Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-12-08
Il Lar Court Ro,,,ouce

During the hearing of case in the court Of
W. Justice Kay this week, there sat as a,
ager and interested observer of lis proc.ad
ngs' lady whose peculiar though slightly
lded beauty did not fail to attract the obse,.
a'ioh even oil unimpressionable LAWYERS. and
nose lie has been one of romantic and nm.
snal incident She has scarcely vet outlived
CT YOUTH and retains some Of that remarkable L
eau'y which in her early years brough, even
'ihees to her feet. When young girl living
i'h hef parents in India, native prince be-
'me enamoured of her charms. Her father.
OF eslish desesnt.npd cas-..,..i,ecyiohr
as or peen, the young princes tutor, and
80 daughter had been trained with all the ,orr
ora christian home, and had been especiaI,,
'augn' TO admire the Birth nsr teens her reso
lutte admirer, who had now become the Rajal,
OF kuppoorthala, sought her hand in marriage;
but her parents, properly regarding her youth
and the penis OF the position to which il was
sought TO raise her, could not be prevailed on
to consent. That was just before the outbreak
OF the great Indian Mutiny, and that saddest of
all rebellions brought the rajah's opportunity
both for love and war. The young lady's
father had left his home to render prompt
service in the cause Of loyalty, and for some
days after his departure all was excitement and
alarm. 1t was a matter of no small conjecture
and anxiety as to the part the young raah
would take, and his fidelity to the British
Crown seems to have been for brief period in
suspense. AT this critical moment he deter.
mined TO renew his appeal for the hand Of the
young beauty. Arriving with an imposing
pageant at the house Of her father, of whom
nothing had been heard for some days, and
about whose safety there was intense anxiety,
the rajah presented himself to the mother Of
the young lady, telling her that upon her
answer depended the course that he and his
army would take in relation to the mutiny. In
vain the mother pleaded the absence Of her
husband and her own crushing anxieties
answer was required there and then, and upon
it was to depend the rajah's immediate &c ton
1t was given as he desired, and he fully re-
deemed his pledge.
With all his energy he threw himself into the
british cause, with valour and success which
= no means passed unrecognised. AT the
s'e"' ''"sI at Lahoe, held by Sir John Law
'e"ee on MS "s-'sal in India after his appoint
ment as governor ge"--.l. one of the mos,
splendid and imposing events..,Inda, h;s,.,v
the Rajah Of Kuppoorhala rccs..., ~,
the hands OF the Governor. General the o.
OF the Star Of India in recognition Of his dis.
tinguished services, as well as his personal
worth" Little was II suspected how much the
charms OF young girl had determined his
loyalty and inspired his courage.
The young girl at the age Of fourteen be-
came the Rance OF kuppoorthala, the marriage
being solemnised according to the rites OF the
| Presbyterian Church. to which the parents
belong, as well as those OF the religion Of the
rajah, and the entrance Of the young rance into
the territory OF her husband was one Of the
utmost granduer; her presents being exhibited,
and her titles proclaimed with every eonoeiva
BILE pomp and pageniy. And ior several
years the young rance lived in the affection OF
her lord, and maintained an irrcproachable
lunucuSc III MS nh' ait WAS tuiitl
an objectionable sin; she bore to him three
daughters in succession, and not one SON. and
for this Creates, Of crimes she had TO be sacr.
feed Regard ior safety compelled her iigh,
and that Of her little ones. Another took her
place from whom better things were hoped.
and ior the young wife and her children a
provision b, no means betting King was
made by deed under the royal hand and seal.
This deed Of separation AMI divorce, bearing
the strange hieroslyphies Of the rajah and his
durbar, was now produced in the court OF Mr..
Justice Kay, the deiendan, in the proceedings
being late trustee Of the deed, who Mas
alleged TO have missappIied The trust money
! The case was in itself devoid Of interest, and
no one could have imagined tina, it was the
sequal Of a strange romance, OF that the lad,
! anxiously whispering TO her solicitor, Mr.
Learoyd. had been the heroine u such strange
vieissi,udes d fortune. Lisufsi T~ss.