr
Vert to cuetta may be taken as apPSiIHs, r -
But those who had known The rear ,s s,,nsricr and
/ GOOD fellow that he was and me viz sup lea N
f,ithless wife VINO sent him on duty 10 NJ xclns,
flt the heat OF the spirit wh!ch inaprea ttrnnsr
verse In way that gave those re" .hsS ." ~ Kp
ishable force Jack Barrett was the sypsh o ~ SO
! l!ngs most successful earlier verse ms 80 sons,
| ries OF frivolous Anglo-lnslan society al Ssertlo,s
true 10 life The l.ght-heared. or rather -, Ina
amours OF Sima must have been wiires.sd yic,,nr,
range IL one would thoroughly apr recia ,se Wong
picuresuue trlyes.ies OF the wiles ana tn' ~ vn-,r
Of Mrs Hauksbee and the rest Every enc III ~ IN
ern India krew who these ladies were ,s az "PisIr
knowledge gave particular is'ert.. 70 81 SINH
Tales from the hIs." AS an Instance o. ~ "blaci
'iocol color" | might note the one p,Ess o. arl vel
and yellow wasps Al wasps are pa Pa, ,h 80, ~
knew sma when klIling wrote g i wV c.s,y ~
lect that the socia! wasp OF simla ~, ~ no ca
splcuors al the danes at Nlceregal LSige s0' viii
ma lnincent costumes OF black ana !t'i'" w.