Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-01-24

.3lnded upon his short stories Ok Ia-
dian Ire and ms verse. Eo,n are es'
sentially works Of his Imagination, but
works in which the characters, the chill
dren OF his imagination are made to
live and breathe because Of a yesture
and environment OF realtyi q reality
which owes its realneas To the wonder
full faculties for observation Of It's cree
ator.
Notwithstanding the fact that much
Of this work OF Kiplngs, worthy as u
is to compare with the best Of los Kind
IN history, was produced prior 10 his re-
turn to England, By way Of America, IN
1880, IL remained for his story Of this
trip. a supposedly truthful account OF
his observations. 70 bring him out INTO
the glare Of the limellght OF puDic''y'
where he has Kept himself ever since
IL was his scathng criticism ~ lhls
work says a special contributor 81 lhe
Los Angeles Times of America ana llS
people, particularly those OF the west
that first attracted attention 10 hlp-
ling and, In course Of time, TO ms Oth-
err and better works, His idea at thnt
time, OF the American, judging IRON
this criticism, Is epitomiaed In one oil
his poems Of that name:
"Enslayed Illogical eate, ~
He meets tn embarrassed gods, nor
fears
10 shake the iron hand Of fate
or match with destiny Cor beers
. fthN Inn
notorlety, rather than OF note but grad
ually the attacks Of the press, aroused
by the outspoken criticism IN his book
subsidized as hia genius made itself felt
I'm his later works People read HIS
stories because they liked them, and he
finally entered upon the cumulative Per-
Tod OF popularity, whose zenith is not
yet reached.
I'm From Sen 10 Sea" the name given
by Klpllng TO his book OF travels, he
seems 20 show up the American follies
and folbes most effectively when he
cites individual instances, recording
his conversations with street acquaint-
anceg and chance associates setting
forth their Weaknesses and absurdites
as Characteristic Of the country pro-
ducing, when all Is said a rather sorry
picture Of the American. An instance
OF this nature, In connection with his
tour OF the west, fell under my notice
a year ago, md If the rest OF the incl
dents which Kipllng used as nails to
fasten down the lid Of the coffin he had
prepared for American dignity, Amer
lean manners, and, in fact, everything
but American business enterprise which
latter he did not approve Of have no
more truth In them than his stories Of
poor, old Yankee Jim OF the Yellow
stone, then San Francisco Portland,
Seattle, Salt Lake, Omaha, Chicago,
and other OF the western cities have 1T
tie reason TO care longer for the smart
OF the whip that he laid 50 unsparlng-
ly along their unwashed western backs.
KIPLlNG's IMAGINATION.
Considering the shameless way In
which this story of the old hunter aud
trapper Ii patched up out Of whole
cloth, there is good reason TO be-
lieve that, In this much-talked Of story
VI his travels, kipings imagination
has reoiprocated the service of his OBJ
servation In his works of fiction and
helped him to construct effective and
pointed instances where the real In
cidents OF his trip would not bend TO
his purposes
When | decided upon a trip TO the
Yellowstone park, summer before last
/ anticipated nothing With more pleas.
ure than a stop-on at Yankee Jlm's
where kipllng stopped, and days
fishing IN Yankee Jlms canon, whore
kipling flshed. pictured myself lis
tening 10 the desperate old hunters
blood-curdling tales OF Indian warfare
Just as Kipllng listened, and | even
went so far as TO invent a Wild story
OF my own with which / intended 10
cap one OF Jims when the opportunity
offered, Just as kiping tried 10 DO. ]
wanted 70 know what became of "Diana
OF the Crossroads" the beautiful cOun-
try gril that Klpling described and
wanted 20 learn OF a hundred other
things that kipling said aud did on the
momentuous occasion OF his visit. hut
IL was all ON Kipling's account for
my feeling toward Yankee Jim was al
most one OF repugnnnce, aroused by the
formers description OF the cold blood
ed manner with which Jim recited his
stories OF the revolving Indian cruelties
he had witnessed
Imagine my surprise. then. when
had jumped from the train and hurried
engerly over the few yards that sepnr-
ated the track from Jlm's cabin, at be-
Ing met at The door by a benevolent
looking old man with white hair and
beard, clean and neat In dress, whose
manner, as he grasped my hand and
hade me cordial welcome betrayed
gentleness and courtesy rarely found IN
such surroundings ! noticed almost at
once, however kind OF anxiety In his
manner, which became more pronounc.
ed as !. having deposited my bag and
rod on the floor and taken the chair
which he had set Tor me. blurted out
Mr. Georges" u had heard NJ pre-.
ferred 10 be called by his suname)
they told me IN Livingston that you
had met all the famous men that ever
came up this way and ! have known
or you for years through Kipling's ac-
count Of you. I want YOU 20 tel me
some Of the Indian stories you told
him"
lie endeovored TO hide the look Of an
noyanoe and pain that came 10 his face
and at once began talking most volublv
but IN a forced and unnatural manner
that l. even IN my slngleness Of rur-
pose to hear of Kipllng, noticed with
ont understanding.
1NGERsoLLs LECTURE.
'They told YOU that had me, mos.
all the notables ala they2 Well.
guess ] have. All OF them, In fact, be-.
fore the railroad was built. Perhaps
they told You about The time that Bob
lngersoll lecured down there, on his
way out from the park No? Wen
you see, Bob and his family stopped
whole day with me- when they came
along. ana we got TO be great friends.
His girls came right out here into this