saidTarrionThenheleft，andtheStrongMandepartedtoseehowtheappointmentwastobeblocked……
Followedapauseofelevendays；withthundersandlightningsandmuchtelegraphingTheappointmentwasnotaveryimportantone，carryingonlybetweenRs500andRs700amonth；but，astheViceroysaid，itwastheprincipleofdiplomaticsecrecythathadtobemaintained，anditwasmorethanlikelythataboysowellsuppliedwithspecialinformationwouldbeworthtranslatingSotheytranslatedhimTheymusthavesuspectedhim，thoughheprotestedthathisinformationwasduetosingulartalentsofhisownNow，muchofthisstory，includingtheafter-historyofthemissingenvelope，youmustfillinforyourself，becausetherearereasonswhyitcannotbewrittenIfyoudonotknowaboutthingsUpAbove，youwon’tunderstandhowtofillitin，andyouwillsayitisimpossible。
WhattheViceroysaidwhenTarrionwasintroducedtohimwas：——“So，thisistheboywho’rusked’theGovernmentofIndia，isit？
Recollect，Sir，thatisnotdoneTWICE。”Sohemusthaveknownsomething。
WhatTarrionsaidwhenhesawhisappointmentgazettedwas：——“IfMrsHauksbeeweretwentyyearsyounger，andIherhusband，I
shouldbeViceroyofIndiaintwentyyears。”
WhatMrsHauksbeesaid，whenTarrionthankedher，almostwithtearsinhiseyes，wasfirst：——“Itoldyouso！”andnext，toherself：——“Whatfoolsmenare！”
THECONVERSIONOFAURELIANMcGOGGIN。
Ridewithanidlewhip，ridewithanunusedheel。
But，onceinaway，therewillcomeadayWhenthecoltmustbetaughttofeelThelashthatfalls，andthecurbthatgalls，andthestingoftherowelledsteel。
Life’sHandicap。
ThisisnotataleexactlyItisaTract；andIamimmenselyproudofitMakingaTractisaFeat。
Everymanisentitledtohisownreligiousopinions；butnoman——
leastofallajunior——hasarighttothrustthesedownothermen’sthroatsTheGovernmentsendsoutweirdCiviliansnowandagain；
butMcGogginwasthequeerestexportedforalongtimeHewasclever——brilliantlyclever——buthiscleverenessworkedthewrongwayInsteadofkeepingtothestudyofthevernaculars，hehadreadsomebookswrittenbyamancalledComte，Ithink，andamancalledSpencer，andaProfessorClifford[YouwillfindthesebooksintheLibrary。]Theydealwithpeople’sinsidesfromthepointofviewofmenwhohavenostomachsTherewasnoorderagainsthisreadingthem；buthisMammashouldhavesmackedhim。
Theyfermentedinhishead，andhecameouttoIndiawithararefiedreligionoverandabovehisworkItwasnotmuchofacreedItonlyprovedthatmenhadnosouls，andtherewasnoGodandnohereafter，andthatyoumustworryalongsomehowforthegoodofHumanity。
OneofitsminortenetsseemedtobethattheonethingmoresinfulthangivinganorderwasobeyingitAtleast，thatwaswhatMcGogginsaid；butIsuspecthehadmisreadhisprimers。
IdonotsayawordagainstthiscreedItwasmadeupinTown，wherethereisnothingbutmachineryandasphaltandbuilding——allshutinbythefogNaturally，amangrowstothinkthatthereisnoonehigherthanhimself，andthattheMetropolitanBoardofWorksmadeeverythingButinthiscountry，whereyoureallyseehumanity——raw，brown，nakedhumanity——withnothingbetweenitandtheblazingsky，andonlytheused-up，over-handledearthunderfoot，thenotionsomehowdiesaway，andmostfolkcomebacktosimplertheoriesLife，inIndia，isnotlongenoughtowasteinprovingthatthereisnooneinparticularattheheadofaffairs。
ForthisreasonTheDeputyisabovetheAssistant，theCommissionerabovetheDeputy，theLieutenant-GovernorabovetheCommissioner，andtheViceroyaboveallfour，undertheordersoftheSecretaryofState，whoisresponsibletotheEmpressIftheEmpressbenotresponsibletoherMaker——...完整阅读请扫描二维码下载丁香书院APP免费看：