Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-07-14
Princess Of India.

Among the passengers on the last
steamer arriving In San francisco from
Australia was Nine. Aida Zuleika
Wyse, lady Of romantic antecedents,
and history of whose lineage might
form fruitful subject for the novelist.
She Is the granddaughter of princess
OF Inoia and the great-granddaughter
of one of the most powerful Rajahs
that the torrid country of exclusive
castles and autocratic rulers has had in
modern times. At the request of Nine.
Wyse, the name of her great-grand-
father is withheld, as the family at pre-
sent hold a high position in England.
This Rajah is said to have been the pos
SCISSOR of one Of those fortunes that to
us seem fabulous, because SO enormous.
He numbered his elephants by hun
dreds, his palaces by the scores, and
precious stones, with which the former
rulers of India were SO lavish, he had
in such quantities that even yet one of
the histories treating of India in his
time speaks of his jewel-embroidered
robes. Withal, he WIS the warm
friend of Lord Give, whose iron hand
held his Juntry under the control Of
Great Britain, and exacted allegiance
10 the English King, and to his friend
ship he sacrificed his life. The Rajah
had brother whose hostility TO the
British was bitter and unrelenting.
For years he tried to persuade the
Eajah TO array his retainers against
the invader, but in vain. At last the
brother, who was powerless to carry
out his schmes OF vengeance against the
hated friend, determined not only TO
removs him from his path, but to ex-
terminate all his direct heirs, SO that
the rank and the power of Rajah
might be his. His murderous plot
partly succeeded. The Rljah was as
sassinated in hunting-field, and his
family attacked in their home. But
one Of the intended victims escaped.
For some time before the elimination
of the conspiracy British officer had
been enamored of the Princess Mer-
ghenhaye, the young and lovely daugh-
ter of the R. jsh, but he had never de-
clared his love. The Princess. it seems,
was not with the rest of her fathers's
family when they were massscred by
the merciless Thugs, whom religious
fanaticism and pride of race hal trans
formed into demons, and before they
could discover her hiding place, her
English lover had found it and hasten
ed TO her, broke the news of her fathers
fate, declared his love and persuaded
her to fly with him. Fleet Arab horses
were procured and they rode to the
nearest cantonment. a distance of 30U
miles, in six days. Shortly after they
arrived they were married by the regi-
mental Chaplain. Five years later the
Princess, whose husband had been pro-
NOTED to eolonelcy. fell victim to
cholera at Secunderabad. She was the
last Princess Of the Rajah's family.
she leil lWO SOls. Ouc vi lltul ItstCL-
ed the rank of a major in the British
army and was killed in action at La
hore while leading a ''forlorn hope"
in the great Indian mutiny of 1853.
The other son entered the East India
Company's navy, became captain OF
a ship, and was drowned in the Hoogly
River while attempting to save the life
OF an officer OF the marines. Nine
Aida Zuleika Wyse is the daughter oJ
the last mentioned officer and the last
survivor of the Rsjah's. She is petite
Gemi-blonde, with grey eyes that have
a far-away look. has soft, light-brown
hair and sad, sweet face. She was
married in Calcutta, to an English
officer, and has now, with her huaband,
commenced tour of the United States.
She intends to return TO India within
two years.