Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-03-30

When he returned to Lahore. he en-
tered the Office of The Pioneer and tool
a subordinate position in order to Learn
everything in the publishing line. The
work was not cOngenial to him, and hC
was anxious to turn his attention to
something else 1t happened that the
Duke Of Connaught, then military com
mander of the northwestern district of
India, would occasionally pay visit to
the hlpllngs and spend an evening at
their house. When he met Rudyard. he
became greatly interested in him and
In the course of conversation, remarked
Nv hat are You going to do, Mr. Kip
hing, now that You are in India again 2
"Well, sir, have an ambition be
yond the drudgery of working in the
office Of The Pioneer. y
what would you like to do. then.
Mr. Kipling2'
Il would like, sir. TO live with the
army for time and 90 to the frontier
to write up Tommy Atkins. " The duke
considered the matter and finally gave
him carte blanche to do whatever he
liked. 90 to any military station in his
command and, if he wished. go to the
frontier and live with officers or men,
and If at any time he required an escort
he could have one Rudyard ayailed
himself Of the dukes offer and went off
to make acquaintance with Tommy
Atkins AT the same time he became a
great student Of nature and the life and
character Of the people
Thus began a career in literature
which has given Mr.. Kipling wide and
enduring fame
Mr. Kipling was married Jan 10,
1892, in London, 10 Miss Balestier, sister
Of the young American novelist Wolcott
Balestier who died in Dresden in 1891,
and with whom Kipling elaborated
IN the story called "The Naulahka
1t was through this brother that she be. |
came acquainted with Mr. Kipling |
Her father, Joseph Navarro Balestier.
was a very successful real estate man
and lawyer Of New York city lie 4
bought very extensively property in and 4
around Brattleboro, Vt, and today the |
Balestier estate there includes many |
hundreds of acres.
II was thus that Mr.. Kipling settled /
in Brattleboro shortly after his mar
rage. He and Mrs. Kipling lived in
the town until their new home was fin
ished just outside the Brattleboro line
1t is fashioned after the plan Of an In.
dian bungalow, in which one long cor
ridor from end TO end of the building
divides all the apartments, as in ho
tel, and is built ON the side of a hill Il
is long curious looking structure,
without an entrance ON the side that
faces the roadway and with but one
door in the house, that on the hillside
The property slopes down from the
hillside TO the roadway, and at the base
of the hill, although there arc no fences
or distractions, are scattered signs
reading "Trespassing on These Premises
Is Forbidden "
Here Mr. and Mrs. Kipling lived for
some time the year round. and many
stories are told in Brattleboro Of his
life there. Strangers who saw him for
the first time thought cowboy had
come to town. and his boots, his
greatcoat and his s0mbrero, whenever
the weather permitted him to 20 with
Dut a thick cap, We're familiar TO all the
Town folk
There are few personalities more in.
.eresting than that of Rudyard Kip
ing and there is no man Of letters ,
about whom there has been so much in.
luiry. yet he is very little known He
las what is sometimes called the British ,
nsular prejudice against inquiry into
lis private life and habits. !
A good many hundreds of people who ,
AVE come in contact with him have !
allied him all the names that one may /
ise in polite society. The explanation 4
hereof is simple enough Mr.. kipling Z
i'd not care to know them and resented 4
heir attempts TO know him. To these :
iipling is inclined TO be exceedingly {
hort. not TO say rude He believes that \
e gives the best he has to the public h
n his writings and that it has no right !,
D bother about his private life a
To those 10 whom he gives his friend a
nip he is as genial as kindly, as warm s
earted, as any one could ask He is the h
lost delightful Of companions Fl
Personally kipling is as complex and ii
smarkable as his writings His affec n
on for his wife and children amounts y
, worship n
Everything in connection with his II
fs in this country shows how DESTROYS il
the young man to avoid people who nj
1ther him. He absolutely refuses TO be N
onized. and the thought Of seeing in pi
int what he ate for dinner draws a,
ON him language as picturesque and m
vivid as his poems. but not 50 print m
lie ri
While Kipling has steadfastly refused
tell the reporters much about him lii
II, his personality is quite fully re "
aled in his works He may have had fr
idea. Il know better than IA
Y other writer how to tell anecdotes RI
ont myself As a newspaper man pe
pling is described by himself In his in
markable story Of The Man Who ~
ould BE King be has given Us ~
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