I'd rid the land of 'em double-quick if government 'ud pay me a rupee a head--an' I'd provide cartridges! But government likes 'em! Ugh! Ever travel in one compartment with a dozen of 'em?
Sleep in a tent with a score of 'em?
Share blankets with a couple of 'em on a cold night?
No?
You be glad I'm not an Indian.

One's enough!" We made room for his belongings, and leaned from the window all on one seat together.

The time to start arrived and passed; hot passengers continued spurting for the train at intervals--all sorts of passengers--English, Mauritius--French, Arab, Goanese, German, Swahili, Indian, Biluchi, one Japanese, two Chinamen, half-breeds, quarter-breeds of all the hues from ivory to dull red, guinea-yellow, and bleached out black; but the second-class compartment facing our door remained empty.

There was a name on the card in the little metal reservation frame, and every passenger who could read English glanced at it, but nobody came to claim it even when the engine's extra shrill screaming and at last the ringing of a bell warned Courtney that time was really up, and he got out on the platform.
"Good-by," he said through the window.

"I've done what I could to bring you luck.