The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-07-27


magistrate. who MAS making his annul
tour In that neighborhood; Tara's prop
erty was recovered, and the women weI
seat 70 prison.
Then Tara was left on the magistrate
hands. and he placed her under the car
Of his buffers wife, expecting that he
I friends would claim her as soon as b
could communicate with them. Blu
Just a. this time the magistrate wa
transferred 10 the Ahmedpore district
which lies one hundres miles neare
Hydefabad.
A district magistrate lives in his tents
aud moves trough the districts with muc
tent furniture and a large reiinue o
servants and camp followers: so with tn
buffers family went little Tara. As sool
a. they reached the city the magistrat
inquired for a place Of refuge where tn
girl could remain uutil her frinds SHOULD
claim her He was told that MADAM
sahib' had q school where girls Of Tara
age were cared FOR, AID to the ''Sahib S
bungalow the magistrate hastened a
oace.
Tne MADAM sahib'' was very willin,
70 receive Tara into her school, bu
thought il would not be well for her Il
enter the boarding department. as tina
would destroy the child's caste, anC
--nske-m8ch rroubie for her after her-re
farn 70 her friends
s. = Telugu woman Of Tara's OWL
caste was found, who promised to feeC
and otherwise care for her, and she en-,
tered the school as day scholar.
and now began 4 new life for Tara
tatil she was brought before the magis
trate, few days before. she had nevei
even seen q white person. New she was
Hakened each morning By the bugle call,
and she saw troops Of Highlanders and
other uniformed soldiers marching in
and around the grand old fort, with
coiors lying and bagpipes playing.
she was now in large, bustling city.
and there was nothing TO remind her OF
her old home except the tinkling Of the
bells as the herds were driven outside
tie gates in the morning and brought
back al night
she had never thought Of learning to
read None Of her family or neighbors
oonld read or write, and there had never
been any necersity for such accomplish
meufs.
When one Of them wished 10 send a
letter, he called in the village scribe to
write il for him, and also TO read the
answer when II came. Why should they
learn 10 readi Their fathers ard grand
fathers before them had never learned,
aud the ways Of their fathers were good
euough for them
Now here Was Tara learning to read
and write and sing and embroider 1t
was delightful for infinitely better
than the sassu's house. where she would
he obliged 10 work so hard.
The magistrate and Lessib Sahib wrote
% Hyderabad aud Baroda, but no answer
came Little Tara could give no direc-
tons for writing. She only knew that
her brothers name was Limbaji, son Of
hamii, but there were many Limbajis
and Ramiis in Hyderabad, and the let
ies neger reached the Limba for
for whom they were intended Her
bus and's name Was alu, and he lived
IN Bar0da, bat more she could not tell,
and Laiu received no letter. So Tara re-
NAMED in the school, and as she was
diiigent and siudiOus. she made good
progress in herstudies.
Years passed. with no tidings from
Hyderabad or Baroda, and the time had
come when Tara's class was to graduate
from the school 1t was a great day for
hose Young girls. The hall was crowd
ed with the native gentry OF the city,
for II Was still a novel sight 20 see girls
ieadng and writing.
As il happened. a native chief was Just
s ending a little time IN the city. lie
had been on q pilgrimage TO the holy city
II Benares, and was on his way back TO
bis province in the South Marathi coun-
try Hearing shat all the best people
would be at the school, he too came 10
zee Ehat il was like. He was immensely
pleased with the exercises and could
scarcely find words to express his appre-
ciatlon-
Tie girls were arrayed in their most
dazzling garments and jeWelry, but Tara
outshone all the rest. for her wedding
robes and iswelry had been kept for this
very occasion, and very rctty she
Looked, 50 the young chief thought, and
a. soon as the exercises were over he
came forward and asked if he might
make the bright eyed girls acquaint-
aHoe lie was shyly greeted by the
young girl, and II WAS noticed that they
spent long time in conversation with
each other
The next day the chief made a formal
rar.f 80 -. - H. g.
aud great was his dismay when he learned
that she had been married in infancy.
lie ruled a large district and occupied a
grand palace, and was in receipt OF a
good revenue from his sub ects.
be had long been looking for a
wife who could grace his stately
home, but until this time he had seen no
one who suited him. Tara was lovely
and accomplished. and she could direct
bis large retinue OF servants with becom-
inE dignity, yet because she had been
married dozen years before TO an OBJ
scure lad whom She could not remember,
be was 20 be forever declared from WOO
ng her HindOO law is like the laws of
he Medes and Persians, and the marriage
Of an infaut IS binding for life, unless
he husband chooses 10 turn her out and
divorce her.
The sahib tried TO comfort the chief
Eith the hope that Tara might already
be widow and free TO marry him. Moth
ng had been heard from Lalu for five
sears. and they set themselves TO devise
} plan for discovering whether he still
lived They decided TO send procla-
nation into every village in Kattiawar,
,ailiog upon Jsiram TO come forward.
him they hoped TO find Tara's
brother. and then news Of her husband.
Accordingly a printed circular was sent
10 the headmAn Of every village, and in
J few DAYS Jsiram was found. Then
I-imba I, the brother. was communicated
with. and be soon came, declaring his
intention to take Tara 10 her husbands
house at once
The poor girl begged him to spare her.
She had been happy all these years, and
I'D not wish 10 20 TO the stranger whom
he could not remember. But Limbaji
vas inexoiable Il was disgrace to the
smiiy that she had been kept from her
husband 50 long. and every day she re-
nained only added to the disgrace. So
he was torn from her friends nj Ahmed
lore. and agan they started on their
ourneT 70 BarOda-
When they reached Ialu's house they