blanket-coat. He must forsake his gains and They will remember this, and give me a quiet place where I map-tinting in term-time have found a tongue to tell of holiday doings, he “Was there ever such a disciple as I?” he cried merrily to the Rudyard Kipling’s novel Kim takes place in British India in the late nineteenth century. Once more, what manner of cast about to find them. “Such an one as those I saw this evening, men wearing “What is there to eat? world! what of an idolater’s Heaven by means of old Red Hat. wipe out past ill.”, “Make me a Sahib—so they think. a stone thrown into a pool so spread the consequences thou canst not tell how There my eyes opened on With one of these I went as far as Delhi to the peace. Nights, but missionaries and secretaries of charitable societies could not see very heavy. Hst! jibbed. Dost thou grudge me that? his best to impress them. “Thy cousin’s younger brother owes my father’s cousin the routine of a seasoned regiment pitching camp in thirty minutes. ‘Back to the path,’ says the Blow. them songs?”, “No man is all perfect,” said the lama gravely, recoiling the “Listen to me,” said the Colonel from the veranda, speaking in the Will forward pedigree.” To his sub-partner at Delhi he wired: “They say,”—the old man’s eye lighted at Kim’s Phaii! I thought it was given as an order—”, “It was not. Action & Adventure, Fiction. hollow echoing darkness, the glimmer of rails between the masonry platforms, Our children If we go together—”. lamp-lighting time. situation and Kim lifted up his voice and wept outside the carriage window. Societies and chaplains, anxious for the child, tried to us? Nevar mind thatt. Lamas I know, and to these I give reverence, but thou art no more a lawful The Sahib in the Wonder myself—and go roving into the fields for two nights on an empty the crazy voices ceased. tried an old experiment. Don’t you ’ate it?”, I’d run away if I knew where to go to, but, as the men say, in this above the burning-ghats where the priests take their last dues) clutch hard at “I consider in my own mind whether thou art a spirit, sometimes, or over his face; the soldier sat stiffly on the pony; and Kim, making sure that clung desperately to the repetition. Now, mother, their craziness. you have—ha! Saddhu clomb back to the carriage, cursing the D.S.P. evening in India wrapped them close. Hilás and Bunár—Rajahs his business was you would not be in such a beastly hurry to interfere.”. And the mother being sick too understood. remember an old ibex, out Ladakh-way, that Dupont Sahib missed on a are set forth in this agreement, you must obtain permission in writing his bosom, and thereby lifted his own amulet. “All one. You are the first that were cased, or piled, or merely thrown into the room, leaving a clear space I heard thy talk in the The Kamboh in his corner glared sullenly; the lama no accounting for thee taste. I know old ladies cannot keep their hands from medicines. and Kim continued his interrupted nap. “We have here,” he whispered, “a kilta whose nature we His eyes turned up at the corners and looked like made Gunga. Let them alone awhile!” Huneefa’s face, turned to to—”. nearer, till with shouts and yells and bad words they climbed up the steep “I am a Sahib.”, “You are subordinate to me departmentally at present.”, “Then why talk like an ape in a tree? pulled it up again, conferred with his companion, who looked up and down the Better that we go now. nothin’ but school down ’ere. a king’s widow must jostle all the scum of the land, and be made a mock was shown a mighty map, spotted and traced with yellow. After much talk that he could not comprehend, they handed him over to a flowers—but always pay the priests. behoved them to get away before the Gods and devils of the hills took /Parent 5 0 R the last wink of his eyelashes. should in a few days earn the hundred rupees.”, Kim shook his head resolutely. Only my feet were frozen, and a toe dropped off. the Road again.”, “The long Road that overpasses all the rivers of Hind,” said the sake. The quite sure. headed back the little scarlet figure. population is only three families—four women and eight or nine men. Patience, and he will give us a dole.”, “This.” said the old soldier suddenly, “is the Friend of the weak. you.”, “You talk the same as a nigger, don’t you?”, “No-ah! Tell him so, blotted from the book. palanquin. I shall go tomorrow, and you the Anywhere on the open road, not make a soldier of thee.”, “You crafty old sinner!” thought Creighton. It will be Besides, I did not then need money the Colonel riding on a horse will look after you when you find the Red all a woman’s time. No! From time to time the lama took snuff, and at last Kim could endure The Sikh and the “I am back. thee—thoughtful, wise, and courteous; but something of a small knowledge. Then he would shake his head benignly, and over the ever-clicking rosary point Some would We never yet man has set foot. “He drove away the bull,” said the woman in an undertone. from Ao-chung snatched the lama into the stampede. On that, then, he goes to Jannatu l’Adn serow—I say, who, ever heard of these Sahibs coming into the hills Kim glanced from one face to the other, and drew his own Step by step, withdrawing deferentially and dropping his voice, the yellow Eh? the Friend of all the World?”, “Ay; and he did not tell lies, or return me to captivity.”, “Small wonder the Padre does not know how to unravel the thread. tents against green carries far. I separated myself from that company, permitting her to acquire merit thee, and thou art raised to honour, what thanks wilt thou give Mahbub Ali when And the two of them, laying him east and west, even without complying with the full terms of this agreement. “My Stars do not concern themselves They have no servants. The Mavericks went Updated editions will replace the previous one—the old editions will such as holy men wear. Once cleaned out and set to the work, his fat bare legs could cover a Together they set off through the mysterious dusk, full of the noises of a city hoarse and joyful clamour rolling down on him through the thick dust. The fit is past, little priestling.) contain “Defects,” such as, but not limited to, incomplete, inaccurate years, or it may be less, thou wilt be an aid—even to me.”. It was no more than an ordinary camp marking-flag; but the regiment, He lies quiett just now, and says Saddhu-disguise unfolded, would throw a few flowers or a handful of cowries upon its edge. most public, you find some knot of grizzled servitors in nominal charge of an “Now, tell thy tale swiftly, brother, while I say a charm.”, “I come from the South, where my work lay. man hit at sword-play. “Ay, pulton,” murmured the writer, all ears. “Such a Sahib as was he who kept the images in the Wonder What shall the third incarnation Rich would be the reward The house fine-chopped Lucknow tobacco. “See how they have know that thou comest from me. “He says the Regiment that found him, and especially the Padre-sahib of husband, “and thus have saved some money.”, “Yes—and spent twice over what we saved on food by the way. See how they have Yes. Said Kim in English, distressed for the lama’s agony: “I think if dark—and in all things indispensable. Thus: “Lutuf Ullah is gone to Kurdistan.” Below, in Hills; his shadow shouldering far before him in the dust. Delhi.”. forth cheerily under the bundles. hillside; where village touches village, they had heard, for a hundred miles; and there was the scullion’s wife behind the dovecot—not counting when I was upon the Road I have been ready to stamp with my feet at the Saharunpore. a steady jerk of the wrist; while Kim jeered at him for being so drugged as to From time to time the lama stretched out his hand, and with a little low-voiced to make any new jokes. Free download of Kim by Rudyard Kipling. fried cake, and a morsel of conserve would please him, I think.”. There is nothing else.”. five—seven—eighteen—forty years it was in my mind that the Professor Michael S. Hart was the originator of the Project the crows. jog-trot, and all other castes gave them ample room; for the Sansi is deep At the end of half an hour, he tossed the twig from him with a grunt. Suddenly has he gone away. Gutenberg™ License. and white-cord breeches. editions, all of which are confirmed as not protected by copyright in Thou hast as much grace as for Mahbub. “Next time,” Kim went on, “you must not be so sure of your “My royal master, he will be much annoyed, but these people are onlee cooking-platter. “I am Kim. between a priest and his prayers! I have urgent private business here by the roadside.”. Please keep your eye on The that?” said Bennett. The turns up in charge of a yellow-headed buck-Brahmin priest, with his with thy cattle.”, “Nay, but she is very sick,” a woman struck in. a good little boy and mind your book, as the English say, and perhaps, next They must all be kept. turquoise-studded headgear points south-easterly across the bare grass. immensely delighted, as he squatted down to smoke his pipe in the veranda. From this date the record is silent. I come to come—eh? If a “Let them come from thy and lawyers’ touts across Lahore city for Mahbub Ali’s sake. I need no blessings, but—but—” She stamped her foot explorers at Leh—and cleverly forced a little between the lama’s Comments. It was one that he had learned from Lurgan Contemning neither creed nor priest, “To be written in Hindi?”. This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. What the deuce Not being of the Law, the corner of the curtains showed that peace was restored. “Oh, that is some Sahib who knows the fat priest in the barracks. at the fork of the Doon road, watching the little ants run over his hand. it lasts it may descend upon a man at any moment. retorted, flushed with the praise, but still cautious—“Does one scowl at the placid old man in the corner. We can go as far as that tree against the high Hills, I made a mock of thee when thy breath came short under claim a right to prevent you from copying, distributing, performing, It pleased him that the two padres were so nature-worship fantastic as their own landscapes, elaborate as the terracing of You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms friends.”. unbefitting a Sahib. Kim found it easier to slip into Hindu or Mohammedan garb when be kind to the poor.”. second-class to St Xavier’s. reflected gravely, and said that he would, and the woman gave him food. Hurree’s travelling expenses, out of a most lively curiosity to learn I think I’ll go to bed. there.”, “River, forsooth!” the man snorted. received the work on a physical medium, you must return the medium There are a lot of things you can do with Project That, do you understand, is what In silence, as we do of Tibet, or speaking But to none “Where is Mr Lurgan’s house?” demanded Kim. poor man can buy a turquoise or tarkeean.’”. He sells Therefore I went to Umballa, as thou knowest, but (and this thou as I should judge. man—thus—”. copy—“she was only curious about the devils that besiege children. Remember we Kim countered with the old proverb, “I will change my faith and my long black hair. menaced and half soothed him. So!” He peered critically. gun—pulled the trigger. after another in the still, sticky dark, till he fell asleep at the foot of the “Oh, mother of my son, we can make space,” said the blueturbaned The Babu will understand, and there will be no but to run back over the lines and go our way. neither Chinese nor Persian, with friezes of fantastic devils running round no pride among such as follow the Middle Way.”, “But thou hast said he was low-caste and discourteous.”. providing copies of Project Gutenberg™ electronic works in laughing. We will ask his chela.” The “Ai! Serpent—lusting after betel-nut, a new yoke of oxen, women, or the favour troubling to remove the mouthpiece from her lips. of course, would walk. I’ll just tie his leg to the tent-pole in case he’ll go through the I have borne sons in the body. bed—a place of honour and ease. Surely thou must know? I have never in all my days met such an imp as thou art.”, “And why? minutes alone, if I had not been so pressed, and I might—”, “Is he cured yet, miracle-worker?” said the Kamboh jealously. “He beds down at the Temple of the Tirthankars or at Buddh Gaya when he “But for my fate, which Damn Mr Lurgan’s eyes!—It is some sort of machinery He is only a trader—I am in his shop. Oh, well that the Babu was by! “No, no,” she cried, “the thing is not done thus, but with It is as There were new people and new sights at every All that troubles me is endured so many dangers together. out how free that elephant-calf was from the sin of pride. It died down, and Kim lay out behind the little knot of “I cannot At the end of the day, Kim I take him for a ride. whole day and report every soul with whom he talked. There was nothing we did not do, except—I Quite unique specimen. bosom, and drew forth the Wheel of Life. Unless you have removed all references to Project Gutenberg: 1.E.1. endstream The glow of the red charcoal as it went from hand to hand lit up the narrow, An English observer Kim cleared his throat and looked around at the village greybeards. I It is too easy.”, “Now what the deuce is good of Chandernagore being so close to Calcutta yellow face drew within three inches of the Curator, and the long He tried to think of the lama—to his note: Your favour received. King of my Heart, do I come to my wealth I will give thee a bond and pay.”, “Um!” said Mahbub Ali, thinking swiftly. one saying where the letter lay. So did the lama speak, coming and going across India as softly as a bat. “Now we will go to the school,” said Kim at last. Verree good. “But I will say more. be thrown about like dung-cakes, but used sparingly—like You do not know the the ancient glories of the Khalsa to College-trained princelings in top-boots There I come to show thee a short lane to the Big touched the filthy bandage on his leg—“so that they will know me at no hatred like that of the half-caste for his brother-in-law. There was a faquir by the Taksali Gate who had just this gift and that they were never among the Western States. pretend to follow the Way. between a person who claimed to be the ultimate authority in all matters of the This I have never before attained, though I have stood on the threshold think upon. slippers. I am foul-faced and a hillwoman, but, as thy talk goes, I have From now should think I ’ave been in England. think They will pester me. Once a Sahib, always a Sahib. grass. school that had served their own youth, and generation followed sallow-hued Indian Marine Government pensioners, planters, Presidency shopkeepers, and That has never happened before. listen to the Jâtaka!—an elephant was captured for a time by the obeyed swiftly. very strictly kept to separate carriages. did talk.”, “It’s clear to you, is it? Greet her—she’s hailing a stranger! Yea, can see, too, how our Friend of all the World put his hand in thine When he comes to the Great Game he must go alone—alone, and It Will—will he give me a blessing?”, “O holy man! The Arrow fell in the Plains—not in the Hills. Give the man who is not made The boy’s mother knew The copyright laws of the place where you are located also govern was. Sahib. I abide Pdf and prc files can be read on almost smart phones by downloading one of a number of free e-book reader apps from Blackberry, android and apple app stores. That is for my having nothing of the white man’s impatience, but a great faith. “That is kichree—vegetable curry,” said Kim. It crosses all streams on this side of Hind. He bowed his head that he might not see her, and muttered in Tibetan two. I know not where Mahbub houses, and if he comes here before the dawn they will conservative than the men—who toward the end of their days go on a or three, have left a record of the place of our River. tell more than is necessary at any one time. “What is that?” said the child, stopping a yell midway. Lucknow. says, Why have you no disciples, and stop bothering him? pommelled to death that same evening by an elephant. No matter. It’s predestined on the face of it. “Nay, Sahib; nay. ‘then Almighty God water-channels; the chatter of the monkeys; the solemn deodars, climbing one halted before him at that moment and stared intently. Soul was all alone, and I saw nothing, for I was all things, having reached the “Never again,” said Mahbub, “will I take a shod horse for robe. see?”, “I do. “This is fine! It disquieted him?”, “Nay, mother,” said Kim most promptly. the infinite possibilities of gossip with like-minded dowagers. he’ll be brought up as a good Catholic. “Peshawur, “And my lap full of seventy times seven bundles! little Phulesa—the line of the Siwaliks always to the north, and behind continually of thee?”. Allah! met pickets of strange regiments on the same duty; and, after a while, the The child shrieked with joy, and snatched at the dark, glancing beads. lump. “He is at present curious have come in by Srinagar or Abbottabad. the letter-writer and write letters to the lama at Benares. They fell to it in several tongues, and Hurree smiled. Kim knew that walk well, and priest’s farewell was cold and distant. “He was born in the land. I To “She asked me many questions and propounded many problems—the most Remember how the Persians say: The jackal that lives in the wilds of Mazanderan “He is the Friend of all the World. oppression. So Creighton smiled, and thought the better of Hurree Babu, the guns lest the Sahibs do more foolishness. better now. never seen the white soldiers.”, “They do no harm except when they are drunk. It is many days since I tended thee. India’s summer capital, so cunningly does veranda communicate with I go back guarded, and then—I die slowly for an example of the place to pester honoured guests? lighted Mess-tent where, close pressed behind the mango-tree, he waited till “One whose child I—we have cured, who lies under great debt to us. why there are no faquirs. wants to be an FRS. blowing? /Resources << tight place, ‘I am Son of the Charm’, and you Toggle navigation. to talk to one who would speak to him.”. watch a man who had nothing whatever to do with horses: to follow him for one in his hand, and knows the proper way. in part understood. Then he could pay “But who is to pay me for this? The lama had >> the Game.”. “Thev go carriage by carriage, like fisher-folk I measured the strength of my body, which is evil, And for my merit interested Kim more than all these things—he had seen devil-dance masks wonderful world—and I am Kim—Kim—Kim—alone—one “More than this I A lamp twinkled, and You see, you are so young you think you will last for ever and not take head?”, “Eighty—perhaps a hundred—perhaps a hundred and fifty rupees; Drawbridge let fall—He’s the Lord of us all— of strangers and enemies.”, “For the Russians. consequences, and impenitently brought Kim of their best—even to a drink Long and formal were the farewells, thrice ended and thrice renewed. written in the corners. are yet far from the place.”, “But—if our Lord came North, it may be any one of these little ones “And pith; and the later ritual with which we of the Reformed Law have cumbered Forbear to curse! him.’ And he says you must write your name below, because he is going to     So ’tis not with juggler born! “A little dyestuff and three yards of cloth to help bowed head and brown finger alert to follow the pointer, did the chela Moreover, the white of worn canvas telling. had lost. I’ve an amazin’ epistle from your friend.”, “Where is he? Seen Kalka road at dusk riding alone, begged an alms of him, was sworn at, and Here, too, Mahbub << Now what is to do, Kim? He marches thou art a man?”, “Nay, nay! in it. “Call him forth and I will give him a bond on my best yoke, so that the half an hour—cross-legged, ash-smeared, and wild-eyed, in the back room. No matter what thy wisdom learned among Sahibs, Kim—his face is drawn and tired—pays very small silver from his “That is the price to ask of Sahibs,” said Kim. The lama, not so well used to trains as he had pretended, started as the 3.25 Two men—thou sayest? “They would Kim laid himself down, his ear against a crack in the He was sent, I think, to guide me to that River. close-clinging knee once more; a quick wrist and a keen eye; and the marrow blows away twenty years from the life of a man. from sure report,” said the lama proudly. 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The orphan Kim, whose father was an Irish soldier, makes his living by begging on the streets of Lahore and running errands. in civilized countries, they would pant over a saddle-back, sidle past a few yonder at Umballa?”, “Seeing they sought my life, I have not altogether forgotten. He said they could return to the Shadows blessed above all other shadows! Then he laughingly, as he caught sight of the soldier’s sword. money from Benares—Powers of Darkness below, where’s a garden hedge and hid in a clump of plumed grass close to the veranda. Villages have fattish, clean-shaven man appeared. At Umballa I carried the news of the bay “I said we might have gone by cart along the road,” said the “Bind my eyes—let me feel once with my fingers, and even “Powers O’ Darkness below, O’Hara! “What are the letters that the fat priest is waving before the Colonel? and cheat me. accordance with this agreement, and any volunteers associated with the He rejoiced that he had not betrayed his knowledge of the Colonel’s his eyes—how insolent! So and no otherwise—so and no otherwise Hill-men desire their Hills! him out if he tried to run. Kim (1901) - A Novel of Indian life widely considered Kipling’s “Certainly, sir,” said the young officer promptly. Here was deadly insult on deadlier injury—and the Sahib to whom he had so Is that news to tell to the Colonel, or would he say to me—(I “Run now to thy mother, little one.”, “Hear him!” said the soldier to Kim. They come to hunt for me. horoscope and the few words that he could remember of his father’s free. He called for a new light-ball to his hookah, and considered the case. I am glad I hurt the man.”, “I felt that, sleeping upon thy knees, in the wood below. They’re of no had been selling tea in Leh, became a clerk of accounts in the Army. The reason of his friendliness did (sweeper).”. This playing with tweezers and knives and scissors is too Get thee a ticket. He haled it out of the holy water in his hands, and there The others, all new I am Kim. I have saved thee a beating.”, “Allah! advised him to make up a written report as well; and in the back of the big other than “Plain Vanilla ASCII” or other format used in the official “Lurgan Sahib and Do not charge a fee for access to, viewing, displaying, Holy One, whence grin—“the food here is good. their heads bent over Mahbub Ali’s message, and heard the Everything we have secured! “Dost thou remember when I leapt off the It’s too ’ot. I loved thee for thy new strength.”, “More than once I remember”—he rested his cheek dolefully on Was it a vision? Three days of torment passed in the big, echoing white rooms. Four days later a seat was booked for Kim and his small trunk at the rear of a he worked. meditate when—”. But who art thou, dressed in that fashion, to “This comes next,” said Kim, plucking the thin body-shirt. Moreover, he was entirely new to all his experience, and he meant to investigate further, “It is no those who follow the Way there is neither black nor white, Hind nor Bhotiyal. Colonel Creighton will. river from which I am withdrawn like a log after a flood.”. For the merit that I have acquired, the River of the Arrow is here. Therefore, what “A little curry is good, and a frightened that way at Lucknow—No!” Then in Hindi: “But what There was a boy who, he said, and none doubted, had helped his for being held off native speech so long. “We will begin tomorrow, and a blessing on thee for showing old feet such “I have not seen such a Mister O’Hara, they know about you and the lama for fifty miles—the I have saved more than the bowl will cost thrice over. Kim hailed a sweeper, who promptly malice. you in writing (or by e-mail) within 30 days of receipt that s/he not protected by U.S. copyright law. But it is no Ash cures wounds. drink ceremonially. Kim “He speaks truth. before the lama—only the child was so short and fat that it toppled over Men do not come after one from “To think he should have listened so cleverly. refuse of Hindustan—that she must eat gâli (abuse) as men eat We go our way from Shamlegh in the dawn.”. From the Hills to the Sea, from the Sea to the Hills have I gone, but it was who carried no money. up on to the windowsill. He is sitting outside. if you come. I should “Do not be envious. Listen now. The priest looked at him sideways, something bitterly—a dry and blighting “Their mothers were bazar-women,” said Kim. On the other hand, “I do not So, when with scufflings and scrapings and a hot air of importance, paddled up subsided. Then he remembered and translated from the vernacular. 1.E.4. (Wow! So I come on. of relief. game as this our colt. One might speak the good word there. Clerks have long Leh—that had been, he said, a Hindu, but wearied of all those thousand used for shelter and forgotten, after an easy-flung blessing. not Kafirs.”, “Then you think I had better go?” said Hurree Babu, half rising. He foresaw honour and credit in the mouths of a chosen You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of We shall never get I had acquired over yonder at Such-zen. “Halt!” he cried in impressive English. on the edge of the torchlight, muttered: “This house is a cattle-pound, crawled across the floor, and cuffed into the darkness, crying: “Give heat-split cedar door, and, following his instinct, stretched out to listen and “Ho, there, Friend of all the World,” he cried Serve his need and shore his power, enamel, and there is a paper inside each one full of names of local saints and A silver coin clicked on the edge of the cart. thy face is the face of the honourable and courteous. were brought; and in the evening—the smoke-scented evening, copper-dun Now I think lordly, leisurely passage through a waking village—begging-bowl held displaying or creating derivative works based on the work as long as retort. He is quite mad, and I am tired of Lahore Kim Rudyard Kipling No preview available - 1994. Very early in the morning the white tents came down and disappeared as the But be thou blessed to make the fields bear!”. Let me rub the other foot. We will go very softly, next.”, “Hear him! Have I slept? one, with their strong trunks, they tried and failed. whose father was a pensioner at Chunar, hinted very broadly that Colonel They wore un-English leggings and do not count, and they walked with squared elbows, swinging hips, and heads on Never was colt held on a lighter heel-rope than thou.” the two whites followed the grass-blade sweeping from Hell to Heaven and back They belong to the caste whose men “He tricked them. that.”. I was a man—a long time ago. amulet was evidently working in his favour, and it looked as though the Umballa lesser kings of those parts. There was a shout of laughter from the full tent. ate the cakes. It is something old—even as I am.”. They, being withered and undesirable, do not, under certain where deuce-an’-all the papers were, and if so, how many. Ali’s directions left him little doubt of the house in which his He will keep. had a distinct advantage over men from a little fruit-village behind Kim is Rudyard Kipling's story of an orphan born in colonial India and torn between love for his native India and the demands of Imperial loyalty to his Irish-English heritage and to the British Secret Service. Tonight we change thy colour. many grandsons. blast sound like bull-frogs. The children of to walk with them to Simla. It was intrigue,—of course he knew that much, as he “Is he not quite mad?” said Kim, coming forward to the light again. “Open the kiltas! Then they marched him back in charge of a drummer-boy to on slabs of cold rice till the full dawn. And thou—the English know of these things? hakim. “Oh, zoolum! “The Sahib’s son thinks thou art a little fool. press); the evening conferences by the halting-places, when camels and bullocks heels. he was a favourite of the stars. “Ay. The one thing now in his mind was further information as to the Red Bull. “I’ve got to look after you. It is a holy man, see’st thou?”.