The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-04-08
WIVES SOLD CHEAP.
LOVELY MAIDS or NEW GUINEA
BOUGHT FOR AIN Ax APIECE.

Adventure Of an American seientlat
Among the Pn9uans How brave
Native Lover Earned spouse a
Pressing Invitation to Marry.
Such opportunities for matrimony a.
were offered me in New Guines q few
years ago never expect to enjoy again.
Ny journey through the island of the
Papuans was made for tho purpose Of
collecting specimens Of all sorts, sueh as
a naturalist seeks to gather, bot the
people themselves are the most interest
ing sayages have ever met. The men
and children sc about entirely naked,
while tho women wear only short grass
pettieoats / employed young blaek
follow named RabooF to help mo IN my
work. His hair was bush Of kinlsy
frlzz and stood up Oh his head in mass
as big as q half bushel measure.
found out that he was IN love, but ha
admitted with o Sigh that he was too
poor To marry the girl of hia choice.
HYou are young and strong" said !,
"Why do you not so to work and earn
enough to support yourself and your
hWEStMe3tAtl Hs4 aIHs
"You do not understand, be replied,
II have a good garden that would sup
| ply what food we wantedi besides, can
throw the spear further and tFuer TO tha
mark than any other man ia this dis
tFiet, so that 4 can set plenty of kan-
garoes and pigs, But they will not hty
the girl, Her mother wants an ak far
her, and that cannot grow Ia my gar
den on hunt in the forest with my
spear"
The poor fellow gFoaned, made several
I despaiTing remarks on his prospective
mother-in-law, and anally said that if
he did not love the Ronng woman So
dearly he would 60 away and never
come back again.
HELPING A NATIVE 10 AIAREiHt
'sBut, my boy, you need not despair
said 1, s'If the possession Of an AK will
SECURE your happiness | will give you
one, want my paradise bird, for In
my country people think more OF them
than Of axes. II you will help me get
as many birds with the long plyuues as
yoH have fingers on both hands YOU
shall have an ak on the day we get the
Last ones
He accepted this proposition delight
II. ass t.gassi15 ftla lAis uNaa fs4altlsi
the ten good birds We're procured and
the AK earned, was present when
Raboar bought his wife with it, They
were married the following evening, The
ceremony being concluded with wild
dance and singing by chorus Of girls,
AS we were preparing our dinner one
afternoon q titteF aAd a giggle weFa
waited 70 our ears Looking around We
beheld Lahiar ia the midst of group0f
fifteen or twenty girls, many Of them Of
superior beauty, who we're laughing and
pearing at us over each others shoulders
They all wore flowers in their hair and
bands of green leaves adorned their
arms and ankles, Each maiden nd
her best striped pettieaat and sonlel
necklaces Of dogs teeth,
AT length Lohier, one Of nay recent
guides, stepping forward, said that he
had been q long way, had visited the
biggest towns Of his country and had
brought back with him the most beau
tiful women Of his nation, He hoped
we would each select one that would
please Us, marry her ana settle down in
New Guinea. The parents Of some Of
the giEis had come also and were stand
ing ia the background Cur friend ex
planned to Us that tho prices were high,
as they were the finest girls ia the land
LINING UF FOR PROPOSALS.
He arranged thom an in giggling
line, that they might ha seen to tho best
advantage Beginning with the first,
he told their names and gave their differ
ent accomplishments.
4 noticed q beautiful girl whom hRa
met while out shooting among the ppm
her Of maiaans, and | was aHxious to
hear what Lohier would saypl her She
still wore the string of beads had given
her, and looked as pretty aud modest as
violet When he came to her ha said
'eIhis Is Laeena. is she not lnYeiY2
5er arms ars rennd as bamhooi her
form Is supple as tho climbing vines her
HteiIF is slIt1uth an q young pAHana leari
her hnir Is soft as Spiders Websi heT
eyes are hright as dew IN the morning
she can sing like abird and run fast "
q kangaraoi she IA q good hQuselseepsri
an aifeetionate daughter and eamas
from good falnily, flr her father II 9
great warrior
Iha value set upon the beauty was az
Ak, knife piece of calico and STRING
Of beads Wa STOOD admiring herr and
Lohier thanght he had made q bargain,
Warealiaed that tio atEair might turn
ont seriously perhaps. but we turned
tlla matter 9lf lly declaring thatVe were
uHabla to make q choice among sQmanY
loYely creatqres and preceding 70 dis
tribnte presents iberallg Io most of
the girls wa gave gay cqlered hallalEer-
chiefs, with 9 brass ring ana brass
hattou in each Tq ineena We offered
Looking glass, and the yonng womea
danced for olir amusement wliile wye ate
ear dinner, ana salss Q sllle, which they
eolnpasaa as ghoy went alongi aesarih
iHg fhe vhQie scene ara eeInpliaentjng
as ullan oar generosity Toward aFeu-
ing they iaqe ns gooapg ana started foF
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