But, if the whole revenue of the Department he serves were to be
his reward Michele could never, never repeat what he did at Tibasu
for the sake of Miss Vezzis the nurse-girl.

Which proves that, when a man does good work out of all proportion
to his pay, in seven cases out of nine there is a woman at the back
of the virtue.

The two exceptions must have suffered from sunstroke.



WATCHES OF THE NIGHT.


What is in the Brahmin's books that is in the Brahmin's heart.
Neither you nor I knew there was so much evil in the world.

Hindu Proverb.


This began in a practical joke; but it has gone far enough now, and
is getting serious.

Platte, the Subaltern, being poor, had a Waterbury watch and a
plain leather guard.

The Colonel had a Waterbury watch also, and for guard, the lip-
strap of a curb-chain. Lip-straps make the best watch guards.