"K" OF "K"

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 753, 28 February 1910, Page 6

"K" OF "K"

w. ; gJ;V';;;r;'i''PEiSf-SKETCH;;';.:: .' /'':-.■ .-';'■'■' '':'■[r}:~iU (B*-.EbHELON;K;;VI ■'■ }^--'-.' : \ , : ;>'X"; is not in the least'like the -fierce-' looking:.;individual-'..who ■■ frowns .'from grocers', picture 'calendars,' or glares,down !-7-ah.! ogre, ;in, scarie%-f rom '.'.tl'e-.'.in'antoi-,piece-;/inV> the, commercial 'room .of ■■ .the 'conventional . country : hotel. .-> ; Probably, ;when-"the :• fate"! of .an (Empire is -in : ' his hands, 1 he: ; inay.; be the- ogre/people ihave 'saidrhe• iSi.iWhich' is"jusfc.as well for, tie .Empire.'-.-. iWheh 'i/'firsf. saw. Kitchener he Vas, Centering the; gateway : of the Wellingtonl Gliib in .'his-'motor-car. ; -He'was !clad/.in •grey," 'with 'a -soft 'felt hat, and lookedj'for' all. the.-'world; like' a ■ country gentleman." Th'oy -say he is'.6o, but ;he.does;'not' lookolder .'than forty-five in''mufti.:: v ,lh>'field;'service'.'.uniform he looks -five',years' younger-. than' that. „ His .'hair.'isybrowh, with' just 'a -suspicion of sandihess ; in itj ; and there are no silver ■threads among ■ the brown.'; As- the' car ..wheeled : in ■ I got' .a.'good- .view 'of his .profile.'- •' One. of the most■: remarkable 'of his facial, characteristics are his cheek .bones,: which-'come■ out. aggressively from .below the..eyes, 'causing .the', cheeks' to form a strong and rigid-looking curve-to ■the.'chih; .which is'round,- rather .thanl .square; .'■'■ He'is very full: in the. face, suggesting'big, .'strong .bones, : covered with ,hard : flesh. 1 .■ v; ,', -~.,.' ;.;;;■':'.'';■"»:->

.When he smiles he looks, rather boyish. His, smile is. really,.....very, charming, though' the.grimness lurks above in' the eyes.; ; Those eyes - are.really. the most fearsome '.thing-about:: hini.. A- returned' South. African- trooper, once: told -me that when .-.,"£", . turned :;....his,. eyes /upon a,; culprit. ■ it. ,"gave .'.". him -.■■ the ■ cold shivers. '.It , -is.' ..a,'J cold, :.. pitiless, unflinching,/basilisk .stare. With those eyes.upon, me, 1 wouldn't,tell .a lie if.it was to save mo from the. guillotine. Ouch! ■"-K.'.'i has; a .habit, of facing evary'thing..'he ■'~,looks; ;at..'He.' does, not "switch": his "gaze "as ■'. most .people do, but turns-his head about,.'a,.habit, which suggests, to"-the. casual observer a-quick and somewhat nervous ...temperament,', and' an imperious disposition. ~. ' ■He is. a trifle'round-shouldered, but for all-that very tall, a fine, figure, of a. man; .not' stout, in,*.the' body; but broad,' massively built, with rather shapely.legs.: He; .walks'a-little stiffly—one of:'his legs .was ■broken about,; three-years "ago—but the gait.seems to,.add dignity.to his'.mbve.ments. ;,' f lt.' , not,'talk much. ' Ho makes.signs,' which his subordinates make haste to : interpret and obey. A good.deal' ;has been, said .concerning "K.'s" aversion to. .the'fair;sex.■-.-. From what I have seen • : in-,that.regard,' all-1, can say-is that ;he simply does not ,bother -his head about them.; -He .does not-appear' to cherish ,any hatred'towards them.'- He is merely indifferent, 'which;is probably the reason .why they, .all ", seem', to worship' him.'-' '-