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very frequently when Mr. Brown came in to his 
breakfast at 10 o’clock he was not up, or just dressing. 
He used Mr. Brown’s combs, brushes, and razor, and 
his basin, soap, and towels. When he did dress it 
was merely a flannel shirt and trousers, very often 
neglecting tbe stockings, for Mr. Brown’s slippers, 
which he occasionally used, were very soft. If he 
did not use them, he was not particular and went 
about the verandah bare-footed. After the lapse of 
a few weeks Mr. Brown begged to have some serious 
conversation with him. He told him, he would never 
get -a place lounging about here, and that really he 
ought to stir up, go about and make inquiry. Mr. 
KolDertson said he had written to several people and had 
got no reply. “ Well, ” says Mr. Brown in a very 
sharp way, “before taking my paper and postage stamps 
you might have asked me, or at all events told me 
you had taken them, ” He felt sorry after saying 
this, as Mr. Robertson meekly replied: “Don’t strike 
a man when he is down. ” The result of this brush 
was, that he borrowed £1 from Mr. Brown, and the 
next morning started to walk to Kandy. After resid- 
ing some time at the hotel in Kandy the bill was 
presented, and it was asked to lie over, as there were 
no present funds. The hotel-keeper asked if he 
had no friends or reference, and Mr, Brown’s name 
was mentioned, so Mr. Robertson wrote to Mr. Brown, 
explaining the little difficulty. Would Mr. Brown 
write and become security ? It was only a little 
nominal ^affair, to satisfy the hotel-keeper. He had 
every prospect of obtaining a situation, and he would 
never be called upon to pay it. He would do as 
much for him any day. 8o Mr. Brown wrote, and 
became security. Some months past away and all 
was forgotten, when one afternoon Jones looked in, 
and said : — “ Have you heard of the death of poor 
Robertson? He bad gone down to Colombo very 
seedy wdth dysentery, where he died.” 
Just then the tappal coolie arrived, and there was 
a letser from the hotel-keeper in Kandy. He mentioned, 
Mr. Robertson had left without paying his bill and had 
since died in Colombo, that he had made inquiry if there 
were any effects but there was no thing, absolutely no- 
thing, that a subscription had been raised to bury him. 
The hotel-keeper further mentioned that he never 
wmuld have taken him in, and lodged him for so long 
if it had not been for Mr. Brown’s security, and he 
now begged to enclose the bill, requesting an immedi- 
ate settlement. The bill amounted to £19 7s. 8d. 
The two gentlemen had a long consultation that even- 
ing as to wffiat was to be done, the result being that 
