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~ 'Author of “To a Nun Confess'd" rind "Sei-vltiide." ‘ ,

neath the shade oi' a wild orange tree, just out-

side the little village in Knbyiiii where she lived with ber father and mother and where she and all her bmthers and sisters were born

and reared. She was as bivwn ns the soil where the

#uh had turned it, and the grass upon which she

lst was intensely green. Overhead in the foliage of

the tree were great splashes of gold, with wiiich'

pearly white splashes alternated. V

She was twisting with her slender brown angers

' lad deftly weaving a braid of camel's hair, which

was hrown also, and which when tinished would serve to sail to some Arab merchant for his headdress. As

she worked she chanted a weird, curious Ksbyie song. _blltiul time on the fresh green grass with her small. Isla, brown foot. With her brown little foot ,she

Mild imitate on the green grass the sound of the &-tom.

dhe was a very pretty little creature, with long, lovin( &k hdr, which in the sunlight shone with Ili* of- blue. Her eyes were almond shaped,

iilii, dark Q4 peltlo. Her little nose was very tineib' Qideliod, all hor pretty mouth was red and lovely,

blown il:‘_n_i_nsk mee. She was its ripe as a HU. a :honey lg. when the sun has turned it to Q1 wer ff »i\wa°.r. ' - =ll.\\el.u§hll.hody was of the color of coffee to *I l|l|*=)¢a beep added-such coilee as the Kaby- *ll Ugly return home from long months F ip ll Qgosaig- or in renioter Tunis-coffee HMO which they have poured milk from the goat, us

when-iseie is goto-_gold-tina where the soi- k Ivo ish Iuoh' due men.

'nie Most Jealous Men.

_R vu aetwlght for hor to think or the soldiers, or P5 leuli soldiers, in their blue and red, for she was had as promised to a husband, and in Kabyliii

*ll lla jodo". More jealous are the men in Kaby- lan lqmboro else the world, and whoever Neo the will of another man or to the girl who is piled to another must die at the same time when

Q* ‘Klan los. _ °" 75° len to whom sho was promised was the sou ” in "QW-lgmhant in the village, one who had P°l0d lack (old iq the towns on the coast and *Old the sou in cities which the Ronmis inhabit, P‘ *ION the true faith is unknown. ’1‘hlS Y0\1il\

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H loan her ad had caught tire ut the sight of her \”"°|l01ls bouty and grace, for very desirable she *hi W lil as sho slowly walked up the mountain “ui Wifi iler rounded arms thrown backward, sul!- tho Jar of water. ,|50 hd parker jar down and sighed, for she was `;P”|° llliod sid the May sun was vor! W“i'm~ TM” * 'Nl lat dbwo to rest a while and had taken out §`“m*|'| Mir from I little bag which she wore be- .*‘\ ill' drsgsry md had begun to twist the small “lb 0r braid, which the Arabs wear. “ii 'Wu 5 very rsqiniiiiug time mind. She hnd W" *mn eaaeiiieii like the :wo duushte" °f ‘1 "HK"- hud been brought up like French il|l'|S» They flillllt too many things, and the men oi' the vii- §*1°@ld_aslianoo upon them. No Kiibylil “'°“'f‘ nm '\ Klibfle girl who learned the wil." 0f the U .im Wi‘lIl,on. 'l‘lie wouian who can reiiil mid Write

_ “M fbi' wife for Knbvle, Moor or A:-rib. The woman

'.h°"‘~"*" Wild riin read the letters thiit ii sweetheart ”£"°l: ihe it-oiuiiii Uu-,ho can write can write l2!¢l’\”‘ * "`h "0 not for the hushiind's eves. At the age Of "'~"“"“- wbliefiii the girhi or the viiiaiie of the"

”i.”‘ “'°=r mlii-i-lea kind iiiiii rhiiiirf-ii. they remlllwd _

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laughed at its olii niiiliis who had been .spiillcil by the iloniuis iind might ninrry iiiitiflrs, ns thi- fiilthiiii would have none oi’ thezn.

Zltieilm know nothing. She wits not quite twelve

years old. In Europe tind America girls of this nge iii'i~ just bcgiiiniiig to study, to prepiire i'or life. in the niountiiins oi' Kiihylln ii girl is hushiinii hiiiii before she is eleven years old und tit to be sold by hor fiithei-_ Zuleika‘s father expected to get n large sum for her. bcause she was unusnnlly bi-nutiful. Perhaps, he cni- culated, she might fetch as much as tive hundred

francs. _

This would be two hundred francs 'more thiiii 'her

sister had fetchod»-hol' sister. who was oiieycar older and who had been sold when she wits eleven years old. But then Knlnrijii hnd been bought by ii chief, who wus old nnd cunning and careful of his money. He had pointed out to -her father that Knluii- Ja's nose was ions-too long-nnd that she could never he dehired its the favorite in the harem of any innii._

With a Covetous Eye. The youth who had watched Zuielku soon uiitde tip

his mind; he watched her with eyes which grew covetous us he looked upon her. He hurried home and sought out his futher and demanded iliat Zuieika should be procured for him in marriage. The futher smiled benevolently. “My son," he siiid, “the Rouinl fools shall pay for your bride and your wedding. All last winter I ioilcd in El Djezair, standing in the courtyards of the cariivanseries where these people congregate; all the winter I told iles great rind won- derful, and did in consequence induce them to buy as rare and curious_weapons or as native jewelry-and at ten times their price-nrticies oi' merchandise which I did obtain from the very lands from which these people come. and as I toiled, and as I told

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aim at mae hh shui ia.ayma,iii¢ itiiseiliwa, iiiiiimii.-ii in farahiiiag at his iiouse.’ its shall be iam, my seat I will as and speak is 'her father iie£ei¢'saii= down." `

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wiiiaifiihiwir ind »i.iui.m»ii»a uranium. sion die iiidwiis iiifi_n-iaed..t_hiit_iiiii ftratii had been iriifimd' hy his friends. he ranabsst the :tri °"“'i::i'°:i:°..”°‘“'...."““t‘ .nm *""

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indeed, tryin liis sound of the 'Img soavthahaiio girl limi siiipcoisd that sho was engaged to be hurried. sho had not been consulted ia any way.

A. second intorviow between the fatlnrs followed.

and than a little later the whole of the purchase money

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her iiilshsiii.’p`.ii0Be; At Ultlllih i_iev._ ie-handed to ite! " 7,0! Voter, 'itil 'v»i\4¢hen»»r1isii1i_d°h¢.' y le. Svhwi

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next handed ioilsieila, who _ _ asujas vmite ionic. 'illness viahials sho' As.his',|rnd. Ili th iialhetilte found malls aiat, viola siis ksptforhsrsaif. itwaskolymiioiofthsolsihof wedlock which she had assumed I Hiincoforth the duties or liiiaika, hasidas child

bearing. comprised 'all the ilrodaery of liihdrs household. Besides this, shs had to weave eiotdi for his apparel, and it wu het-_divrtzy also to prepare tho eousuons an-whiahlhsragalod himself. The hardst of

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wus paid down tliroiigiiv :in iigirnt, u kind of inarringe iiroiter, or go~bi-iwei-n. \viio_~'o iiusini-:is ii is iii iirrzinge the dniinciiii sitio of iiiesv linbyie wife ptirchfises and dziugrhicr sales.

Tivo nmrt°ingi~ of ti liiibyle girl is not ii thing to

which tile poor -'au nspiri-. The futher hits to bi- uni- isiicd with purcliasi- iiioiicy. :ind besides iluii lhvre is the voriiellie di- niiii'lii/.ri-, which in I&i|ii,\'liii must be |1rciii~uii‘d by the i>i'itli-ilronui lo the hriiiv. It is ti basket which contains thu scveiity didcroul t~~‘si'iici~s, inedlclui-s :ind comiieizii-.~‘ which it woman nt-eiis to iniike herself iieiiuiifui, to keep well iuid to iiiiii to her bcanty that which is held next to me beauty of women, ii uwcetiie,-is ol‘ pi-rfniae. '

The bride and liriiieixroom were not presi-iit nt the

innrri::,'ic ccri-ininiy, hui both of them \vsl| knew the ritual words from thi- itorziii which the innrnbout. be- fore he proiiounced Llieni nniii und wife, was reiiiiing to their iisueiiiiileii fiimiiii-s iinii friondsz-

"liicii nrr superior to iviiinen, because the qiniliiics

which God luis tzlven iliein i-ii-vritc them iibove \voi\i<~n.

nnd hi~i-nine i1ii~_y n-'-i- Iirir iiiimoy for :lii~ |ii:irrl:i;:i= dowry of \\'onii-ii. \'lz'li:.J;;_s wninoii nrt: obiiiliutii :intl

snbdu<>il."

After the inarriiiigi- was over the uiarnbout iznvi- the

young liushand wine nilvlci- :is from ii mini of iiio world. llc niivi~=i~d iilni in ri-1vi'liiiiiii<i Ztiliilkii li' he feared any iiisobeiiionir on her |mrt; should .~hi\ ills- ohey hiui he sliniiid in-nt her. He huil sei-n Iiiissrlii often us n liiil tiigliting' with thi- girls in the street :niii had nollceti that the iiiii could knock tiny girl iioivn and give her ii taste of the stick oi' olive wood. He could only ndvlsi- hlru to practise this some superi- ority in his houscholil. However, as soon as Zulclka had been reduced to obedience it became his duty to lny aside the olive stick and to cease chidlng her.

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her duties wus, however, daily to fi-tt-it walter for the hoiisolioid froin the spring. \viili-li wits fur down in the \':ilie_v below the village.

At ci-riiiln hours of each duy Zuleikii joined the

long line of woiiieii with heavy i~nrihi~n wziler jnrs on their hacks. who wound down the path to thc distant wi-ii, und. iieuvy iiiilen, toiled bnvk iignin up the intr- rinv. iiiinosl pi-i°|»i‘i|iiii~tilni' paths \vlili~|\ lcd hack hoiue. l<I:ii'h \vii.~icln1i in u large while tiinlr, fiistciied on ciii-h sliimiiicr with hoary ,~ilver plus unil iii-lil iii the wiiist by it bolt of i-nini»l`s iinlr. Their ii-ps und fcci were bare except for three or four ankleis; their long urnis, thrown backward. supported the iimpiioriio. They looiteii like w0rui~n of uid (lliooi-i~ or iionio, but they wi-rc slaves enthralled in ii bnrb:iroii.- liiiid.

The Collar of Gold.

iiiisseiii iipprovcd of Zuleiltii while she was young.

iii- iliil not i-liiiio her more often lhiin :inothcr man, :ind iwri' the wail 7.uli~ikii never iioniyiliiini-d that he li<‘:\i liri' loo vriii-lI_\'_ lniiced. silo spoke in praise of hlni. He liiiil i:l\'i»n to iv-r ii collnr _on \vhich were i°ii.~iii~iii-il lilly ,iii-rcs of ti-iid, on wiileli were thi- heads of n\:in_\' i"i':inkisli l<ini:-_ |»ii~~.~i\s of gold \\‘lili'l1 riiuked iii-:iiilii'nil_\' \'.‘!ii~n shi- slionii iii-r iii~iid_ lie hnd |_zi\‘i~ii to her :i iiriir of violet li-iiliiei' slippers uoriied \vliii cold iiiicl tiny bi-iid<. lie iiiiii ixlvi-n to hcr six hriice- li~|~' of in-iiv_i~ giilii. iii- liiiil given io her ii little ili~ni‘v;i ivntch wliii-li \v:i_< of :olii limi \\'liif‘li rtitiit ri liiile iwii me ofii-n its i|ii~ liour iviiu triirii _volt ioiivlard n hiitliin on its side. iii- had given to her al:1o,iiovon rliiizs of prom rriliie, with diamonds. opnis and turkolu

stoiii-s set in golil.

Hui nil these |irci=cnts hnd been iieillo\\'»‘ii in thc

first vvnrs of their ninrriligze. ily the time she was ilftiw : l. ,sive fewer things to her iirii siciiiilivi hor oi'tcni~i'. Olivo il.i\v:: :ri tliv well shi- ilfrrii her f.-.wit

_9_h=m°f!1L°°°, 4°°°“;¢“l .;°9‘¥?!»,°9$__“’,_‘ _ _$82! FB.S;'“&l...L&"' 1' °_c.r_»°»=nwin-_,zuiqi;_r,,tor__ip;ii_i-.n_ rho sli°_\wi_°`h,ioi_.lzi.iii ' .“2\_.-asia nsritic_i»=ai§_\xh;ili._»_>sii.

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'Uh-sho ohvoetieii. ' 5 O&a|asa aadblp vare.driuggansh.hosor ol'

l1|laliii‘sseono.inarifia|g, and zni¢aifoll;to wishing V tiiattoasofthswns might eoahin.a ballot, inuht bs, _- lrsdlnhsrdhoorioo md_hat.tls~btiliotmi¢ht_pi»o» I itarloart. lbr it gnsvodfhmssnavos ieavo ~Enssain‘s ’,

GU-llblfi but that was not what was most hitter. - Itwas when. the new ivridahavitig been broughminto ' tha room when sho had bon sole mistress so long, "ff sho had totsadmvor-oo har for her adorniasnt all the lrasents ikotvhs-husband had given to..her. E

luand the hrlie'| neck ahehnngéiensekrag of

iffy 'Plukhh wld norms wna.d»,.siatuii» cash. Hills. Over tha shoulders 'she throw thelong gel chaintowhich wasattaehsdttoiidieloidiionova '= , watch which rung the hours, merry hours, and hows ,_~ as sodas mia, when-.--hor heart waslieavy ia her-dh-r "‘ llllrld andfmhahapen bosom. Over the brldefs fesq she slipped the babouehes it vrniet kid worhi»d,.wirh Bold uid on har wrists the bracelets of heavy 3dd.` TMI! “P02 herlngers shebeg-m to~pass the :hiss of

great valua.

At each new jewel the bride, a girl of eleven, gave

a little cry of sheer wonder and delight. She shook her head all the time. eo that the golden sequins of the Fronkiah kings should rattle and clink; she held up ,y now one foot, udv another, to admire the violet dip- pers. She touched the button in the side of the WMQ and -made ilhe little bell ring for her, which sounK. an hour so happy for her, so sud fbr Zuleika. One, two, three, tour, tive, six rings of great vsiuefhad '- Zuieilm set upon the new wifdsingers.

'_i‘he.u, making obelsance to her lard, Zuleika was

about to leave the room to lfrehlile meats for the bride’s refreshment, when the girl cried out:-"There

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monds, opals and turkis stones-and, behold, Husseil, - you have not liopt faith with me, for I have received ' but six; and seo, the ring with the blue stones, which ‘

are to pale when you love me no longer, is not on my L_' _

Ungar and I have never had it at all." , i

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"My lord," said thc discarded wife, “the ring with

the blue stones you gave me, saying I should keep it till the blue faded, which would be when ,yan ceased to love me. The blue has not faded-see, here it B- and so I have kept it, because lit tells me that your

love is not yet quite lost to me."

Aa ‘she spoke she drew a turquoise rinir from the

little bag she wore inside her robe. liusseln said not .

ti word, but snatched the ring from the wemau’s hand and passed it over the iii:;.z<-i~ which the new ivifo-.hold out. Then he turned upon Zuleika, and, taking Q the olive stick, bent her from the room. ,

Zuioika slunk away. Her position was what had

always been the pésition of women of her race whoa their husbands grew tircdlof them-what it had been a hundred years ago, what it will be n hundred years hence; She_was utterly without hope. She had no power to improve her condition. She could never win buck her husbarid's aifection-, for his lovc was a purely

physical one,

He had wasted her beauty and now despised hor.

But for the fact that she had tive children he would have gone to the ksdi, and the kadi would have pro- nounced him free. He would have heen forced to ,. `- ' feed her for three months and ten days after thnt- and after that? Weil, after that there wus the river at the bottom of the vnllim or the streets of El Dje-

ziiir, where they say t‘~ ir _ i.. :ire less particular V about the freshness of tim ~.i -. .; iioin they court. i

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Some people have an ic- =i 'rut-_ the Kabyle women .

hiive n better position thiin the .-iriih women, perhaps because the Kiibyiera do not covet' their face! like the Arnii woiuen. Perhaps in the old days the Bi_~riier women in-ld :i heiicr position, hui when Is-

lainium was nduptcd in Kiiiiyiitt the ilegriidiltlon, of

women followed ns n iuutter ol` i~oiir_~:f~.

The Koran permits the iiiibyie. ns well as all other true believers, to have its niiiny wives its he chooses. A

This ls, however, an expensive luxury unless a man is wealthy. So thc iizibyli- usually i,-.onienis himself with from three to si-von wives. The older wives act

ns servants to the i`:iv<n'iii-, the youngest wife.

I knew 7.uiei|;:i when she wus 11 child, and this

spring, travelling through Algeria. I motored out from Algiers to Fort National and on from there tn the vil- lage on the mountninside where she lived, hoping to see her. But 1 could get no newii of her, because they told me that hor htisimnd had gone to Aligicrs to trade ,

and had locked his i\'i\'i‘.~' up ut home under the c}ro _ of his iiioi,iiei'. 'i‘iiey would never leave his house.

undcrpuin ui' di-nlh, niiiil iw rctiirned.

Smile iinys later he i~iinii\ to the hotel wiicre I was

sluyiuiz, with ii li:i,~'lii~t fnli ol’ the wiires such us his ~ fnliici' spoke iiiioui. and iifici' winning his good graces i>_\' piirviiusiiig .ii six liini-si its vaini- ii linlfe made in

iiirniinpiiziin, whliaii he ri~pi°osi\iiifil,to me as s piece of iliie Kiibyliuii steel worii, l ii_<l.f~il him about tho

liitii- niiihrown innitl wiioni i iinil nilniircd u iew yemrl I ,f bi~ii>t'c_

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oiii ieiiimy-, the old woman what I have at home. Why, shi- is \i~i-_v old und ngtv, and she have dve children. big chiiiiren. Znleiliii must be nearly twenty-live. No, I do not lore hcr. l have ceased to love her some _vcurs ago. Hut I keep her on and feed her be- citusc she has tive children. She fetch the water and _ sho wait on my last wife, who is twelve years old." I -"` I turned away with ii great rebellion in my heart and walked out to the terrace overiooking the slopes of Miislnphn. a green slope dotted with many vvlii‘e Moorish iilins. shining viiiite and dazzling in the ,zlarc of the sun, iimiil the eniernl-1 of the trees and [mr- di-ns_ und i thought. with n great miie, of the sad

eyed. hopeless ivomen who at ever\'€n~. when men are not li.-okiniz, walk on the terraced roofs of thoas ‘W clnlstereil houses with ieiidirn despair tugging at their

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I thi:u;:!ii of :ill the z-igiis :ind :iii "-» ;'rii_\‘cr.s ami

iill liir\iin|ii\.~1 whit-ii inicetiil iiiiw .i~ ii. ,!~;ii.» iiim- for I-i~nturle.~i piist and will so lisp. .‘ i ._ ~.. N i.-., to Alinh--to Allah, who iri.<.`.< our ;i.i_»\..e .c t ‘- , ._ _ a af

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