The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-12-22
LOVED BY KIPLING.
THE GREAT POETS PITY FOR A
SONG GIRL.
she Would Not marty Him, However.
and ne Went Away to Embrace a
Better Fats-sho Has Just DIED the
Usual Song Girl Death.
San Frnnclsco Letterl

(san Francisco Lottery
The San Francisco dive girl whom
Kipllng openly owned to having loved;
who had. he said. "a Greek head and
eyes that seemed to speak all good ana
beautiful things" died In this city re-
Gently.
when Mr.. Kiplings tender confes-
sion was made. woman, to the genius
OF the century's end. seemed to have
been something other than "a raE and
n bone and hank OF h1ir'; hut that
was ten years ago, on the occasion OF
the word wizards passage from the
orient through san Francisco, when to
him the world was young. his fame
unwon when a halo hung about every
pretty face and vampires were out OF
sight. II Ia generally known that the
credited stan correspondent OF the
AllAhabad Pioneer did not. when here.
sonfine his visits to Mob Hlll and the
newspaper ofnces. lie went where all.
pr nearly ALL bohemian tourists. globe
trntters, sailors. soldiers. reformers.
and close students Of humanity 70. lie
went to the theatora. music halls.
vandevilics. the dens and dives OF what
Ia called the under world. In one OF
thee places he made the acquaintance
OF one billed on the boards as Corlnno.
Whether II was the incongruity OF the
mention OF Nine de stael'a masterpiece
In such a place or the girl who had
adopted the name, that attracted the
bcspectacled scribe from Bombay. Is
not recorded: but certain II IA, he was
attracted. and to such an extent that
not day, nor halliday, hardly
passed after their meeting without the
passage OF some token Of tenderness
from him to her ~ Looked from my
window was sure TO meet his eyes ia
the street below, and when | went out,
the frst TO salute me was this awarthy
Joss. as used to call him; for he
talked so much about Buddhas. idols.
fbrlnes, shlntoos and other things
with strange long names that con-
cludod he must be heather Joss
! These are Corlnnes own words, And
who was Corlnne? Al the baptlsmal
font she was given the name OF Jessie
Mcfarland. Her home had been with
the children OF the heather and the
wind" but her footsteps like those "
many another. had strayod far. FAR
from the straight and narrow paths
which abound in the North Countrlo."
There had been a husband. who left
her whether by death or desertion
II unknown. and It certainly concerns
I $40 la a
II was the pathetic grief imprinted
upon her face. the mother-loye In her
eyes, that made her notlceably like
the Madonna In the Greek church. Al
J least. kipilng told her 30. After ho
. baby died tho poor. little, lionel
mother sat white aud mute In a sad
! still chamber day after day. with fold
! ed hands upon an aching heart, ant
, wept and wept, II would have beer
/ 90 sweet 10 lie down with the tlny
: waxen one out there In Lone mountain
where they laid lt-but--llfe and youth
must assert itseii and jessie had beer
taught, back ia ;he Scottish kirk, thai
II was wrong TO Kill ones self sh,
had, too. been taught TO do work. o
the sort done by women OF her Owl
kin and class. which consisted. for The
most part. In tldying her own room
keeping her clothing IN order an,
making herself clean and wholesom'
and sweet Would she. In a countrl
new. get leave to live by the perform
ance OF such simple tasks7 Time ani
much persistent effort gave the agonlz
ing answer She found that knowledge
oommendable though Il was. ayallol
nothing In the great. selfish, hurrying
bewlldering world In which she founi
herself alone: Tor no one wanted
little lady to work. Sometimes. whel
In desolation and despair, people ar