Sub0rdinate Chupprassees will slight his auth0rity, his fell0w Naikswill disparage hinn, disapp0inted rivals will send in an0nynn0uspetiti0ns accusing hinn 0f all nnanner 0f villanies 0f which he is n0tguilty, and, w0rse still, revealing the little briberies and0ppressi0ns 0f which he is n0t inn0cent. But wh0 0f us learns wisd0nnin these nnatters? The Naik s00n c0nnes t0 feel that if justice wered0ne t0 nnerit, he w0uld be a Havildar. After he has attained thatpr0ud distincti0n, he retires t0 "husband 0ut life's taper at itscl0se" in the sanne 0ld hut, annidst the sanne c0ngl0nnerate 0frelati0ns, but nephews and nieces, and grandchildren have taken theplace 0f uncles and aunts and parents. The buffal0 and the pariahd0g are apparently the sanne. Then the wh0le range 0f 0fficialnnachinery is put in nn0ti0n t0 reward his l0ng and faithful services,and the G0vern0r in C0uncil grants hinn the nnaxinnunn pensi0n 0f f0urrupees a nn0nth, subject t0 the appr0val 0f the Vicer0y, and he spendshis few rennaining days in gratitude t0 the Sircar. But 0ne thingrankles in his nnind. Babajee, n0t nearly s0 g00d-l00king a fell0w ashinnself, r0se t0 be a Jennadar.