The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-11-26
MISS MIGHELL'S SULTAN LOVER
he Sailed Away on n Gallant nark aaa
Left the Lady behind.

IL. Sailed Away on n Gallant Bark aaa
Left the Lady BebInd.
Young women who dream ross-colored
dreams OF ensnAring susceptible masculine
royalty ought to read the sad story OF Miss
Jenny Mighell and the Sultan OF Johore.
Miss AIighell. In spite OF her name. Is q pro-
possessing young English person. and is the
more to be pitiod In tho affair because. not
knowing the gentleman from JdDore to be
Sultan, she was not Influenced by any Ambi-
tious desire to become Sultansss. Not being
familiar with the Blue Book OF Johore. she did
not even dream that tho dark gentleman who
was introduced TO her as Mr.. Albert Baker was
none other than his Royal Highness Abubakar.
It was in 1885. and the susceptible Suit an
was living in England under this assumed
name. In an unhappy moment he fell VIC
tim to the charms Of Miss Jenny Mighell. and
under the influence OF a real Oriental passion.
such as is common In JohoreAn BultanA he
proposed and was accepted
All. happy Miss Mighelll and thrice happy
Sultan Abubakarl
For several months the two young people
billed and eooed and called each other Jenny
and Albert once in while. and good many
more interesting things between times Miss
Mlghell assured Mr. Albert Baker that he was
her king" and his Royal Highness. who
relishes a little joke now and then. would ask
her. with q twinkle in his coal-black eye.
whether she wouldn't rather have him sultan
than king.
"or even a msharaiah p" the iOvlAl JOhorsan
would say.
And so they made love with much lest but
more earnest for some time; and finally. like a
thunderbolt from a clear sky, came the dE-
coyery 70 Miss Jenny Mighell that she was a
prospective Sultanessl she was staggered at
first. But she had borne up too long under
the name OF MlEhell not to he able 10 Teeu-
peTate quickly she taxed her lover with the
fact that he was sultan In good and regular
standing, and he modestly admitted that he
was Not Ouly that. but he gave the astonishet
young woman TO understand that the royal
palace at Johore vas none too good a setting
Tor so bright a gem as she.
This was pro- ably true. The mistake which
the hOtheadeu sultan made was in giving Miss
Jenny to understand that she should ornA-
ment the palace as soon as the painters and
paperhangers were through with II. or some
Thing Of that sort lie Bound her over to
silence concerning h,s Identity and She.
beiuE dOui tess aware that such a discovery.
If made pul nc, u't-ht gel her mora rivals than
even Mlghell would care 70 stand up against.
Yielded. Eut. o. course, that did n u prevent
her from putting a chair on the rputre table
and practising the net - sitting on throne:
or from Eraciolsly saiutIng her Imaginary
subjects a. she stood before her mirror.
i}lt In tine midst al her rp-i-st dreams OF her
sultaur-gue iu'uTa cruel AWpkentuE came to
Mis- jenny M|-Heil liI- Enyai htgnuess
I tom. lV.ty. 20. r.. orr. Eauted away to
Jn,..r., or -,.., uturT I.i4ae, and ala not take
his uras-to-be WIN h!u. Jenny waited N
| vain. Har absent sultan dil not return.
| Al last the wigErd lawyers and Justices Of
| the Queens Bench Division Of the High Court
| OF Justice put on their spectHcles and opened
! the paUsrs In the case OF Mics Jenny Mighell
! va the sultan Of JohOEs" 1t was Tor breach Of