The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-05-11

hef amaZement the youngest entered,
hested and out of breath, as IL he had
been running for q wager instead of
riding in a curtained sedan. Scarcely
visiting to welcome her child, she turn
ed in angerto his attendants, reproving
them sharply for lack of care, and de-
ending the chamberlain from that hour
from his position in the Princes house
hold. But the noble boy fastened to
explain, and bravely took all the blame
upon himself. On their way to the
gardens the party had overtaken a poor
man, who was sitting on the roadside
to rest himself. He was old, sick, and
nearly blind, a stranger, too, in the city,
and very poor, as the Prince learned on
inquiry. So, down came the sweet
child from his costly cushions, and, com
polling the old mar to take his place,
ordered his attendants to proceed, while
he himself followed on foot. Allthis he
eagerly explained to his mother, while his
| protege waited without. Then, obtain
ing her permission, he sent she stranger
to the bath, supplied him with fresh
clothing and a sumptuous dinner, and
then directed his chamberlain to give
him employment as a keeper of cattle.
So he was kept till too old to work,
after which he was still maintained as
q member of the Princes household.
lie died at the palace of his royal mas
ter at a good old age, and his last words
were a blessing and a thanksgiving to
his youthful b~enefactor.
There seemed to belong inherently to
this Prince. a gallantry that rendered
him at all times kind and courteous to
females. This was the more noticeable
because in the East women are general
ly considered of very little consequence.
A wife is never the equal Of her hus-
band in position, though she may be so
by birth; and even a princess ranks
lower than her brothers who are chill.
dren of the same parents. But the lit
tie Chau Chudha Mani always treated
his little sisters with thoughtful kind.
ness, and in their childish games con.
suited their pleasure far more than his
own. After he grew to manhood the
same noble traits induced in him q
courteous regard for the comfort
and enjoyment of the ladies of his har.
EN- that was strikingly in contrast with
the treatment received by other royal
and noble ladies of the Siamese court,
He was the very first royal Prince OF
Siam who even condescended to intro
duce his wives to foreign visitors at his
palace, and to permit them to sit at tn
BILE with himself or by his side in the
drawing-rooms. lie more than once
brought some of his ladies to dine at my
house, and among them the mother %
the present "second king" and hei
little son, Prince George Washington, Il,
he was then called. This, too, was /
privilege never before accorded to Ia
dies of royalbirth at h ateXclusive court
and l n not begin to tell you how the,
enjoyed this peep at the outside world
or how like frightened birds or glitter
ing butterflies bcwildered by the unac
customed light they seetaed at first. Blu
they gradually grew familiar with thi'
new phase Of life, eagerly taking par
in every recreation, and clappinS thcir
tiny, jewelrd hands with childlikc gle,
as they asked a thousand question
straoUn 40 pnnrcvrnr,hl
As Chau Chudha Mani grew to man
hood, he more than fulfilled the ricl
promise Of his early years. With few
advantages of instruction, he mastcrc,
tl'" E"sish and Latin languages, studie'
Euclid and Newton with enthusiastic
delight, learned the Use of sextaat an,
chronomcter, a~nd'spent II partof almos
every day in drawing and mathematics
astronomy, and navigation. He frs
taught himself watch and clock making
and then taught the art to others of hi
countrymen, who in due time construct
ed ONE excellent time-pieces, the frs
ever made in Siam. He cast guns an,
cannon by his own unaided skill; an,
finally, by patient and perseverins en-
ergy, he substituted first-class ships an,
steamers for the miserable junks tina
had hitherto been known in the country
To this day all the wonderful improve
ments Of that beautiful land owe thei
first impetus to this noble Prince. Afte
rcigning as second king for siXtecl
years, he died in 1866, universally re
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