MR. JIM SON. 
had commenced coffee planting without any agreement 
at all, but on the simple understanding that the young 
man was to be employed, and receive as a salary just 
what his employer cousidered him to be worth, and, if 
he was worth nothing at all, the understanding was 
still to hold good ! Mr. Jimson was a spirited lad, 
glad to obtain an entry into the land of coffee and 
rupees on any terms. He was at once packed off to 
reside on a small clearing in the jungle with one vvho 
was some months his senior on the estate. The house 
accommodation for the tiuo was a room about twelve 
feet square, mud floor and walls un plastered or washed, 
a bed, a couch, a table, and tw'o chairs. The boxes of 
the occupants whicli containe'.i their clothing were 
stowed aw^ay under the bed and couch ; one big box 
stood in the verandah, close to the door, and served 
very well as a servant’s table, if indeed the servant 
was ivorthy of the name, for he was merely a low-caste 
eooly taken out of the lines, who could cook nothing 
but curry and rice : but what matter, when there 
was nothing else to cook ! It may be superfluous to 
add that the curry and rice was cooked cooly fashion,, 
Mr. Jimson slept on the couch, and his senior in the 
bed. There was not sufficient room for the two to 
perform their morning toilet at the same time. So 
the senior at once assumed the privilege of seniority, 
and always made his junior get up lirst : this was some-^ 
times rather a difficult task, but the pewter water- 
gogiet and basin, which had been in use in the cabia 
on board ship, now did duty in his jungle cabin. It 
stood at hand, and Mr. Jimson soon learned, from 
practical experience, that, if he failed to respond to the 
shout of his senior at half -past-five to get np, the 
contents of the pewter water-goglet would speedily be 
discharged all over his head and shoulders. One 
evening slyly, before turning in, he, unknown to his 
senior, emptied the water out of the goglet on the 
floor, and again set it in its place. Next morning, in 
response to the usual shout he merely turned and 
exposed his shoulders in a very tempting way, for 
the usual deluge. As usual, the "water- jug was seized 
and found to be empty, but our senior was not to be 
done, and without a moment’s hesitation botii jug 
and basin were thrown at th'^ bare head and should- 
ers of Mr. Jimson, one following the other, in quick 
succession. The pewter basin and jug were indented 
hy the force of the blow, and so also were Mr. Ji.iisoii’s 
head and shoulders, but ever after that eventful morning 
he always got up when he was called, untii, before very 
long, he needed no calling at all. So that, we may say, 
this was a successful attempt in his training. No need of 
this sort of thing now. Had the herp of our tale lived 
