Show BI END OF 01 THE ThIl STORY STOny rho Tho Republican has jut just t concluded the tho publication o of or The Light That Failed one ono of or the Kipling I stories that dl did much to make his fame secure Ve We are very well pleased with tho the reception that has has- been accor accorded ed the story b by our readers readers But there Is a n. story of the story When hen Kipling first wrote rote It he was In lit tho the pay of ot ofa ofa a n. syndicate much as us us- us he ho recounts in iii the tio life lIfo of Dick Heldar Th The claimed all In the s syndicate rights story and Kipling promptly wrote another with the thc same fame characters but with a a. far different ending coding to tho the ro ro- ro fiance mance In the original man many o of our readers will re remember remember re- re member did not accept Dicks Dick's advances at all She remained the tho seln selfish h little beast to the tho en cn end blind to the tho love he bore borc her and serenely unconscious of oC the tho great bles blessing she was throwing awa away In that story when total blindness had befallen Dick when all his lis former ormer associates started away a lo to the war in Africa he lie followed followell He lie had hind just enough of command to secure his leading loading to tho the front by native u guides and just Juit enough o of suicidal purpose to get into the thick of a hopeless fight light where he received his death wound wound and and died In III tho the arms of Torpenhow The reconstructed story is the better one It ma manot may not get into all the to editions of oC complete Kipling works but bUl it will aIWa always appeal to the hearts of the reading public as the thc right wa way to end tho the story stone Here Hele talle Malsie finall finally realizes the thc value of the heart that has been I offered her and is tactful enough to mal make Dick believe I his blindness ness ness' simply makes him moro mono d dear u- u uto to her lien Anti And n she sho never nover lets him him know that his Ills picture of Tho Tile Melan- Melan colin colla has hns been utterly destroyed It Is the tho old story of tho the philosopher who stopped telling people of ot his woes and nd won their favor or by tellIng telling tell tell- ing log them of or their own good fortune People would rather read a l story that comes out right And that The Tho I Light That Failed distinctly did dill not do To In the first story b by that master of or the English talc talc talc-Rudyard Rudyard Kipling |