Show A SOLOMON ON DIVORCE the jie scene witnessed by col bewlus oil on the malay peninsula lleti col Lo india 11 I 1 was sitting with tho the rajah on tho the raised platform in front of bis his house drinking tea in the cool of the tue cv fening suddenly our peaceful silent smoking was disturbed b by a young and very pretty gir girl pitk with flowers in her hair and silv silver eror ornaments na on neck and arms who rushed up tho ladder d and threw herself at tho the rajahn rajahs feet in a pd passion assion of teara tears after he be ascended slowly one by one a number of villagers wrapped in their long homespun mantles who quietly sat down on tho the platform on the right and the cleft left of the chief the rajah smoked on silent silently y until tho the woma comans womans rips so sobs lm had grown somewhat less violent when he remarked quietly weeping is is good goo d for women A few more puffs of fragrant tobacco and as the sobbing still continued he added with solemnity three conditions are to be avoid ed first not to be able to weep second to weep without knowing for why third t to 0 weep too much the last condition was pronounced with impressive distinct distinctness ne es and an at assenting murmur went around the assembly the girl raised her head 11 my k ly father I 1 cannot live with I 1 hate himl what has he done has he be beaten you no he be has not beaten me that I 1 should not have bava minded he sus pacts me he watches me and I 1 will not endure it I 1 demand to be dl obi ohl my fa father therbe be it on your beada Tawn gey come forward thou son of what is this I 1 hear bear taeng ey appeared slinking bhame from the depths of the crowds first making slowly a lowly obeisance ho he eat sat down iowa before the chief my afy lord said tawnee Tawn gey 1 I saw her flirting with h it Is is at false M it is false vehemently cried the girl dashing away her tears team 1 I went with the other girls to draw water in the stream and Adicus sweetheart Paw thee came and aud began laughing and so we splashed him with water then this man pointing with concentrated scorn at the wretched clied tawn gey this man waa was spying behind a tree and he came and i dragged me by the arm and abas abused ed me before them all I 1 have never suffered such shame Rel release etise me oh my father I 1 will not riot live with him here abri sh again prostrated herself at the rajahs rajahn feet A dead silence ensued broken only by the girls sobs looked aa as though he wished ed the earth would swallow him but ho he said not a word suddenly the rajah spoke again and gave orders 0 you yu and you tou gt wo three orth re tho the spectators take away these two wicked ones who disobey the holy law strip them of all their clothes save one cloth only to the woman and shut them up together in the great empty guest guesthouse houBe in the morning I 1 will hear bear them again chave I 1 have spoken gothe so the you young g couple were hustled bustled off and shut up in a it bare empty h house 0 us e with but one garment between betwee n them the night was very could and as I 1 pulled my ay thick wadded quilt over my shoulders before going 0 ug to sleep I 1 admired the shrewd w d w wisdom i adom of the rajah in the morning when their clothes were handed into the them and the door was opened to conduct them thern before the chief they quietly slipped away hand in hand band and departed peaceably to their own abode |