The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1888-02-03
KAFTIR HRROINE.
The Adysaturss OF y sOute Ahrsgan Girl
who Sought Her LsvSr.
VErom the AndQuary.l

The AdVaatuFea OF y h0ut& Altman &AFt
who Sought Her LsvSr.
Yron the A~nttQuary.l
The following is IA outline the story
Of A real KAfir heroine: A father who
had been unfortunats and had lost his
wealth was im~portuned TO gtva mp his
two daughters Tor wives TO ths master
who had befriended him In HIS nscea-S
sites. He had no power, even IL he
had the will, to resist the demand; so
in due time the daughters were sent to
their intended lords krAal. TheH
| would not go into tho hut, until ct last
thew were forcibly carried In. IL was
niSht, and one OF the girls, worn ont
with fatigue and weeping, had fallen
AsIeep. But if she slept, her sister was
awake. and determined TO be free. Her
ewes turned toward the distant land Of
Natal, for among those Of her tribs
who had taken refuge there was q GER
tain Young man with whom she had
been acquainted from childhood, and
who had obtained possession Of her
heart before that evil day which com
PEELED him to run for his life. When
she thought the at moment had come,
Uzinto released herself from her
bonds, and taking up her mat, crept
out Of tho hut.
She determined to avoid the kraala
and travel as much as possible in the
bush. A terrible fight caused By =
| leopard was the only incident she met
with, and at the end of the fourth day
she forded the River Tugela, very tired
and very hungry. UZinto nov went 70
. kraal TO obtain food, and to discover
where her people lived. The owner
saw thSt she wass fugitive, and thought
1t . Ana opportunity to gain Q wife
without expense. She declined to be.
come an inmate Of his house, and abode
with one Of his wives for the night.
The jealous wife communicated to her
the information she wanted, and told
her that the man wished to deceive
her. Whom Uzinto departed In the
morning the master of the kraal met
her, and again endeavored to persuade
her to return. He was rich; she should
have plenty Of. milk and plenty
of beef; she had only to become his
wife 70 be happy and honored. Sha
listened in silence, and went on her
way to'hsr own people, where she was
received by the chief as one Of hia
wards. Then began her search for
her lover. His brothers kraAl ad~
joined her new homo, and one morn
ing meeting her lovers fayOrite neph-
sw, affecting not TO know him, she
said shat his face was not altogether
strange 10 her, and wondered where
abe had seen him The boy did not
think she had seen him anywhere, and
whom she suggested she kolosi River.
he told her he bad neve been there.
The truth wa the shrewd urchin know
her. and wanted 70 naa her moro ex-
plicit and say whose nephew no was.
She found that her lover was many
miles away. The boy took q message
from her, and her lovers reply was fM-
vorable, though no present accompa-
nied it,; and when Uzinto thought
thereon : lSsst -ss sad. Meantims
two suitors paid her unromittipg AZ
tention, bu4 she turned a deaf ear to
their prayers. After awhile her lover
came back; but the offended maiden
would not deign to speak to him; and
when he became sick she attended to
nlult Uub1A hlAc4eGs 6iICK us ECSON-
or she took q little girl and set OF
for his kraal under cover Of the night,
that she might have an interview with
out creating suspicion. The entrance
was closed, but she threw o stone up-
on the hut Then, ater a scene with
Der lover, she fixed her value at ten
cows, told him when lie had worked
long enough to obtain. that number she
wonld come to hle kra ! to lie bet, 9TH
ed. Some time after warl SHE APP
peared unexpectedly at her Low RS
kFaal and demanded TO be Detroit ell.
Int the peoi Il were afraid to kill / .
goat VITA al the chiefs sanction, and
o N sse ger being est 10 their chief,
she vas o liged to 10 ba k gain,
however, she i pe8red at her lovers
lint, and this time, ia spts OF the
cliei's RICH 3, The goat was killed, aud
she became the wife Of her OLD lover.