The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-03-17
FMAlN PASHA'S CHILD.
WHAT HAS BECOME OF HIS
LITTLE DAUGHTER?

fHthetic Affection Between tho Girl and
Her Father-shs Was Bo.n Nine Years
Ago In Central Africa-The Abbysinian
wife of tho Explorer.
wi hen it seemed no longer possible
toShope for the safety of Emin Pasha,
the first thought in the minds of
many people must have been: ..What
has become of little Farida?" This
was Emin's little daughter, and she
was ldolized by her father and ac-
companied him in all his journeys.
when Emin was governor of the
equatorial province of Europe he
topk unto himself as wife a beautiful
Apoyss1nian woman. He was de-
yoted hus band, and his wife was
worthy of his affection She was a
woman of gentle nature, and of supe-
rlor position in her own country. and
she and the famous governor lived
happily together:
Two children were born to them,
boy and girl. The boy died soon
after he was born, and, to the great
grief OF Emin, the mother died soon
| after giving birth to the little girl.
When Emin welcomed: Stanley and
his relief expedition, on the shores
OF Albert Nyanza Farida was about 4
years old. One of the best and
smartest of the hundreds of Egyptian
women in the province was her nurse
and guardian; but all tho time that
Emin could spare from public affairs
and his scientific pursuits was give n
to his little girl. Though she was
living in the depths of Africa, there
are many little girls in civilized
Lands who might we'll envy some of
the educational advantages of Farida;
for her father was a man of rare
qualities and much learning. and
tarlda benefited by them when a
little older, as far as a child could.
MIR. Mountenay-Jephson. 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
to me in the world" Emin said,
Jephson says that Farida was q very
pretty little girl. not darker in her
complexion than her father, and
greatly resembling him. She lived
in a large, comfortable and nicely
kept hut. surrounded by pretty
garden, in which were. many orange
and custard apple trees IN full bear
in
*Farida was a happy and contented
little girl rs long as her father had
no great troubles to bear him down.
But the day soon came when the
rebels arose in the province. and
they finally took Emin prisoner, and
for weeks they debated the question
what theJ should do with him. It
was in those troublesome days when
the governor was not permitted to
SEM. any word to his little daughter
that the poor child went to see Jeph-
son, accompanied by her nurse.
"Why have you not brought nv
Baba to see me?" she said in her
childish distress. She knew that
something was wrong, but 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 a place whore Emin was impris-
oned, and Farida came to saw good =
bye to him. Taking a necklace of
beads from her neck she gave them
to Jephson.
''Take them to my Baba," she said.
:"They tell Farida that bad me down
in Duhle do not give my Baba much
to eat. Tell him to take those
beads and buy chickens with them. "
''Poer little thing!" says Jephsou.
''What European child 4 years old
would have thought OF such thing?"
Emin asked Jephson later if any
thing happened to him to take care
OF Farida. In the end, however, q
part of the reoels relented and Emin
was released, and soon after, with a
small part of his followers, he started
with Stanley for the coast. A ham
mock was extemporized out of two
blankets. which were slung on a 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 letter to Jephson, in which
he said:
Il am really obliged to you for
your kind remembrance of my girl;
she is, of course, here and kisses your
! hand"
Two of the most respectable Zan-
zibar Chiefs" says Jephson, ..had
the honor of conveying Emin's
daughter in hammock to the coast,
and several armed porters were de-
tailed to help his servants to carry
his luggage"
After Emin had begun to recover
from the effects of his serious acci-
dent at Ragamoyo, Jephson went TO
the hospital to bid him good-by. .@We
sat and talked" he says, ''over the
experiences we had passed through
together, and his future and that of
the little Farida Emin said he had
decided to remain in Africa, and that
be would keep his daughter with
] him. He would like to educate her
& in Germany, he said, but nothing