Kipling's Kind Act

It lias beoomo the fashion of literary . par.-igraphers to print whatover stories of a (iisueroeble nature concerning Rudv; I Kipliug they can hoar or find. Incic nts showiug the other side oí the mrj - the trne side, iu fact - are rare, bat that this wouderful author is not quite the literary barbarían whieh he is so generally made out to be finds bnt stronger evidence in a little story which [ heard quite recently. Kot long ago an auibitious young writer composed his first story. He was rather skeptioal of its merit, and being a great reader and admirer of Kipling's work determined to send his literary firstborn to Kipling for criticisrn. His friends tried to dissuade hiru from the idea, telling him that he would never see his story again. Bnt his faith in his favorita nuthor was stroug, and the story went to Kipling. A week passed by, and finally nearly a month had elapsed. The young writer snffered keenly from the ridicule of his friends in the rueantime, and, truth to teil, his faith began to waver. During the iifth week, howover, a letter came po.stniarked "Brattleboro, Vt.," and the young writer opeued it with feverish baste. There his manuscript, true eucugh, but scarcely could herecognize it. Kipling had evidently put days of work upon it, making corrections, suggestions- and interlineations until the story ccntained more of Kipliag than of its original author. With the manuscript carne a letter, in which Kipling saiil that he was not "in the habit of doing this sort of thing, because it took so much time. " But in this case he saw a good chance to make 5 for a particular fresh air fund in which ho was interested, and if Mr. thought the work he had put on this manuscript was worth that surn ho would be glad to receive it for his fund and would send a receipted bill!