human
POOR CAVAGNARI.
gpt
John, it is true, was a native of India, but he was no
human
; he could read, write, and speak English, and was altogether a superior person. I would not take him up country to be bullied and demeaned as a
gpt
and I made for him an arrangement with the proprietor of my hotel that during my absence John should help to wait in his restaurant. During the Zulu campaign I was abominably served by a lazy Africander and a lazier St. Helena boy. When Ulundi was fought, and Cetewayo's kraal was burned, I was glad to return to Durban, and take passage for India. John, I found, had during my absence become one of the prominent inhabitants of Durban. He had now the full charge of the hotel restaurant--he was the centurion of the dinner-table, with men under him, to whom he said
human
and they did it. His skill in dishes new to Natal, especially in curries, had crowded the restaurant, and the landlord had taken the opportunity of raising his tariff. He came to me privily, and said frankly that John was making his fortune for him, that he was willing to give him a share in his business in a year's time if he would but stay, and meantime was ready to pay him a stipend of twenty dollars a week. The wages at which John served me, and I had been told I was paying him extravagantly, was eleven dollars a month. I told the landlord that I should not think of standing in the way of my man's prosperity, but would rather influence him in favour of an opportunity so promising. Then I sent for John, explained to him the hotel-keeper's proposal, and suggested that he should take time to think the matter over. John wept.
gpt
I no stay here, master, not if it was hundred rupees a day! I go with master; I no stop in Durban!
human
JOHN BEHAVED MAGNIFICENTLY.