Who was Laxmichand, and what background details does Chapter 28 provide about him before he met Sai Baba?

As narrated in Chapter 28, Laxmichand was a devotee of Sai Baba whose story is used to illustrate Baba's power to draw people to Shirdi. He is described as a very trustworthy and obedient 'munshi' (clerk) who, at the time of the narration, was working for the Ralli Brothers, a firm of Greek merchants with a shop in Mumbai. The chapter also provides details about his prior employment, noting that he had initially worked in the railways department and later at the Venkatesh Printing Press. He is presented as a prime example of Baba's 'pious chick,' whom Baba drew to himself from a distant land, fulfilling the prophecy that he brings his devotees to him as if by a string tied to their feet.