The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-05-17
g g a ROYAL LINE.

q OF A ROYAL LINE.
n.scendant of King soioo" ~.
bnsal peSt me queen of sheba.
!. tbis day of unbelief ana .ne up I.
y lnl ~ ali the traditions OF our ear
sttpg - nav interest some persons to
yllvs hat . al few years ago there died
know e iand little prince OF Abys-
b Ins g no." was the last lineal descend.
blnla, W miuo solomon and the queen OF
Sas q. MYTHICAL traditions still pre-
l ~ IN Abyssinia say that the royal
ssrvsu 4 The country has directly de-
, yS from the queen q Inc SCUM aa I'm
s " Ne Negoos. or ruler OF modern
~ sn claims descent from Menilek,
f'n.o ,ppsrted child of Solomon by the
7 a If Axam, otherwise known as
ps'a uoueen Of the South" and the
a @si. q claim has been allowed, and the
N. ~ prince Allamayo was the object
~, universal and tender interest be-
,suse Of his high lineage ana ms sfag
~ Vi I .be world knows of the British
CT nadition to Abyssinia in 1868 for the
, apr q releasing Capt. Cameron,
s N, consul to Abyssinia, and
~ Who had been imprisoned and
' usllv treated by King Theodore. q
Il I a matter of history, and this
ssteb onlv pretends to furnish 2 bit
rsrsonal "reminiscences OF the poor.
;.4ls nrince, SO casually alluded to in
/. uritten records Of that campaign,
~ whose name, "Allamayo" Il have
seu the world, seems in a way pro-
MI British force, under Sir Robert
V.nier stornied the fortress Of Mag
isla the last stronghold Of the brutal
Theodore, and on Easter Monday.
mil "a 1868, it fell, and the standard
\ England was planted upon the At
ican rock which had SO long been the
brisop home OF British ENJOYS.
| The body Of Theodore was found
lame way up the path, between the
second gateway and the palace. As
ICON as the storming party carried the
butter gate he exclaimed to those near
him: "Flee! release you from your
sllegiance. As for me. I shall never
'fall into the hands OF the enemy"
Drawing his pistol he put it into his
mouth and shot himself dead.
His widow, Queen Tirrowark, and
bis son, Allamayo, remained. In the
British camp and were treated with
|the utmost consideration. But she was
|delcate and weak, and finally died of
hung trouble, her son still remaining
lin the hands of the COMMUNICATIVE
|chiet, Sir Robert Napier, until by or
der Of the queen Of England, who
adopted him, he was taken charge of
by Capt. Speedy, naval officer cele.
|brated for two things. viz: his enor-
NOUS body and most tender heart.
The prince and his guardian lived
|on the island of Penang, off the coast
|of the Malay peninsula, and here, in
October, 1871, l first saw the child.
He was bright-faced. nice-looking
boy Of ten years, dressed in knicker-
bockers, and was very dark, with
fuzzy hair, parted in the middle. He
bad an extremely gentle voice and
quiet manner, and one could not inn
agine him the SON of such a man as
Theodore.
There was an evening party going
On at the government house-dancing
and music-and having felt deeply in.
terested in the little chap earlier in
The evening, when Capt. Speedy had
made US acquainted, strolled around
boxing him up. came upon him at
ast stretched out on a table in one of
The small reception-rooms, sound
isleep his little dark cheek resting
IN his arm, and as / looked down
lpon him ! wondered what was to be
ne tate OF this shoot of extinctroyalty.
tHislfuture seemed to be secure from
" things hurtful, as it was directed
y the good queen. but higher power
vas to intervene. When, few years
'i'erl first saw him, he was carried to
lngland and placed at Cheltenham col
ege' the damp climate developed in
I'm the disease which carried of his
no'her, and the little Prince Allamayo,
mo had seen the world, I" was gath
s re- to his fathers. the last of his ira
itional royal line. ~
! nave never known where they laid
,%' out 1t is somewhere in England,
''e grave, and ] hope the daisies and
le grass make it beautiful for the
isolate child whose quiet resting
lace 1t is.-WashinPton Post.