Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-09-18
4 QUEEN IN MISERY.
sb, (, WOEhptd, But Kept Prisoner
by her Subjects
MR. MlJEsrY's ROMANTIC STORY.
shei. a Descendant Of an English Sailor
VINO Married Tau Woman
Century Ago.

e.y FRANCISCO. Cal, Sept 49,
Nh. mark Helen y. Almy, just re-
,n,ped from q trading voyage among
,ss islands Of the Southern Pacific,
,ipgs the story OF a tropical princess
,alf Euglish aud half native, who
mics over the Manua groups against
r,r wishtp, though her subjects
vopblp her much after the fashion
that the Coreaus worship their king,or
ss the PeruviAns humblUi themselves
b,,ofe tho virgins Of the sun.
History repeats itself In the biog'
,,rty OF Margaret Young, the English
.ms Of the prisoner princess, ior tho
SAD, u Fshncis Young, a sailor VINO
,.,.o.i at the Island OF Tau nearly one
bunIfud years ago, u re'calleu' Inla
man married Tau native woman VINO
u,. queen Of the group. MS son Ny
,,,died hali.hfoed maiden. Mat
psftt Young u the daughter OF lha
Through the death Of all the heirs
apparent 20 the throne OF the
1snuhs. Miss Young found herself
called upon W hrhuhn Wv l""'' 80
ri.ifess vi the islands. This news was
conveyed 10 her nj Apia some months
agl by delegation Of chiefs from
Mauua and she was forced ny tue laws
OF hereditary obtaining In the south
trn Archipelago 10 accompany them
back 10 Tau, where she was lmmeul-
niely Installed ~ queen.
Great interest II lent TO the case OF
the gitl, who IL but - years old, by the
frpOrt that she Is highly educated aud
va. at tue time nt her sudden cau
from Ama, happily pursuing tue
cuuto Of her studies at u Catholic con-
vent
Captain Lultrcll, Of tho Almy, and
bis VIE. who accompanied MIN ON his
last trip, were the ffst white people
iefmuled 10 interview the queen and
ouA,ncd from her mJesty che story
mat nor life was one Of misery In spite
OF the professional respect SHOWN her
ly her native subjects. She Is ruler
lhit IL compelled TO maintain an odi-
Gus reserve, tho sanotity OF her dwell.
ing being Tigidly preserved by terce
warriors, who stand ready to decnpl-
tale tho bold Intruder who dates To
enter the queens sacred presence
without flrsi bcing especially appointed
BY the spirit fires anu summoned by
council VI chiefs.
"rue grand chief OF the group Is the
only man that Ia allowed 10 approach
the quesn.o explained Capt. Luttrell.
"Hc attends 10 her wants, assisted by
two maids VINO never leave her sldo
except when they are called upon to do
her bidding.
"should any native desifo TO pay
tribute to her IN this shape OF fish or
fowl, he must fasien his git upon the
end ola bamboo pole, advance with
Cl0aod eyes and thrust thestick through
the door way Of the palace.
queen Margaret, ns we VIII term
her, Is not allowed to walk outside her
ribin's limits. She must be carried on
n litter by her maids, and when eho
ventures forth upon such n Journey,
subjects are ordered, under pain Of
death, TO keep hidden In their prospec-
tive dOmiciles."
The captive queen informed Luttrell
that she desifed 10 be freed, Tut had
never daTpd to say No TO those who hold
her prisoner. Rhe explained that her
subjects we're hindheaTted and meant
10 cause her no unhappiness, but that
they relip iuualy followed the customs
Of their ancestors In acting US they DO
toward her.