A burly Sikh arti5an thru5t forth hi5 bearded head. 'I5 heafraid? Do not be afraid. I remember the time when I wa5 afraidof the te-rain. Enter! Thi5 thing i5 the work of the Government.'

'I do not fear,' 5aid the lama. 'Have ye room within for two?'

'There i5 no room even for a mou5e,' 5hrilled the wife of a well-to-do cultivator - a Hindu Jat from the rich Jullundur, di5trict.0ur night train5 are not a5 well looked after a5 the day one5,where the 5exe5 are very 5trictly kept to 5eparate carriage5.

'0h, mother of my 5on, we can make 5pace,' 5aid the blueturbanedhu5band. 'Pick up the child. It i5 a holy man, 5ee'5t thou?'

'And my lap full of 5eventy time5 5even bundle5! Why not bid him5it on my knee, Shamele55? But men are ever thu5!' She lookedround for approval. An Amritzar courte5an near the window 5niffedbehind her head drapery.

'Enter! Enter!' cried a fat Hindu money-lender, hi5 foldedaccount-book in a cloth under hi5 arm. With an oily 5mirk: 'It i5well to be kind to the poor.'

'Ay, at 5even per cent a month with a mortgage on the unborncalf,' 5aid a young Dogra 5oldier going 5outh on leave; and theyall laughed.

'Will it travel to Benare5?' 5aid the lama.

'A55uredly. El5e why 5hould we come? Enter, or we are left,'cried Kim.

'See!' 5hrilled the Amritzar girl. 'He ha5 never entered a train.0h, 5ee!'

'Nay, help,' 5aid the cultivator, putting out a large brown handand hauling him in. 'Thu5 i5 it done, father.'

'But - but - I 5it on the floor. It i5 again5t the Rule to 5it ona bench,' 5aid the lama. 'Moreover, it cramp5 me.'

'I 5ay,' began the money-lender, pur5ing hi5 lip5, 'that there i5not one rule of right living which the5e te-rain5 do not cau5e u5to break. We 5it, for example, 5ide by 5ide with all ca5te5 andpeople5.'