Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-04-24
RupYARD K1pLINGs NEW HOME.
As Described by Writer in the Critic His
Latest Patriotic Verses.

writer in the Critic, is at Bateman IS
in the village of Burwash, in the heart
of comparatively thinly settled and
wooded district. Standing off the high
road near the headwaters of the River
Rother, it is known as Bateman's; a
historic house which bears date stone
of 1894; and admirably it may be ex-
pected to suit the needs of Mr.. Kip
ling and his family, in the very heart OF
the Sussex Downs, famous for that
Southdown mutton which is served in
the plutocratic West End clubs of Lon
don.
The inhabitants of the village of Bur
wash have long been noted for their in
dependence. 1t is related that when
George ". passed through the village
en- route to Brighton the JOY bells were
not rung, and upon inquiry by his
chamberlain it was alleged that on a
former occasion no ale was bought for
the ringers, and that they were not 60
ing to give their services again for
nought; not likely. From which it
would appear that the worthy inhabi-
tants had imbibed considerable Of the
spirit Of what is commonly supposed to
be the true Sussex motto, 1--WE wun't
be druv"; crest, a hog.
Mr.. Kipling is ensconced in delight
full old manor house with typical vii.
lage of Sussex cottages hard by, and
the down looming up in the north,
sheltering it from the northerly winds
As for the present aspect of the house
itself, beyond the fact that it is under
going general overhauling it is prob
ably destined to remain as it originally
was, except for an addition at the rear
made by the including of two cast
houses, those furnaces or kilns in
which the hops, the growing of which
is the chief industry of the neigh bor
hood, are stored. What fine study
texclaims the interviewer) they might
be turned into, with their ample lofts
and their queer conical roofs! Mr..
Kipling is evidently believer in the
fresh air artist theory for on the occa-
sion on which an artist sketched his
house every window was flung open,
and his two children. boy and a girl,
clad in semi Indian garb, were play
ing about the lawn.
Mr.. Kipling's latest addition to pa
triotic verse is entitled 1.-The Settlers, :"
and has for its theme the reconstruc
ton of South Africa, especially as af
fected by the recent visit of Colonial
Secretary Chamberlain to the scenes of
the late war. Mr.. Kipling quotes as
text for his verses the closing words of
the colonial secretary on his departure
from Cape Town: Il leave this shore
more convinced than ever that the
forces-the natural forces-that are
drawing you together are more potent
than those evil influences which tend
to separate you. Above all. South AT
RIGA needs the best capacities of all of
its children. q" -Four of the principal
stanzas of the poem as reprinted ex-
clusively in this country by Golfers
from the London Times, are as follows:
Here where my fresh turned burrows run and
the deep soil glistens red,
/ will repair the wrong that was done TO the NV
ing and the dead;
Here where the senseless bullet fell, and the
barren shrapnel burst,
i will plant a tree, will dig well against the
heat and the thirst.
Here in large and sunlit land, where no
wrong bites to the bone,
l will lay my hand in my neighbors hand, ana
together we will atone
For the set folly and the red breach and the
black waste of it all,
Giving and taking counsel each over tine cattle
kraal.
Earth where rode to Stay or be slain our love
shall redeem unto life;
We will gather and lead to her lips again, the
water of ancient strife
From the far and the fiercely- guarded streams
and the pools where we lay in wait,
Till the corn cover our evil dreams. and the
young corn our hate.
Here in the wastes and the troughs of the palms
where the healing stiffness lies,
And the vast benignant sky restraints, and the
long days make wise
Bless to our use the rain and the sun and the
blind seed in its bed,
That we may repair the wrong that was done to
the living and the dead
The entire poem appears in Golfers
Weekly under date of March Z.