PARTING

Beloved Daly., Dan just a farewell note to you , although it is hard to the parting word Farewell Now that our love has come to a test it is wis I should devout a few hours to introspection to try and recollect from very start when we decided on our friendship Oh Dan I rememberb the sim! plicty of it all . When I asked you to keep the secret of my staying at Coni you gave your word and swore that you will not betray me, and you have kept up to this time I must thank you most sencerely for that Dear. I remember you your first visit when we took a walk together in the stillness of the night hat was bathed in moonlight and artificial lights that looked like myriad gen suspended in the sky. As we walked round about talking over various points thatseemed so important at the time but strictly speaking were of sentimental rubbish , we were so taken up with each othets' emotions and from that day fear gripped me for I could see that there was going to be a catastrophe of some sort ,You simply took me into your confidence at the very first shot. Dan believe me that visit which was but ahfore runner of many to come left me with a singing heart ,infact for the first time in my life of sorrow which had been experiencingI found myself humming a tune to myself. I remember very 11 toon my first letter to you unfolding *% in a ridiculous tabulated manner a few of my confidences I wished to treasure. One of these being our Play Kufa the which has captured our very souls. Then followed another episode when you looked into my papers and we reasoned togebher as ta what use they may be You took some time puzzling over it when you brightened up you said : "There Regi Regina I think we shall make a play"I said "grand ,Dan. You are a clever boy!" Then we bowed our heads together in acomplete harmony and drafted it . When we ad through it our souls had been elevated into another plain . I remember you excited that simply gathered me up into your arms and kissed me % inoc You cely. Of course you felt a bit ashamed of yoursef afterwards you even asked m foive you for what you termed (taking liberties) . But you were far from se isance ori answered the kiss too in return I look upon you as one of the few women we have in the race w render some yeoman service to uplift our many downtrodden women , seemed to have despaired of ever surmounting the many dili1CUL be set them in this life. Now, Reggie, take up your girdle and your devotion to redeem women from their fallen state and bring up a new front. A new xdispensation that will make all women imice and right all this worldly ceremony and ritualism, that 18SEPP1118 the vitals of our womenfolk, I cannot urge you sotongly enough you feel what I feel about your sex and the world The old say 1113 is still true that states that the hand that rocks the cradle rue to act for the world, and here world. Here am I to-day inspired by a women to act for the world, am I trying to seek fellow ship with a woman. This is no Silliness Tolly. It is life and as such I think we should reverence our partnership by making it not only noble and well-founded on real issues of life, but a thing of beauty and a joy forever tous Wo others who fall under its influence. Do you understand me or do you think I am mad as usual. Yes, call it what you may, but I cannot hep expressing my self in this way. I feel I would not be fair to my selt aru to you if I did not let my self go as I am now doing. May God give your dear soul the courage of your convictions and you may be spared the indignity of being scoffed at by the world that so needs your services. I was able in the quiet hour of the night to write a few parts OUT for "Serena", Mingo", Sporting life" and Maria". I do hope you will find time sometime to assist me with some more parts. I went out to the Social Centre for an evening entertainment and there I found the picture of the " Manger to the cross" being put on the screen. The story of the birth and crucifixion of Christ was there before me, but like the realheathen I have turned out to be, it did not strike me any more like a real revelation, but it seemed wonderfully dull and monotonous. There is something wrong with my religion or the Bible and its stories have ceased to have the impression they used to have in the human (mind. I would have been a bit surprised if it was only my ownreaction to it, but many young men who were there thought it all a sham and a laughting stock. What has happened to Christianity ? Or Are we really less religious than our forefathers. If so, what do we actually believe in? Is it dress, women, dances and games only ? Or are we really progressive and modern ? These questions baffle me, and I really regret when I find I cannot go to Church with the same zeal I used to have when I was a Sunday school boy. or a Minister's son. We must do something to gain our spiritual strength and if religion or christianity cannot do it. something divine i us must urge us to do something and find our moral and ethical philosophy somewhere in our times and in our lives. I am dreaming again you say - but I am thinking furiously and feel very strongly about the future and our contribution now towards it. Perhaps I have gone too high. Let me descend to earth again and bid you good morning. Your teeth are my concern, and I will be pleased to hear a report after you come from the Dentist. Then I would like to know whether you got my letter. Let me know our Sunday appointment or will you decide to spend the Sabbath without me this week ? ssit C One thing I cannot make mystup

I am looking forward to a pleasant eveing at the Goldberg's Bio. I am looking forward to a pleasant eveing at th My only fear is that I have two meetings to-morrow that may be me from making an early start for the showS. BUT TOU 18 a real personal evening together. W111 have the honour of sharing a real personal events ULSnu am locked in my office Listening again to Some y ueer and weird African-Englishised Music The Koloni singing " Hiki, No Mamauvandibiza u Ma Radebe, and 11 you want to see uniforms and tail-costs, you could find.no Devot showroom than the Bantu - Sports Clubto-night. The Hall Island nese pooor people are having the time of their lives, own fashion, and I tell you they are satisfied with very little Read the story of "Bagg's verdict" and let me know what your reaction to the verdict is. So far as I'm concerned, I think "Baggi de served the punishment he got, but he was nearly released by Mr. A. C. Thompson, his Counsel. It was a ma ster-defence for SO hopeless and a case. But the Judge's summary was the cream of the whole case and I could not help admiring the brains behind that statement. I should have been an Advocate by profession, and I'm sure I could defend young-poor- early-married to-unmarry couples very well. I would allow the Court a certain amount of jurisdiction, but would impress-in giving an address to the Couples seeking Divorce on the basic principles of marriage It is futile to argue why do people want to separate from each other or divorce and make the poor souls dig for all kinds of reasons for divorce, and yet you did not argue as well when the seal of their contract was made. Just as much as you do not know what brought those people together, you have no right to question why they seek to be a sunder" GOOD LUCK I SHALL NEVER BE AN ADVOCATE or else I would tum the whole law into stupidity. At any rate, I am jolly careful that I do not fall into the clutches of your marital laws. Not if I can help it, will I ever subscribe to a law that seeks to bind, but refuses to dissolve that same binding. Look here, it is almost daybreak and I must go to sleep. Another day and probably a night is waiting for me, to serve and serve once more. Ingabe ngiyobuyelwa yini ukudela ubutongo bami ngoku zula no Gelana. Woli Bamba Lingashoni." Mapoto. Good Morning. Affectionately Yours.

Daly