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1、STORIESSTORIESbyEnglishAuthors,Orient1STORIESTHEMANWHOWOULDBEKINGBYRUDYARDKIPLINGTheLaw,asquoted,laysdownafairconductoflife,andonenoteasytofollow.Ihavebeenfellowtoabeggaragainandagainundercircumstanceswhichpreventedeitherofusfindingoutwhethertheotherwasworthy.Ihavestillt
2、obebrothertoaPrince,thoughIoncecameneartokinshipwithwhatmighthavebeenaveritableKing,andwaspromisedthereversionofaKingdom--army,law-courts,revenue,andpolicyallcomplete.But,to-day,IgreatlyfearthatmyKingisdead,andifIwantacrownImustgohuntitformyself.Thebeginningofeverythingw
3、asinarailway-trainupontheroadtoMhowfromAjmir.TherehadbeenaDeficitintheBudget,whichnecessitatedtravelling,notSecond-class,whichisonlyhalfasdearasFirst-Class,butbyIntermediate,whichisveryawfulindeed.TherearenocushionsintheIntermediateclass,andthepopulationareeitherIntermed
4、iate,whichisEurasian,ornative,whichforalongnightjourneyisnasty,orLoafer,whichisamusingthoughintoxicated.Intermediatesdonotbuyfromrefreshment-rooms.Theycarrytheirfoodinbundlesandpots,andbuysweetsfromthenativesweetmeat-sellers,anddrinktheroadsidewater.Thisiswhyinhotweather
5、Intermediatesaretakenoutofthecarriagesdead,andinallweathersaremostproperlylookeddownupon.MyparticularIntermediatehappenedtobeemptytillIreachedNasirabad,whenthebigblack-browedgentlemaninshirt-sleevesentered,and,followingthecustomofIntermediates,passedthetimeofday.Hewasawa
6、ndererandavagabondlikemyself,butwithaneducatedtasteforwhisky.Hetoldtalesofthingshehadseenanddone,ofout-of-the-waycornersoftheEmpireintowhichhehadpenetrated,andofadventuresinwhichheriskedhislifeforafewdays'food."IfIndiawasfilledwithmenlikeyouandme,notknowingmorethanthecro
7、wswherethey'dgettheirnextday'srations,itisn'tseventymillions2STORIESofrevenuethelandwouldbepaying--it'ssevenhundredmillions,"saidhe;andasIlookedathismouthandchinIwasdisposedtoagreewithhim.Wetalkedpolitics,--thepoliticsofLoaferdomthatseesthingsfromtheundersidewherethelath
8、andplasterisnotsmoothedoff,--andwetalkedpostalarrangementsbecausemyfriendwantedtosendatelegrambackfromt
