Seven years in Ceylon: stories of mission life . in long enough to receive an education, as itwas common for parents to give their daughters in marriage when they were onlyten or twelve years of age. Seeing this, one of the missionary ladies wished tocommence a boarding-school for girls. Slie wished to have the native girls separatedfrom the influences of their heathen homes, and brought under daily Christianinfluence. But none of the people would send their daughters to her. One day there were two little girls playing in the flower-garder. in front of themissionarys house at Oodooville. Ceylo
Seven years in Ceylon: stories of mission life . in long enough to receive an education, as itwas common for parents to give their daughters in marriage when they were onlyten or twelve years of age. Seeing this, one of the missionary ladies wished tocommence a boarding-school for girls. Slie wished to have the native girls separatedfrom the influences of their heathen homes, and brought under daily Christianinfluence. But none of the people would send their daughters to her. One day there were two little girls playing in the flower-garder. in front of themissionarys house at Oodooville. Ceylon is in the tropics, only nine degrees northof the equator. In North Ceylon there are two seasons, the 7Cef and the dryThe dry season lasts nine months, and during that time there is scarcely any rain ;but in the wet season, November, December, and January, it rains nearly every day,and sometimes the rain falls in torrents—between nine and ten inches have beenknown to fall in twenty-four hours. While these two little girls were playing, there. TAMIL GIKLS IN A 118 Forty-three Years without a Holiday. came on a heavy shower of rain, and as they had not time to go home, they ran forshelter into the missionarys house. It continued to rain all that afternoon andevening, and the little girls became very hungry and began to cry. The missionarylady gave them bread and bananas. The younger girl ate, but the older girl refused toeat. After a time, when the rain ceased a little, the parents went to look for theirdaughters. They had supposed they would be in some neighbours house, but foundthem in that of the missionary. When they heard that the younger one had eaten,they were very angry, for they said, She has lost caste. They found fault with themissionary lady, and the mother said, You have given my child food, and it hasbroken caste and is polluted, and now we shall not be able to arrange a marriage forit. What shall we do? You may take the child and bring it up. T
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