Traffics and Discoveries by Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936

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The Bonds Of Discipline Poseidon's Law

* * * * * The Bonds Of Discipline

A Sahibs' War The Runners A Sahibs' War * * * * *

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"their Lawful Occasions" The Wet Litany "their Lawful Occasions" Part I

Part Ii

* * * * * The Comprehension Of Private Copper The King's Task

The Comprehension Of Private Copper

Steam Tactics The Necessitarian

* * * * * "wireless" Kaspar's Song In Varda

The Army Of A Dream Song Of The Old Guard The Army Of A Dream Part I * * * * *

Part Ii

* * * * * "they" The Return Of The Children

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Mrs. Bathurst From Lyden's "irenius"

Below The Mill Dam "our Fathers Also" Below The Mill Dam

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"Why is that?"

"God knows--and Science will know to-morrow. Perhaps the induction is faulty; perhaps the receivers aren't tuned to receive just the number of vibrations per second that the transmitter sends. Only a word here and there. Just enough to tantalise."

Again the Morse sprang to life.

"That's one of 'em complaining now. Listen: '_Disheartening--most disheartening_.' It's quite pathetic. Have you ever seen a spiritualistic seance? It reminds me of that sometimes--odds and ends of messages coming out of nowhere--a word here and there--no good at all."

"But mediums are all impostors," said Mr. Shaynor, in the doorway, lighting an asthma-cigarette. "They only do it for the money they can make. I've seen 'em."

"Here's Poole, at last--clear as a bell. L.L.L. _Now_ we sha'n't be long." Mr. Cashell rattled the keys merrily. "Anything you'd like to tell 'em?"

"No, I don't think so," I said. "I'll go home and get to bed. I'm feeling a little tired."

THE ARMY OF A DREAM

SONG OF THE OLD GUARD

"And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold of beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft and its branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be the same.

"And there shall be a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick. Their knops and their branches shall be the same."--_Exodus._

"Know this, my brethren, Heaven is clear
And all the clouds are gone--
The Proper Sort shall flourish now,
Good times are coming on"--
The evil that was threatened late
To all of our degree,
Hath passed in discord and debate,
And, _Hey then up go we!_A common people strove in vain
To shame us unto toil,
But they are spent and we remain,
And we shall share the spoil
According to our several needs
As Beauty shall decree,
As Age ordains or Birth concedes,
And, _Hey then up go we!_And they that with accursed zeal
Our Service would amend,
Shall own the odds and come to heel
Ere worse befall their end
For though no naked word be wrote
Yet plainly shall they see
What pinneth Orders to their coat,
And, _Hey then up go we!_Our doorways that, in time of fear,
We opened overwide
Shall softly close from year to year
Till all be purified;
For though no fluttering fan be heard
Nor chaff be seen to flee--
The Lord shall winnow the Lord's Preferred--
And, _Hey then up go we!_Our altars which the heathen brake
Shall rankly smoke anew,
And anise, mint, and cummin take
Their dread and sovereign due,
Whereby the buttons of our trade
Shall all restored be
With curious work in gilt and braid,
And, _Hey then up go we!_Then come, my brethren, and prepare
The candlesticks and bells,
The scarlet, brass, and badger's hair
Wherein our Honour dwells,
And straitly fence and strictly keep
The Ark's integrity
Till Armageddon break our sleep ...
And, _Hey then up go we!_

THE ARMY OF A DREAM

PART I

I sat down in the club smoking-room to fill a pipe.