'JHB VISIl' OF A SlLVERSMItli, AND 
ITS RESULTS. 
CHAPTER XLVI, 
‘‘ OKU TATTAN VAEADU ” — SPEAKINQ AT, AND NOT tO— 
WHY THE silversmith’s ADVENT IS NOT PLEASANT NEWS 
FOR “ MASTER ’’ — THE ‘‘ GUILELESS ’’ COOLY, MALE AND 
FEMALE— THE BUNGALOW IN A STATE OF SIEGE — ^MASTER 
CREATES A FEELING OF JEALOUSY ON THE ESTATE — THE 
EFFECT OP THE SILVERSMITH’S ARRIVAL ON THE RELA- 
TIONS BETWEEN HUSBAND AND WIFE, AND THE ARDENT 
MALE AND THE CARELESS FEMALE LOVER— HUMAN NATURE 
THE SAME THE WHOLE WORLD o’ER — LOVE A THING OP 
THE PAST ; SETTLEMENTS THE PRESENT ORDER OF 
THE DAY— THE ARRIVAL OF THE TATTAN ’’—THE WORK 
AND THE GOSSIP IN THE VERANDAH— WHY THE TATTAN 
WAS MARRIED— THE SILVERSMITH’S WIPE— tHE WAY SHE 
INCREASED HIS MONEY— THE TATTAN AND MASTER’S OR- 
DERS — THE WIPE AND THE MASTER ; THE LATTER OUTWIT- 
TED— ARRIVAL OF THE ‘‘PERIYA DURAl”— AN AWKWARD 
POSITION— A SCUFFLE AND ITS RESSULTS— A SUDDEN 
DEATH AND A QUICKER RESURRECTION— BAD CONDUCT 
AND PUNISHMENT OF THE TATTAN’S WIFE— AN INTER- 
ESTING RECONCILIATION— CLEVER MANOEUVRING OF THE 
TATTAN’s WIFE — HOW WIVFS GAIN THETR ENDS— AN EXAMPLE 
IN CIVILIZED LIFE,— WHY WE SHOULD STUDY ONE ANOTHER’S 
CHARACTEKS — THE WAY TO MANAGE COOLIES— A RE- 
TROSPECT, AND A GROUNDLESS FEAR. 
Oru tattan varadu, ” (A silversmith, or itiner* 
ant working jeweller, is coming.) Some of our old 
planting friends will instinctively feel a sort of creep- 
ing sensation in the nervous system, an undefined feel- 
ing of dread passing over them, when these three Tamil 
words, with which the chapter opens, once more strike 
the eye, or catch the ear. 
But why should master feel discomposed at the pro^ 
spect of a silversmith paying a visit to the estate, in 
the exercise of bis calling ? One would-be apt to suppose, 
that he would rather be pleased that the women would 
soon have on opportunity of converting their rupees, 
into rings, bracelets, and other ornaments, and thus 
secure the savings on their wages, more securely, than 
in the flitting and uncertain tenure of rupees. For 
even when rupees are wanted, the ornaments can al- 
ways command them, by being placed in pledge, an al- 
ternative, however, which is only [resorted to under 
the last extremity of necessity. Every day, when masteT 
