The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-11-09
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER ,

1sai
said thaa she was ARA,
away " fr rsr t gnels s.s might take eT ~
village. Oi' back to n.
=, Still, Feizula, witboD.
Ahoziat, did write a Ie.t Olsultiar
n mo her. One afterno tosees to IN
busy cleaning up one Il % vas
suddenly ,c she saw a v I'll the Rooms.
followed by a little I ba Woman,
tine s2e,, threshold s,, Are tS Ss crossing
low voice. Not l a sou asked ed. in
woman" replied Khozi.99 my good
The woman uncovered L gaily.
WAS. KhOziat's mO.her! '' lac lace It
little boy was her yOunooa and the
e er; For the first few I m.d broth
. DO1h her mother and littla moments omen
were so stunned bv KbOS s brother
ropean outfit and bobbed I' Eu-
tney couldn't utter a so nals that
wasn't KhOziat. At an rVun ne 1t
was not their Khoziat. Sh rate it
stranger. She looked IL. was a
tluel' And they bob hn,. an n
tears. It was only afts S1i st INTO,
rushed to them, and sn nnOliat
them' and kissed them, and Orae'd
them feel at home and "nu made
mat they became little co "1le0ns'
Gradually, they got use sSTI |.
ellen appearance. It was % a ner
Ahozlat after all! whom eys, snslr
in the village thought dead vie'y'''
~ what happened was This. A..
khoziat had vanished fror, A' !,
ishan's house, she had been ga,, ne
ed fer by her boss's ser-,. ssa''Q },
over Kokand. Wien no trac cl'' 81, Sl !
De found of her, the ishan an my ,
IN a fortune-teller who. afto, . .a,,
Ding all kinds Of strange wors. .
and 3ronouncing may ouror ,,rl
ers and invocations while s, s.as-
little balls of cotton into 'I So,VS
OF water, finally solved the NV NV
terry. "The light has gone ont ,' :,
Khoziat," she finally nutteroJ JD' ~ !,
big man, a kaffir, a BOlsheyoi ~
Quoted her while she was retn -
ing from the pond carving a..
green frogs. He abducted boT
then threw her into the water w.
Khoziat laughed 1T her motA.,
and her fears, and called the mrl.
lab an old fool, and toId 10,
mother right then and there ver
DEFINITELY that she had not ii.
leas intention of going back n
the village. Her mother was bur
and Khoziat had to explain, Shs
talked to her, and talked To her
and tried to convert her to a NOR,
modern poin+ of view. She told
her of Ibrahimova and Seifutdin.
ova. She tried to explain to he,
; the disgrace of wearing paranis
She presented to her all the arpu.
, ments that she had learned in fav
or of woman's emancipation. Bu
. her mother shook her head sadlv
and told Khozia+ that she WASH
convinced, that the Tadiiks hal
lived that way Tor centuries. an,
that she saw no good in breakin,
/, up everything, in destroying every
thing. 81 can't 60 back to tn
! village without you" she kept o.
saying. "Ah, Khoziat: Khoziat
what have you done e. me an
our family. You have. disgrace
US in the eyes of every good MOS
lem.
Everybody will be pointing .
me. I won't be able to look any
, body straight in the eyes. If, All
ali beware, I am in trouble, n
one will kelp re. All Khozia
; Khoziat :" Sill, her resistenC
was little broken. There wa
even glimmer of pride in he
|. eyes when Khoziat displayed he
ability to read and write and max
long additions and subtractions.
: Later, the girls came in, an
! Feizula. and Seifutdinova. and a
; were very courteous and gent
with the mother. As to her, viii
: she never said a thing to Khozia
seeing al those nice people Wi
whom her DAUGHTER. was associatI
made her feel a little reassured.
2 Continued next week.