New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-19
-,c ryTERTIEW WITH KIPLiNG.
missing STORY OF IT'S DIFFICULTIES
- nY A ClNCAGO REPORTER.
rne WASHINGTON Star.


The washington star
EO- that Rudyard Kipling's manners have i'm
- good deal since he hIst came 10 'H's Doom ,
2 nearly ten years 20 alu ne - d'o ,bst bc then
n4I 20 30 tenacolsy. said a coTrespohuent oi
s shs paper $40 used TO be note reb1rJtr ~
Cn'cAsv, - ~ wind. Il sent down TO hipling
ns ioeI NICK a BIT Of talk out Of MIN when ne hrst
A. Chicago. Oh his way from san Francesca 70
s'sexx - IL wasn't quite such big gun then
Esy.ie'sAo now but he was big enough. Al the way
- he coast 10 Chicago the reporters ne mao me-
ron ", " Samu7ering hin case OF remark
bsd e. -. young nan afflicted with elephanuasls
ssg sssuli ] concluded that all OF TINS anvli
q ine n,'sic made by the reporters hipflng hao
tbefss nriysf rad such an opinion OF my own
ne.saatnr skill that I would have been wlilng 70
~ Setter than even money ina SaeToTG ~ g,
:, eorklnS TedE0t ak out OF the young Last
d s got into Chicago o'clock in The he af ftsTn06n
20 .@'s 60 Get In talk with him. kping put UP az
pVIpSoseHeu and sent my card up TO MIN ABOUT
Is,.locR IN the evening. After about hVe hlihItes
oeloSn ,oan wes-iuc a very Daggy suit or clothes
lo ~ hummest black Derby hat ! ever saw eo'
80 me ,Ievafor and shambied into the hotei o1oy;
J kne~ az s' Saine mon rs ne does now-same bull
sog h0 sves and general look Of slouchiness;
We 1ta hsd nv card IN his hand as ne entered the
- lobby tie seemed 10 regard me caIQ a. q
LOU rTrt3sitv lie examined II from al points OF
IsS a,aIked over 20 the window front OF the holei
ueS s'--nized b. from top TO bottom held II out
- rms length and seemed 10 nave az MINUS VI
e ee ne card meant ! walked over TO where he
vas fumhlnC with the caF4 - Inc "iiINO" 49,
~Fis ~ TUNED upon M sharply He looked me IN
The eyes Then be lowered ms eyes 70 my -. -
s nm a slow study Of me from my shoes up
Wssr his eyes finally reached the point OF my ny M
ss booked at ny twisted card IN his hand ana STU
!, = sNo-t chourlv voice. 49,,
u -I snOIS llt' Z am don't know you. Did
ran end me his card?
- admitted TIE soft Impeachment
81 an Just af.c- being hurled down here ny ny
ety editor 10 find out what yor think about ne
xnrB Inc flesh and The devil ! said. Go ahead.
rstse have n Cough ID Any old thing you say
Vii DO
"Kipings rugged ccunten4nce was moneh'a'HS
crossed by 4 very aoylsh fctr0l0S GRIN =,
You're pretty cheeky sort. arel ( you ne IN
s,lred not quite SO choppy as he had spoken be-
fore What does YOUR blasted city editor or any
bodv else suppose that know about the devil me
sssh or he R.lrt7 i III only slX-4lC-tWenty-a kld,
VA In Frr..r1 ~ any rate where precOclty.
80 So ~ helm n. a premium as 10 seems 10 be
ave- hero Is IA social vice ''rre world. the nesh
.nd me da,rf~9 Haven't Won got any hOary pa
tyiarchs here o. whom you can put that question:
'SleWs ~ '.m' replied But they haven't
p,exis and I,,arsyd That stuff II yours IS pretty
seoS-thaf Is t ISN'T naf BAD You're Of he i'm
pxsyine sort I think and you'u probably do some
We. decent work later on when you get next 10
yeursef'
IT,. ~ .o,- ~ hi. euert 'cs vir-1 them with
bis 49, ---5kerchitf raalusted them and
iooles - .n-o-,rr f,r FUN. a minute before be
r,oke
-" y cav ha said chen 'vo. ~l q cnnfcunlc4 i'm
pe-t.r.rt sort of a cove. AREN'T you- What the
nan Who's devised - pure gaI.-lt- novel mean.
What &, s0l wan mo On -.yr
" 'ff.W go -Hu Ike VN1t you've seen ar MS
row .-v. anyhow" o. he'd him. 20 make a 81" 'ch
n thr line of talk
" J Ike u IN SPOTS he replied What difference