The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-10-24
Mark Twain in London.

ALd1h l. w Wd111 Was ChDC1 bel411CI hO
ner by the Whitefiar's Club, London,
at the Mitre tavern, on the evening
of August 6. In reply to the toast in
his honor, Mark thus spoke:
GENTLEMEN: 1 thank you very
heartily indeed for your kindness to-
wards me. What I have done for
England and civilization in the ardu-
GUS affairs which I have engaged in
-thatis good-t that's so smooth thatI
will say it again and again-what I have
done for England and for civilization
in the arduous part I have performed,
1 have done with single-hearted de-
votion and with no hope of reward.
1 am proud, I am very proud, that it
was reserved for me to find DR.. Liv-
ingstone, and for Mr. Stanley to get
all the credit Laughter) HUNTED
for that man in Africa all over seventy
five or one hundred parishes, thous-
ands and thousands of miles in the
wilds and deserts, all over the place,
sometimes riding negroes, and some
times travelling by rail. I didn't
mind the rail or anything else so that
I didn't come in for the tar and feath-
ers. I found that man at Ujiji-a
place you may remember if you have
ever been there-and it was q very
great satisfaction that found him
just in the nick of time. I found that
poor old man deserted by his niggers
and by isgeographers, deserted byan
of his kind except the gorillas-de-
jected, miserable, furnishing, absolute
ly famishing but he was eloquent
just as I found him he had eaten
his last elephant, and he said to
me, "God knows where I shall get
another" He had nothing to wear
except his venerable and honorable
naval suit, and nothing to eat but
his diary. But I said to him, 'Gt
is all right, I have discovered you, and
Stanley will be here by the four o o'clock
train and will discover you officially,
and then we will turn to and have a
regular good time" 1 said, "Cheer
up, for Stanley has got corn, ammuni-
ton, glass beads, hymn-books, whisky,
and everything which the human
heart can desire he has got all kinds
of valuables, including telegraph poles
and a few carloads of money. By
this time communication has been
made with the land of bibles and CIV
ilization, and property will advance.
And then we surveyed all that country
from Ujiji, through Unango and other
places, to Unyanyembe. I mention
these names simply for your edifca-
ton, nothing more-do not expect it
particularly as intelligence to the
Royal Geographical Society. Roars
of laughter.) And then, having filled
up the old man, we were all too full
for utterance, and departed. We
have since then feasted on honors.-
Stanley has received a snuf-box, and I
have received considerable snuff he
has got to write a book and gather In
the rest of the credit, and I am going
to levy on the copyright and to collect
the money. Nothing comes amiss to
me, cash or credit; but, seriously, I do
feel that Stanley is the chief man, and
an illustrious one, and I do applaud
him with all my heart. Whether he
is an American or q Welchman by
birth, or one, or both, matters not tc
me. So far as I am personally con
cerned, I am simply here to stay 6
few months, and to see English peo
pie and to learn English manners and
customs, and to enjoy myself; SO the
simplest thing I can do is to thanh
you for the toast you have honored
me with and for the remarks you have
made, and to wish health and pros
perity to the Whitefriar's Club, an6
to sink down to my accustomed level
(Cheers.)