The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-09-14
EMIN's LITTLE DAUGHTER.
What Has Become of the Child SO Dear
to Him.

| When it seemed no longer possible to
| hope for the safety of Emin Pasha, the
| first thought in the minds of many peo-
| pie must,have been: what has become
| of little Farida?" This was Emin's little
| daughter, and she was idolized by her
father and accompanied him in all his
| journeys.
While Emin was governor of the equa-
torial province of Egypt he took unto
| himself as wife beautiful Abyssinian
| woman. He was a devoted husban d,
| and his wife was worthy of his affection.
| She was woman of gentle nature and
| Of superior position in her own country,
and she and the famous governor lived
| happily together.
| Two children were born to them, boy
and a girl The boy died soon after he
was born, and, to the great grief of
Emin. the mother died soon after he was
| born, giving birth to the little girl. When
Emin welcomed Stanley and his relief
| Nyanza, Farida was about four years
| old. One of the best and smartest of the
| hundreds of Egyptian women in the
| province was her nurse and guardian,
but all the time that Emin could spare
from public affairs and his scientific
Though she was living in the depths of
Africa, there are many little girls in
civilized lands who might well envy
some of the educational advantages of
Farida, for her father was a man of rare
qualities and much learning, and Farlda
benefited by them when little older, as
far as child could.
Mr.. Mountenay-Je phson, who lived long
| with Emin before they went to the coast,
says that Emin was very much devoted
to the child, and was still feeling deeply
his wife's death. The little Farida is
all that is left me in the world" Emin
said Jephson says that Farida was
plexion than her father, and greatly re-
sembling him. She lived in large,
comfortable and nicely kept hut, sur
| rounded by pretty garden, in which
were many orange and custard apple
trees in full bearing.
Farida was a happy and contented
little girl as long as her father had no
great troubles to bear him down. But
The day soon came when rebels arose in
the province, and they finally took
Emin prisoner, and for weeks they de-
bated the question what they should do
with him. It was in those troublous
days, when the governor was not permit
ted to send any word to his little
daughter that the poor child went to see
Jephson, accompanied by her nurse.
@Why have you not brouht my Bahia to
see me?" she said in her childish distress.
She knew that something was wrong,
but she could not understand what it
was.
A few days later Jephson, who had
been released by the rebels on parole, was
about to return down the Nile to the
place where Emin was imprisoned, and
Farida came to say goodby to him. TAX
ing necklace of beads from her neck she
gave them to Jephson.
"Take them to my Baba," she said
"They tell Farida that bad men down
in Dufile do not give my Bahia much to
eat, Tell him to take these beads and
buy chickens with them.
"Poor little thing!n says Jephson;
What European child four years old
could have thought of such thing?"
Emin asked Jephson later if anything
happened to him to take care of Farida.
In the end however, a part of the rebels
repented and Eminwas released, and soon
after, with small part of his followers,
he started with Stanley for the coast;
A hammock was extemporized out of
two blankets, which were slung on
large, light bamboo, and carried by two
men. In this conveyance the child was
carried all the way to the coast. While
Emin was preparing to start he wrote a
letter to Jephson, in which he said:
" I am greatly Obliged for your you kind
course, here, and kisses your hand"
1.-TWO of the most respecta BILE Zanzibar
chiefs" says Jephson, had the honor of
conveying Emin's daughter in a ham
mock to the coast, and several armed por-
tiers were detailed to help his servants to
carry his luggage
After Emin had begun to recover from
the effects of his serious accident at
Bagamoyo, Jephson went to the hospital
to bid him goodbye. "We sat and
talked" he says, lover the experiences
we had passed through together, of his
future and of that OF the little Farida.
Enin said he had decided to, remain
in Africa, and that he would keep his
daughter with him. He would like to
educate her in Germany, he said, but
nothing would induce him to part with
her There was time enough yet for her
education, and meanwhile he could
superintend the early stages himself.
So when Emin once more set his face
toward the great lakes the little girl
went with him; and, indeed, it would
have broken her heart to be left behind.
Central Africa was the only home she
had ever known, and her father, though
too overwhelmed with cares to give all
child, yet filed the most of her world.
Emin took the little girl to Bukoba, the
station he fouded on Victoria Nyanza.
Did Eimn leave Farida behind when he
started on that last fatal expedition?
There may be persons in Europe who
know, but the facts have certainly not
been published. If Emin left her at
Bukoba it was the first time in her life
that he voluntarily separated himself
from her. If he took her with him, no
one can tell what her fate has been. She
may have been killed with her Inflated
father and the rest of the caravan, or
her life may have been spared, so that
some day she may grace the harem of
one of the Arab murderers. Perhaps her
fate will never be known. If Farida is
alive today she is about years old'-N.
Y. Sun.
LIZARDS FOR THE LADIES,