EXTRA SUPPLIES, 
stand half a bottle of, brandy, and it never be noticed t 
The boy would take advantage in the same way in 
ordering some supplies. We all know that two can 
live together comparatively much cheaper than one, 
because there are many little things requisite and ne- 
cessary to prepare for one which would likewise an- 
swer well for two. The master, when filling in the 
pass-book, with the boy at his back, stating all his 
requirements, would pause and look up, in mild re- 
monstrance. All this* beef. What ? Sugar and tea 
all done. You had a pound of tea and twelve pounds 
sugar three days ago. This will never do/’ The re- 
ply will be prompt and decided : ‘‘ Master forget 
master’s friends.” The master himself would in all 
probability have some sort of feeling, always to have 
plenty of something for the credit of the house ; if 
he was alone, anything would do for him, be could 
easily make a shift. ' So he would write in accordance 
with the boy’s dictation, and the surplus was bis 
perquisite, and thus was he made up for all his ex- 
tra trouble and the lack of the two rupees which the 
staff officer did not put into his hand, when he took 
his departure. But the one great objection the boy 
had to the gentleman on the staff, was, that he was 
always in the house, lounging about with his eyes 
and ears open. What if the visitor should quietly 
notice all the little peculiar habits of the servant, 
and report them to the master ! But, if the visitor 
had any wisdom at all, he would refrain from doing 
tbis, depend upon it ; in the end he would have the 
worst of it, and his position be made so very uncom- 
fortable that he would be fain to resume the staff. 
Now the boy, when, after breakfast, he saw master 
disappear over the hill, knew very well he had the 
rest of the day to himself. That is to say if there were 
no visitor in he bungalow. So, he would put on hia 
turban, take his paper umbrella, and go down to the 
bazar to have a gossip, or, if that was too far, he 
would visit the lines, and lounge away a few houra 
talking to the absent coolies, or making love to the 
ladies ; very probably a direct and mutual understand- 
ing would exist, that a lady would stop absent from 
work on the plea of having a severe headache, or 
heartache, and that the gallant boy would pay her 
a consolatory visit, after master had gone to work. 
Now, he could not do all this, and a great deal more, 
such as shutting up the kitchen door and going to 
sleep, for the visitor might suddenly disturb his 
slumbers by calling out for a fire-stick, or some tea 
or coffee, for he must not only be always on the spot, 
but on the alert, and awake, in case he should be 
called, for any purpose ; these were some of the ob- 
jections he had to the gentleman on the staff.” 
