The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-29

pot is a large building covering a block,
with long waiting rooms extending out
| from the train. The floors are of stone
and they are covered with natives.
Men and women are sitting and lying
about. Here they sprawl out at full
length on the flag and there squat in
groups against the railing between the
waiting rooms and the train shed. All
are wrapped in white sheets, and as
they see me take notes they pull these
UP around their dark. faces to shield
them from the gaze of the heather
foreigner. Some have covered their
heads and lie asleep on the sand.
Notice this woman near me. She
lies on the floor with her head on a
bag. so covered that only the thin face
can be seen. AS 1 look a black Hin
doc in dirty white cotton lies down
beside her. He is her husband. He
places his head on the bag and is soon
| fast asleep.
| There. the gong rings! a train is
called and the third-class passengers
push their way through. Some car
/! ry baggage upon their heads. Others
/ have bags and bundles on shoulders
and backs. All the men are bare
! footed and all wear turbans. caps or
| handkerchiefs covering their heads.
| Their bodies are half wrapped in white
sheets, and their thin legs are naked.
The poor benighted Hindoo.
4 He does the best he kin do:
i He Is outcast from first to last,
For pants he makes his skin do.
Mixed with this motley crowd are
Mohammedans in gowns. Parsees with
3 hats like inverted coal scuttles, native
I and British soldiers. and the servants
] of civil officials n livery. It is one OF
g tho strangest crowds to be found any
y where, and the white clothing so pre-.
4 dominates that in this light 1t seems
ghostlike and ghastly.
Indian Wallets.
y We sit down a moment in the sta.
y ton while our servants buy the tick.
ej cts, check the baggage and secure oul
, seats in the train. In India every
body who is anybody travels with q
servant. In fact. it Is almost impossi-
I BILE for an Englishman or American tc
get along without one. and in figuring
Q iup your railway fares you must add
to the fare Of the class by which vol
travel third-class fare for your SER
want. This servant speaks English
\ He acts as your interpreter, sees te
the hiring and paying Of your cabs
and waits upon you at the hotels
Q In many places you will get nothing tc
: eat If you have no servant. Your bee
is not made, your boots are not black
y ened, and you may clap your hands
q and ring and ring without getting al
answer. If you have a servant hi
V sleeps on the stone floor outside YOU
g door and fights with the other servants
q to get the best for you.
e If You. do not watch him he vii
r cheat you right and left, and he q!
d ways gets commission of 10 pc
8 cent. upon all that you buy.
= Indin's Forty Thieves.
IS The most of these servants ar
r thieves. They make me think OF tn
0, gang which All Baba robbed. know
d they rob me, have already had tire
Q in my employ during this present tri
to India. The first almost froze 7
death at Darjeeling. He had no
/ enough muscle to get what / wante
t and after I discharged him I foun
n some wooden clothes missing. The Sc
ID cond was black liar With a turba
n as big as g. peck measure. He wa
= partially clad In European dress an
got rid of him because my pajama
is and stockings We're fast disappearing
8 There was also little trouble as to