She was a Hindoo by birth ; and her [Oanarese parents, natives of Kolliar in the Boejapoor district, belonged to the sect known *as Ling aits, who are w©rshipptra cxflupivwly of Shiva, the aecend person of the Hindoo tmd. Like all Hindoos, she was married in child hro.l, huh to a well-to-do. farmer feomewhat advanced ia years, tbo child less wife of whose youth waa still alive. Her condition was 2i'ct a hippy one. She wa*i ati oyeso-'e to her husband s fi.'Si; wife, wh;>, having the domestic management of ih« family i<nder her control, subjected Sidhlingawa to every species of in dignity. P lthough still little more than a, child, with a very little assistance, the grinding of com (by means of a hani'inil 1 ) and the supplying of water for household purposes, the sweeping and cleansing the rather extensive dwelling, the scouring of cooking utcrsils aud ) reparation of food for- the inmates, nearly all fell to her share. She was, indeed, compelled to bo the house hold drudgfl. At the age of 14 sho became a mother ; and that circumstance to a certain extent entitled her to some comidera tioa from her husband, whose object in I raarrvrng was simply to have a s>m who j would perpetuate hiß memory. This con sideration was shown by him in providing hor with superior articles of drtss and ad ditional jewellery ; but these as well as her child, who was a son, had the tff< cb of making her more hateful in the eyes of the jealous mistress of the house. During her pitliaood &h« tamely submitted to this woman's overbearing; treatment ; but as she grow older, her spirii; began to reb-1, and the neighbour with whom she daily ennversr-d on her way to and from the village atrtam, whiiher sh« had to go for water, were not slow to intensify her feeling of dis content. Suffice it te> say tbat, at the age of 17, in consequence of the repeated solicits-, tions and misrept captations of a wily old dame, who was bi^od for tho purpose, Bhe was in a hasty moment, whilst smaiting ' under some fiesh act of tyranny, induced to leave her home and child and -slope with a man who at the time was employed in ihe revenue collection of the district. 