The works of Rudyard Kipling . r. Greet me O Sun,Dominant master and absolute lordOver the soul of one! Well? said Charlie, looking over my shoulder. I thought it far from well, and very evil in-deed, when he silently laid a photograph onthe paper—the photograph of a girl with acurly head, and a foolish slack mouth. Isnt it—isnt it wonderful? he whispered,pink to the tips of his ears, wrapped in the rosymystery of first love. I didnt know; I didntthink—it came like a thunderclap. *Yes. It comes like a thunderclap. Areyou very happy, Charlie? My God—she—she loves me! He satdown repeating the la
The works of Rudyard Kipling . r. Greet me O Sun,Dominant master and absolute lordOver the soul of one! Well? said Charlie, looking over my shoulder. I thought it far from well, and very evil in-deed, when he silently laid a photograph onthe paper—the photograph of a girl with acurly head, and a foolish slack mouth. Isnt it—isnt it wonderful? he whispered,pink to the tips of his ears, wrapped in the rosymystery of first love. I didnt know; I didntthink—it came like a thunderclap. *Yes. It comes like a thunderclap. Areyou very happy, Charlie? My God—she—she loves me! He satdown repeating the last words to himself. Ilooked at the hairless face, the narrow shoul-ders already bowed by desk-work, and won-dered when, where, and how he had loved inhis past lives. What will your mother say? I asked,cheerfully. I dont care a damn what she says. At twenty the things for which one does notcare a damn should, properly, be many, butone must not include mothers in the list. Itokl him this gently ; and he described Her,. Copyiiffht. 1909. by The Edin)Kir?li Society 224 ^^^^ Red cloud of tin arl; evil in- :ph on, with a vierful? he whispered,..nk lo tiie tips of his ears, wrapped in the rc^yi^^ry of first love- ^I didnt know; I didn tthink--it came like a thunderclap/ -Yes, It comes like a thunderclap. Areyou very happy, Charlie? God-~-she-she loves me! He sa down repealing the last words to h^^^self. 1Sed at the hairless face, the narrow shoul-; .1y lxme<l by desk-work, and won- f ^Here. and how he had loved m ^^ l^V! ^ I asked, rheer fully. I dont care r, ^^^^ z\t twenty the In -care a damn should, properly, be many buone must not include mothers m the list. 1told him this gently; and he described Her. She had never been kissed by a man beforeMezzogravure by John Andrew & Son after original by W. Kirkpatrick Copyright, 1909. by The Edinljurgh Society IN THE WORLD 225 even as Adam must have described to thenewly named beasts the glory and tendernessand beauty of Eve.
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