LOW SPIRITS. 
in him, and will be soured and dispirited. Trust hlmv 
trust Inm implicitly^ that will put him on his mettle,, 
and I tell you he will work harder and better than 
when you are present, because he will know well that 
in any error of management the whole blauie will 
rest upon him, so, on. the contrary, all correet mtm- 
agement will b? wholly and solely to his credit. Kesponsi- 
luiity sir, responsibility is a great spur to a man, and it is 
-often vepy surprising how it developes one’s good, 
qualities, wdiieti unless upon the pressure of responsh 
bility would never have been squeezed out go away, 
iDY friend end tell Mr. Smith, as I have directed,, 
and yoq may also loll him, if in any case of emerg- 
ency he wishes advice or directions, to come and con- 
sult with me, as an adviser, not a superior, and I will do 
my best tomssist him. But he does not need it ; Smitlr 
knows as much about planting as- I do, and a great 
deal more than you do, Easy, a great deal more. Give 
yourself no anxiety ; take my word, for it. Yon may be 
away for six months or more, come back and find not only 
everything all right, but so much improved, on account ofl 
ymir absence^ that I quite expect you to exclaim 
" The best thin 2 I can do is to go again.’ ” But Mr. 
Easy shook his head mournfully and .said, “It ’s all very, 
well' for you to talk if yon were in my position you 
wovild feel very different.” However, ke packed up* 
his box, ordered a trap from Kandy, and next morn- 
ing took h !3 departure as if he were going to be 
executed. 
But the loom of the scaffold that threatened his 
execution soon faded away. All who have come 
through the same experience can tell how, as the 
last sight of the coflee faded away in the gloom of 
the horizon, or was lost to sight, to memory dear,” 
behind the spur of a mountain range, at every turn 
of the road new scenes appeared, the fresh air, the 
rapid motion, created as it were new life and raised 
the spirits. At the hotel in Kandy, he met with a 
number of old friends, old stories were told, past re- 
minisceuces long since slumbering or asleep were re- 
called to memory, until he surideniy remembered next 
morning he must be up at half -past four in time for the 
coach and that it was time to turn in. “The coach !”' 
says a friend ; “ where are you off to ! ” “ Colombo, 
and a sea voyage by medical orders for my health,” 
was the reply. Your health ; a good joke. Wlio ’g 
your doctor ? Why, man, he ’9 taking a rise out 
of you. You are looking better now^ than you did 
ten* years ago.” Mr. Easy being, reminded 01 the 
state of his health suddenly collapsed, put his head 
between lu* hands, leaned forward on the talde, und de- 
clared he felt so ill, he was doubtful if would be able 
