An Afghan Romance.
In the village of Mis Banda, on the Oabul River, a young maiden was betrothed to an old chieftain three times her age. The wedding day was fixed. The poor girl's silence was legally interpreted to mean consent. The prayers were said and the blessing given. The village band and dancing-girls accompanied the bridegroom in the procession to bring home the bride. But the bride was not to be found The young girl's bondmaid rushed in with wild excitement and said, *If you want my young mistress you will find her floating on the Cabul River l" It afterwards appeared that she was deeply in love with a young student, and when she heard the sound of the drum and flute she rushed out of her house with her Bervant-maid, and, standing on a rock overhanging the river, she requested her maid to tie her hands behind her with the long black tresses of her hair, and thus she plunged herself into the rapids rather than prove unfaithful to her first and only love.
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Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 174, 16 October 1886, Page 8 (Supplement)
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177An Afghan Romance. Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 174, 16 October 1886, Page 8 (Supplement)
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