Connecticut western news., 1885-12-16

brought to see me tall, magnificent looking woman of the Abyssinian type, dressed in the extreme fashion, and tout O .fait za Parisierne, to which were added a pair of somewhat ultra fashioned pink silk shoes with heels Louis XIV. I did not recognize the Sister nor her protoge until the strange likeness to the Queen of Sheba had seized my hand, and in accents which recalled the little creature in the jun gle cried Moalima! (my mastery. It was M'Tse ! stared, and was dumb with amazement, and was in no wise recovered from it when the good Sis ter presented me modiste's bill which showed that the vanity of the newly tledged Christian was fully as great as when nude she had decked herself with every vari- -colored ribbon she could put her hands upon. Sister Agatha informed me that it was quite time to place M'Tse in some home where she might become useful; and, in view of the modiste's bill, I was quite of the same opinion. She had been baptized, and bore the name of Marie. Marie, nee Princess M'Tse, e?tered the family of kind Greek lady, and with what results will hereafter appear.
 Six years had gone by and deluge of fire and blood had swept over Egypt. During the interregnum of insurrec- tion and disorder what had become of the Uganda Princess? Pagan and Christian she was now Moslem.
 One day in August, '83, I was in Alexandria, an advocate for my clients whowere seeking indemnity for the fires which, lit by the insurgents, had burned them out of their houses and homes. I was seated at the table d'hote of the Hotel Canal de Suez, when was attracted by romantic story told by my Arab neighbor, whom knew to be Achmet Boy, for he was thus addressed by his companion, who was an eager listener to the story.
 He spoke of beautiful woman, the daughter of King, who had been brought to Cairo from far-off Ethiopia; of her education, her charms, and how finally, after the white man had con- fided her to a Greek family, she had been sold into slavery and had married her master, a Mussulman Boy like him. self, but a drunken fellow who mis- used her; that short time before she had escaped, and, seeking protection at his harem, had been introduced by his eunuchs to his favorite wife, with whom she now was. It was M'Tse. I startled Achmet Bey when I laid heavy hand upon his shoulder and said: "Ye Bey, Ana @ n1oo1tm J3 6ipt" (Oh, Boy, l am the master of her of whom you speak
 l told him her story in few words, and of the promise given me some time before by Tewfik Khedive that when the rebellion in the Soudan had been crushed and the opportunity of- fered an officer of rank should espouse the Princess and be sent as Embassa- dor to the Court of her father. The ostensible reason given the Khedive was that such an act would be an ex- ceptional opportunity to confirm the treaty which I had made with King M'Tse years before in behalf of Egypt. and by which he recognized himself as vassaL had another object unex- pressed, which was that the Chris tian child, rejoined to her kindred. might convert her father, and perhaps her people. to the Christian faith.
 Achmet Bey was a man of kindly heart. He promised me, and even swore' by the beard of the Prophet and by his religion, that he would be re- sponsible for M'Tse, keep her at his house as the companion of his wife, and when the time should come that she should be returned he would pay for her fantasia and marriage fete.
 The Mahdi has drawn a line tightly across the country which separates her from her father; little while longer and the occasion may offer to accom- plish the plans here detailed. If SO, history may yet relate how the little waif, given in Court etiquette into the hands of stranger guest, returned in after years-as bread upon the water to regenerate her people, and who may be known hereafter as Christian Princess M'Tse the First.