As a traveler visiting Shirdi during that time, what could one expect to receive from Sai Baba?

Based on the account in Chapter 29, a traveler visiting Sai Baba could not have a fixed expectation. On one hand, Baba was known to be compassionate to pilgrims and would sometimes distribute money even to wayfarers. On the other hand, the text explicitly states that his 'manner was nothing ever fixed.' He might give money, as he did to the Ramdasi group, or a sweet, or he might send someone away empty-handed. The narrative suggests that receiving a tangible blessing was not guaranteed and was considered a special fortune for those whose 'auspicious time had arrived.' Therefore, a visitor's experience would be entirely subject to Baba's inscrutable will.