Show 1 THE KINQ KING OF ABYSSINIA art an irwia paymaster ry Pay aster matter given an ae account c arit of 1111 is TI tiit it I 1 to tit mot kins capt harrison smith paymaster steral it y N wis was sent ly by lier liar maje maj government to the king icing of abyssinia to present to him a letter and sword of honor from her majesty the queen on april 10 1 says ay t alie lie captain we wa arrived suddenly in si litof 0 th tha icings akings camp arid and lako lake ash aligi augi arwe As wo neared camp we 0 o were met mat by alio soldier whom I 1 had sent on ile he brought a message from lite kin ling tho the liing king requested me to conte coma at once onca to hira him the tha so soviller liller added that tile alio kin king g had threat to punish him blin should lie fail to bring mo me into camp that evening but lie beg begged aged me ma to wait a few minutes till lill an wort escort ot of men should arrive to accompany me inc tile officer comman commanding I 1 tile escort informed me that they had been ordered to conduct conditt me ma di gettly erectly to th king 1 I was obliged to chingo change clothes on tho road unpack the letters from her majesty and lord S and the swords for tile tho iding iani and ith hh ton son these proceedings entertained the soldiers greatly gr tile soldiers took up a sort of formation in ilia iha centro centre ot of which I 1 and tire persons alio instructed to carry the ilia presents rodo do thus thu wo crossed a plain and then than climbed tho the hill on which tile king is building a now palace there theio I 1 was the tha beholden of many hundreds having and walked to the door ot of tile cokel roofed building in which ilia his majesty was stated seated about to enter I 1 was atop stopped pod because became at the last moment the king had sent for a chair which lad had not yet et arrived tile chair was brought and placed with J its back against tho the pole which ft aich supports tho the root in the center and exactly facing tho the king As usual awnza lie ivaa seated led on an angeno i a kind of bedstead supported on either side bide by a large cushion on roy my entering he extended his arm to its fall length and r received bamar me in tie the most codeal manner with his sharn bhalala ihn nearly down to its ins v lat aist at first I 1 thought lie ha was v is beckoning nie me to a chair to which his hia outstretched hd h d was pointing painting bu but b I 1 soon perceived his mcange and having taken his land hand and bowed boned I 1 presented liar her maje letter enveloped in tui an lii imposing posing embroidered broi dered cover which I 1 had brought brou glit from cairo arid and which appropriately had a gold lion resembling the icings teal seal wo ked in the tha center then I 1 laid before for s the tha king the tha sword in in its ita casowitz case caso with tile tha lid opened ltd aften afterward wad the tha sword boid for ins his ace IW aria selassie Sila saie at th alie a cone conclusion I 1 us ion of the brief announcement witha with which aich I 1 accompanied each presentation tho the hing lu ng bowed and expressed thanks than lia he then said lie ho had ordered a 11 camp to bo be pi pie pared spared for rue me and that I 1 must go and rest reit 1 I 1 found a large but very lery thin tont tent pitched and furnished with an angerlo inge rib covered with it a carpet and having the two usual cushions other carpets yere were laid on the ground and for SOMO tuna time I 1 sit sat in state till my escort was marcheil off lind iland Iwas I 1 was left 0 only ir with the hie small mall guard in the tha evening presents of goods gooda consisting of 0 a cow bread gheo ghee ledge liquor made from ho honey ney red firewood and fireplaces and a for my iny nit wa united and were continued regularly during rny my stay on th the edth I 1 called challed on the king at 7 it a in talked and wrote w rote an addition to tho the latter for the queen then was ivas taken out and ar raye I 1 with a shirt and trousers I 1 do not mean that at the time I 1 wore nelt loither no ither lier of 0 those useful articles but these vv were a re garments of honor I 1 was als also 0 preben prevented ted with a lions mane inane tho the kings king 1 I own mare a 9 horse a nule mule twenty one sr brears ears and a shield at 1120 11 20 got on the march maich and kept till C 10 whon we reached our old camp new near debbah Beb bali london news |