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SCENES IN INDIA. 
and she was commanded by her mother to direct 
her affianced husband to the fatal mess. The girl 
horror-struck at the idea of being made the in- 
strument of destroying one whom she tenderly loved, 
directed him to another share that had been set apart 
for the father, who eat of the poisoned dish and pe- 
rished. Thus the wife became a widow, and was 
obliged to undergo the penalty of all Brahmins’ widows 
by expiating her crime upon the funeral pile, while 
the young couple married and were happy. 
