Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-07-05
EVENING EDITION:

4ha din came to Andrea,s
AD9ve hrain 9. shout that stoool
tv vet IKE : sudden scream IN q lons
Ply traere Marry him or JUMP
10y nss;a Refore she could grasp Ihe
S5a.d,v import of those WORDS sno
a 10 Sonring like a h~alf-closed 1ack-
Snifa over a limb of the tree Wa.caa
ing Marguerite browse as al stili
nothing had happened, ms VAL ,n;ne
tightly grasped by a NJ"
6a ZEN minutes later the professor
zen undar way again in the order
Wa ,am with the varlatloo
aso me reins Of the bride were
,1nntted to the back of M'sungo,s pet
Andrea. too dazed to protest, p onu
a. nvar This indignity but when sns
ts;naIlv found her voice. n dectueu
~ mse it for another
IT think it was horrid OF the ola. Ins-
to veil the way they did," she as
| marked with suspicious
Don't your" .r cer.
+,;,.,v do" he answered promptly
"1,nt you'll nave to accustom your
elf TO the fact that obolo Is n pa
o. consideration between the DlaGk
n.on and all women in the world. he
na,ar gets away from its diminutlVe
values in a question Of SEX,
what do you mean K An
drea, mystified. Whats oplo
"In this country" explained insult
60. "it's from two to three pout W.
a head. I told you about II me osa
az; day. Obolo is the market pre-
for wcmen The best native authofi.
tt;Eaas however. contend that obolo 10
not a purchase price but the re-
mnneration to the father for n
board. training and general keep OF
his daughter up to the time or ner
marriage. and they base tnelr arsu-
ment on the fact that while women
cra property they are not chattel'
title being non-transferable."
ian damaged goods be eScnahs'
ed 2" inquired Andrea Jelly.
Certainly" he answered, aoso.p.
ed in his topic. WnI..
there's another daughter avaiiagie;
where there isn't. money IS rett'nuea
hv order of the courts. The native
legislation on the subject is absolute
~ complete. Eur what l was driving
at is that IL spite of the contention
mentioned above, wherever a "om-
an is conc erned a black AN never
..er i, on. OF his head that h can
te replaced at the regular narke!
rec. Now you've got the kernel OF
Ills whole attitude toward women.
$50 if it had been you thev
wouldn't have laughed and yelled."
I'm this case, yes" he said: They
most certainly. would, because they:
had no direct responsibility. But
where responsibility attaches the :uie
for men is a life for a life and it's
a rule that has no exceptions. You're
loading me into a maze of folk law
but if you are really interested III
give you an example that will throw
the main fact into highlight."
"Oh, I'm interested all right said
Andrea. IF you were looking at me
I'd yawn."
well. here you are them con-
tinued M'sungo, inwardly and uncoa-
sciously pleased to talk as is every
man when he is master OF his SUBJ
iect. IF a native run a1mok and at
tacks his neighbor it's up to the
neighbor it's up to the neighbor to
beat it: for, if he kills the mailman.
even in desperate self-defense, he
will have to replace him with a man
from his own family who becomes a
marketable slave. BY the same
token it is up to the kin of the mad
man to Kali him promptly because
they must make good with another
for every male he docs away with.
Continued in Tomorrow
Evenings Herald.