Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-11
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The Fair vile OF the Zulu Prince
Does Not Meet Him rs
Requested.

New York SUM-
Mkano was a Prince in Natal. Now
he exhibits himself in a museum for
money, and is known as Zulu Charley.
When he first came herehe was bright
and lively. But in the latter part Of
August last he became melancholy,
and threw the assegais in q limp and
listless manner. The heat could not
have affected him so for it was the
nearest approach 70 his native cline
which he had experienced since he
left his home. His fellow. countryman,
Vskali, was ecnsultsd. bat Mkano mad
not unbosomed himself. At last it
was discovered that one of Cupid's
darts had pierced his dusky bosom.
A pretty young Italian girl, Ainta
'Corsini, had Tor a long time been
paying daily visits to the museum.
But the living skeleton, the lady hut-
ist, the giant, the dwarf and the
double headed woman had no attrac-
ton for her. She was absorbed in
Mkano. His gaudy plumage was
grateful to her sense of c%olors, to her
his wal whoop was like the sweet
south that breathes upon a bank of
violets;' to her there we're the grace
and beauty of movementin his throw
ing OF a~ssegais. Gradually the mod
est maiden unfolded her love to
MkanO, and Mkano promptly recipro-
Gated. 1t was 0thello and Desde-
monia over again. But there was also
a Brabantio in the case. Signor Cor
SIM no sooner heard of his daughters
matrimonial hopes than he appealed
to the Dodge Of the museum, who re-
moved Mkano to Brooklyn. But the
girl followed her lover across the rag
ing waters on a frail ferryboat, thus
Drawing not only her fathers anger,
but also the fury of the elements. One
night after Mkano had assegaied six
men in red coats, who represented the
British army, he and she were mar
ried for eight dollars by the Rev. G. j.
Page.
The happy pair passed their honey
moon in the museum, exhibiting them
to admiring Brooklynites. Then
they travelled through the South with
show, and finally brought up again
in the museum in this city-the place
where they had first met and pledged
their love beneath the silvery rays of
the electric light, which was the near
est approach to the moon at their dis
posal. Their contract with the
manager expired last week, and
Mkano accepted an offer to appear
yesterday at a show in Pittsburg, Pa.
is not, however, in Pittsburg. And
this is why he isn't: He and Mrs.
Mkano and Vskali were to start Sat
urday evening by the Pennsylvania
railroad. Mkano and Vskali gave
Mrs. Mkano fifty dollars, and sent her
ina carriage with their trunks to pur-
chase tickets aud .berths and check the
baggage. She was to await their COM
ing to the depot. AT eve the unsus-
pecting Zulus wendell their way to
the depot. They found the depot,
they found their trunks, but they did
not find Mrs. Mkano or her trunk, or
the fifty dollars. She had left thus
message with the baggage master:
IF any colored gentlemen call, tell
them | have gone"
Mkano heard the message and re-
turned ~disconsolate to the museum.
From melancholy he changed to anger,
and it is said that the assegsis we're
never thrown with surer hand
than at the show that
evening. On Monday Mrs.
Mkano appeared at the museum door,
bat on hearing that her lord was still
in town she departed hastily, stating
that she was going to brave another
stretch of sOgry water and fly to Ho
boken, where she thought she would
be safe. Last night Mr.. Starr said she
had not appeared again. Mkauo,
however. states that she returned TO
him at noon, and that she begged his
forgiveness, saying she had left him
because she did not want to go to
Pittsburg, as she feared she would
catch smallpox there. She had even
preferred a few days in Hoboken,
added the Zulu chiettain, with a shud
der.