Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-02-26
impress even the casual observer as re-

The passion for travel, sown as it was
in his blood, was largely contributed to
by circumstances. Impelled by an in
satiable longing for all climes and men
when he was mere boy, he left home Il
forget whether or not he ran away to
sea-, and fought his way all over Eu-
rope. He walked when he could not
earn money enough to travel by the or
binary routes; and he slept in the open
field many and many night. At the
age when most boys are learning the
rulesof three he was before French
court for travelling in exciting times
without a passport, and defended him
self and secured his own release. By
and by he drifted home to America
again. But he had studied during the
years he had spent in Europe. He
fought his way into an acquaintance
with the living and dead languages; he
read Greek in Greece, and French in
France for the first time He was look
ed upon as altogether a prodigy when he
reached home, and finally drifted into
newspaper life.
Of course he was an acquisition, and
the rafting railroad trains carried him
East and West continually One morn
ing he arrived in New York City, travel
stained and tired, from an expedition
which he had accompanied to the West
for the Herald. AS soon as business
hours began he sought the private office
of the elder Bennett, and after few
congratulatory remarks, the venerable
journalist said:
STANLEY, could you sail for Abyssinia
by the Cunard steamer at noon to-day 2"
Stanley propped himself up against
the wall and tried to think. The canny
Scott said nothing for moment Final
ly, the young journalist bracing all his
faculties, and ''chancing it, . said Eyes, "
and began to reflect.
Then the veteran unfolded his project.
He showed Stanley the proposed route of
the English expedition for the liberation
of the captives in Abyssinia ; gave him
a draft for several thousand dollars, and
told him where to get more; explained
to him in brief, sweeping phrase, that
the Herald must have all the news al
any price; gave him steamer ticket
and this parting benediction "Good
bye, my boy; do everything spare
nothing; beat everybody! God bless
your'
In few hours Stanley, with hasty
outfit, was on the Cunard steamer deck
From London he went straight to Egypt
then joined the English expedition, wen
with it to Magdala; sent his courier!
across country ahead of General Napier
The telegraph circuit happened, by rar
luck, to be open throughout; and tn
| New York Herald, as everybody remem
l bers, published the first news of the sue
cess of the Abyssinian expedition. AM
kindly sent it to the London Times.
S Stanley sent home some of the horse
: who bore the news of the death of The
| odorus to the telegraph lines, and one G
4 them is now (or was latterly) in MI
. Benefits possession.
a He had been living in Spain since hi
f return from Abyssinia, and at Valenci
b we went into his favorite amusement
k battles. Altogether, up to that date, h
j. had seen forty fights, many of whic
l. were the most severe in the America
o conflict. l shall never forget the bull'
e which took wisp of hair from his hea
/ as he persisted in standing on the bale
> ny of the house in which we were b
o sieged in Valencia, during the terrib
y mine days fight nor shall l forg
t. how coolly he closed the shutters, al
1t resumed his reading of Carlyle's FIRE
u erick the Great" He was at the bait
of Alcolea, in the republican agitatio
and addressed the Spaniards after the
r triumph.
We came back to Madrid togethe
and | followed his unrestful frame abo
for many days. l had hardly return
to my rooms in Paris before Stanley car
after me, and walked into my humt
at abode one morning. Il am going to t
ly Suez canal, and thence away into the u
d. discovered world" he said; and | hel
er ed him buy library of reference boo
II. and an outfit. The day he departed t
We stupid driver of the carriage would L
a urge his horses forward, and Stanle
is unable to contain himself, got out a
is ran ahead all the way. He hated Par
lie The glitter offended him. He liked t
an desert better. He was out of place
X the theatre, and yawned on the bou
re wards. The Indian mail train swallow
e. him, and saw him no more.
ey Next October year after-I hea
Is, from Stanley. In the exile world
EST London | encountered a semi-scienti
ue Frenchman who had left the interior
as, Persia in May. He had travelled W
es, Stanley for weeks, and they had camp
he together night after night, encircled
ed fires to scare away wild beasts. st;
e; ley had caravan, and was pushing @
ed when the Frenchman returned. [
heard of him sitting in the lap of Me
IN non, and hobnobbing at Damascus W
at sacred things; but was amazed to h
lat of him in Persia. He remained on
ley Herald staff, and when | heard that
ne, Livingstone search" had been organ
on ed | fancied l could see the elder B
18th net scratching message to Stanley
| Find Livingstone; spare nothing; b
m everybody; God bless you p
an, | should not like to be member
lad the English exploring expedition t
OF has sailed after Livingstone. Stanle
ey, dozen ship loads of expeditions c
md densed into one restless frame. If
venerable Livingstone is in Africa St
ia. ley will find him, and meantime get
ing terial for the series of books he is 60
my to publish some day. Stanley says
an will find Livingstone, alive or dead, ;
[ believe that he will. E. K
uld
to
hat The boys don't do things now
of they did when Noah Webster was n
l. ;op cno1linp hooks An old man 7