Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-10-02
MARK TWAIN IN LONDON.
A Speech AIeu, LlvInE.,sae.

Mark Twain was entertained at din
ner BY the whitefriars' Club. London,
at the M,tre Tavern, on the evening Of
August 9Th. In reply to the toast In
his honor, Mark thus spoke
GENTLEMEN l thank you very heart
Ily indeed for this expression Of kind
ness toward me. What l have done
for England and civilization In the ar
duous affairs which l have engaged IN
that Is pood-that Is 80 smooth that l
will say It again and agaln-what I
have done for England aud for civili-
zation In the arduous part l have per-
formed. | have done with q single
hearted devotion and no hope Of re-
ward. am proud, | am very proud,
that It was reserved for me to find DR..
| Livingstone, and for Mr.. Stanley to
get All the credit. Laughter. I
hunted for that man In Africa all over
seventy.dye or one hundred parishes.
thousands and Thousands Of miles In
the wilds and deserts, all over the
Mace. sometimes riding negroes aud
sometimes travelling BY rail. didn't
mind the rail or anything else, so l
| .Ildn't come In FOR the tar and feathers.
found that mar at UjDi-a place you
| may remember If you have ever been
there-and 1t was a very great satisfac-
tion that I found him just In the nick
| of time. found that poor old man
deserted by his niggers and by his
geooranbers, deserted by oil Of his
Kind, except the gorillas-dejected,
miserable, furnishing, absolutely fam
Ishinp but he was eloquent. Just as l
| found him he had eaten his last ele-
| phant, and he said to me, God
knows where l shall get another" He
| had nothing to wear but his venerable
| and honorable naval suit, and nothing
TO a but his diary. But l said to
him, at Is all right, have dis
covered you, and Stanley will be here
| by the four o'clock train and will dis
| cover o officially, and then we will
| turn to aud have q regular good time"
said, "Cheer up. for Stanley has got
corn. ammunition. glass beads, hymn
hooks, whisky, and everything which
the human heart can desire he has
got all kinds of valuables. including
| telegraph poles and q few carloads OF
money. BY this time communication
| has been made with the land Of Bibles
and civilization, and property will adj.
vance" And then we surveyed all
that country from Ujiji, through Una
noga and other places, to Unyan-
yembe. I mention these names sim
| DIV for your %edification, nothing more
lido not expect it-particularly as In
telligence to the Royal Geographical
Society. And then, having filled up
the old man, we were NIL too full for
utterance. aud departed. We have
since then Toasted OH honors. Stanley
has received a suuft-boX, and l have
received considerable snuff he has got
to write a book and gather In the rest
of the credit, and l am going to levy
OIL tile copyright and to collect the
money. Nothing comes amiss to me
cash or credit |; but, seriously, do feel
that Stanley Is the chief man and an
ulustrlous one, and l do applaud him
with all my heart. Whether he Is an
American or Welshman by birth, or
one or both, matters not to me. SO
far as I am personally concerned, | am
simply here to stay q few months, and
to see English people and to learn
English manners and customs, and to
enjoy myself; so the simplest thing |
can do Is to thank you for the toast you
have honored me with and for the re-
marks you have made, and to wish
health and prosperity to the White
friars' Club, and TO sink down to my
accustomed level.