CONDUCTOKS AND THEIR WIVES. 
the conductor’s wife comes rushing into our verandah 
in a very wild state of excitement, sbe plumps down 
on the ground, covers her head over with her cloth, and 
commences to sob, as if her head was quite full of 
tears and contained nothing else, but we have very 
grave and just suspicion that there is more than tears, 
a good deal, in that lady’s brain. Nevertheless we feel 
quite distressed for we had a weakness, and still have, 
and suppose most men are the same in being easily 
moved by a woman weeping, which most of them seem 
quite aware of. As they generally resorted to this 
resource, when all other methods were unavailing of 
having their petitions attended to, and the result in- 
variably was, they were attended to, and decided in their 
favour. Then what a pleasant reward it was, to see the 
tears so speedily dried up, and the grateful glances 
from the bright eyes beaming upon us, fresh and glist- 
ening, like the sun beaming forth his rays from behind the, 
dark rain cloud! On the spur of the moment our hand 
was stretched forth to raiseup the distressed damsel and 
'inquire into the cause of her sorrow, but was suddenly 
drawn back, it just struck us thatj here was this woman, 
in exactly the same position as described by the con- 
ductor, when she softened his heart, put he his arms round 
her, and said, “ I will take you.” Could it be possible 
that the same trap in which the conductor had been 
caught, was now set for the master ! — We draw back, 
and gravely tell her to go home,, if she will not tell 
the subject of her distress, but she just buries hei? 
head in her lap, rocks to and fro, and says nothing. 
It is now four o’clock, and bands of coolies are passing 
the bungalow, on their way home from work. Of course 
they all look well into the verandah, for no coolie, or 
coolies, ever can, or do, pass the house without doing 
that. They immediately turn away their heads, as if 
they had seen nothing, or at all events seen something,, 
which they ought not to have seen, or which waa 
not intended for them to see. We have previously 
remarked, coolies have a great deal of natural courtesy 
and politeness, which many of their betters are utterly 
devoid of, but still, as they passed, we could not help 
remarking that they talked in a low tone of voice, one 
to the other, a few even looked baek, over their 
shoulders, and what was stranger still,, laughed, yes 
actually laughed. The conductor himself would soon 
be here to render his account of the day’s work, and^ 
this sort of thing cannot be tolerated, so, we call 
loudly out, “ Boy,” the boy very speedily responded, 
for although the kitchen door was half shut, yet he- 
and the kitchen coolie had been watching the whole 
of the proceedings from behind the door, peering 
through the chink, at the back, Boy come here, and 
bring the kitchen coolie, Adjtev^^ was the immediat©^ 
