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The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling (6); Under the Deodars. the Story of the Gadsbys. Wee Willie Winkle
The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling Under the Deodars the Story of the Gadsbys Wee Willie Winkle - 6 Author:Rudyard Kipling Volume: 6 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1899 Original Publisher: Charles Scribner's sons Subjects: English literature History / General Literary Criticism / General Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has n... more »o illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: A WAYSIDE COMEDY Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him. -- Eccles. viii. 6. Fate and the Government of India have turned the Station of Kashima into a prison; and, because there is no help tor the poor souls who are now lying there in torment, I write this story, praying that the Government of India may be moved to scatter the European population to the four winds. Kashima is bounded on all sides by the rock- tipped circle of the Dosehri hills. In Spring, it is ablaze with roses; in Summer, the roses die and the hot winds blow trom the hills; in Autumn, the white mists from the jh/'ls cover the place as with water, and in Winter the frosts nip everything young and tender to earth-level. There is but one view in Kashima -- a stretch of perfectly flat pasture and plough-land, running up to the nrav-blue scrub of the Dosehri hills. O There are no amusements, except snipe and tiger shooting; but the tigers have been long since hunted from their lairs in the rock-caves, and thesnipe only come once a year. Narkarra -- one hundred and forty-three miles by road -- is the nearest station to Kashima. But Kashima never goes to Narkarra, where there are at least twelve English people. It stays within the circle of the Dosehri hills. All Kashima acquits Mrs. Vansuythen of any intention to do harm; but all Kashima knows that she, and she alone, brought abo...« less