The Phantom Rickshaw and Other Stories
The Phantom Rickshaw and Other Stories
By Rudyard Kipling
14 Oct, 2019
Brief Extract: Rickett of Kamartha stayed with Polder of Kumaon some fifteen years ago. He meant to stay two nights but was knocked down by rheumatic fever, and for six weeks disorganized Polder’s establishment stopped Polder’s work, and nearly d
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Brief Extract: Rickett of Kamartha stayed with Polder of Kumaon some fifteen years ago. He meant to stay two nights but was knocked down by rheumatic fever, and for six weeks disorganized Polder’s establishment stopped Polder’s work, and nearly died in Polder’s bedroom. Polder behaves as though he had been placed under eternal obligation by Rickett, and yearly sends the little Ricketts a box of presents and toys. Less