Polygamy- 
lover in her own country who had followed her 
to Ejahyay, hoping to be able to redeem her, and 
the two met in the market-place after the girl 
had become the wife of the old man. It was 
quickly arranged that the girl should poison her 
husband, the young man providing the material. 
But not being an adept, the girl stirred the poison 
into the old man’s dish of “ palaver sauce” with 
her finger and in this way was herself fatally 
poisoned. The old man recovered sufficiently to 
come to see me and get relief. 1 went to see him 
once, but he died in about a year, his death being 
evidently hastened by this attempt on his life. 
The girl got more of the poison than he did and 
lived only a few hours, making a full confession 
of her guilt. Her partner in guilt escaped in 
some way to his own country. The old man 
never mentioned the name of either without a 
dreadful imprecation. 
But I would not leave the impression that there 
are no cheerful scenes in a compound. Where 
there are so many children, there must be fun and 
merriment. The women also are vivacious, sen¬ 
sitive, and sympathetic. 
For the purpose of getting acquainted with the 
people, of winning their confidence, and of in¬ 
structing them in the truths of Christianity, I 
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