WOESE THAN USELESS. 
all lessened or smoothed down finding Mr. Sandy 
quite dry and comfortable, seated at the dining-room 
table engaged in skinniog and stuflSng birds, and, to 
save time and trouble, the boy had set the tiffin, so 
that the breads or biscuit plate was standing beside 
a saucer full of arsenical soap, and the raw skin of a 
bird opposite the coffee pot. Of course, the manager 
was excessively angry, and freely stated his opinion 
that this sort of thing would never do. Mr. Sandy 
would immediately call his boy, for he had brought 
his own boy with him, and order the table to be cleared 
and cleaned, and in the most polite manner apologize 
for the freedom he had used, so that it was impossi- 
ble to be angry wfith him for any length of time, 
especially when he took his hat and umbrella, begging 
for instructions, as it was bis turn now to go out to 
the work. He evidently meant well, but could not 
do what he meant, for, when he got out to the work- 
ing place, he joked with the women, played with the 
children, and cuffed or even thrashed some of the men, 
until the coolies, when they saw him approaching the 
working place, used to grin with delight, quite sure 
of having some fun, for even tbe cuffing and thrash- 
ing of the men was looked upon as nothing serious ; 
he did not hit hard. The manager, finding that his 
assistant was worse than useless in the field, determined 
on giving him other employment, and told him to 
keep to the house, do up the check-iolls and accounts, 
and he himself would look after the out-door w^ork. 
Mr. Sandy tried his best, and sat day after day poring 
over the check-roll, the result being, that, after it 
was finished, the manager declared it all to be so 
utterly wrong, as to necessitate the drawing out of a 
iiew sheet altogether. Mr. Sandy’s education had 
either been neglected, or, what is much more likely, 
he had neglected to attend to it himself. vVhat was 
to be done with him ? He was quite useless, more 
than useless, at everything at which he had been tried. 
And so it was. Mr. Sandy was told as he v/as a bit 
of sportsman and naturalist he could do as he liked, 
and, when his services were required for any purposes, 
be would be told. When crop set in, as the most use- 
ful way of employing his services, he was told to 
station himself in the cherry-loft, and take in and 
measure the coffee from the pickers. One day, the 
manager seeing the gangway leading into the cherrj- 
loft all blocked up with coolies, waiting their turn 
for measurement, supposing that there might be some 
push or stoppage in the work, elbowed his w'ay in 
for the purpose of rendering assistance. He found the 
platform filled with coolies, standing behind their bags. 
