National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-10-16
The African Explorers Love Affairs.

It is but little over year ago that Stanley and
were taking lunch together with Leighortner,
the famous old caterer, who now lives and keeps
Q fine restaurant in the house but recently occu-
pied BY VIM. B. Astor, in Lafayette place. Stan.
Icy was very uncertain as to what TO do. He had
come over the water for two purposes-one OF
them to see his sweetheart, and the other to see
Mr.. Bennett and arrange for the Herald eIpedi-
ton to the Victoria Nyanzs. Stanley was not,
however, too much interested in Africa. His life
he told me, was really bound up In acertain
young lady dwelling on Fifth avenue, whose pic
ture he showed me, whose character be described
to me, and whose graces and social position cap
tivated his ambitious eye. l am telling no secret
In saying this, and the rest that shall have to
say of Airiea's young campaiguer. Stanley
asked my advice. Said he, ''Give 1t to me as
man Of the world. Would you marry herr
Well, told him about what L suppose almost
any man would have said, "If you are fond Of her
Stanley 1 saw was very intent upon the matter,
and knew that no man could give him counsel
DO 'T not " know: but one thing ~ is 'O certain
in q years time Stanley will return from
Africa (f he lye) and marry one of the wealthlest
and most beautiful young ladies in New York.
She is tall and slender, o brunette, twenty years
OF age, rather worldly, and / should fancy not
with an unlimited amount Of gush 10 her nature.
are known far and wide, and no one has ever
given them greater publicity than Stanley. Let
me give you an anecdote or two. When Mr..
Francis was Minister to Greece left Athens to
visit Lyra, one Of the Ionian isles was nicely
entertained there, and the American consul, whose
name forget, asked me II wanted to see STAN
Iey's old fame, STANLEY had then made his fame
as the finder Of Livingstone.) said, "Yes." We
paid visit to the young LADY, who was Of Greek
extraction. She was pretty enough, but no one
but Stanley would ever have thought Of her IS Q
copjugal partner. Stanley, however, was smitten.
He proposed and was accepted as her sutton, and
finally, when the family cams to make inquiries
about his family, fortune, &c, Stanley grew IN
dignant, and said he did not wat to buy . vile;
that he could get handsome one In Constanti-
nople for 81 600. Shortly afterward he went to
Abyssinis and performed the first notable event
In his career SANKEY'S loves, however, date fur
Their back than the Cretan insurrection. Shortly
after our war closed he found himself In Omaha,
writing for one Of the local papers. II was about
this time that he fell in love with pretty young
girl named Annie Ward. But Stanley she could
not and did not admire; bat finally Stanley Of
fered her $4,000 to go with him. She declined,
and married according to her choice, which was
unhappy. Several years thereafter she became
lost to shame. i know Of many instances of the
erring nature OF Stanley's heart, his Maynard
impulses and fondness for the gentler sex, but
these suffice. He has not, sad TO say, been IA
vorite among ladies. Stanley's nature is cold. He
vaunts himself. While he has courage and hero
ism, not unmixed with audacity, have yet to
learn that be has an impulse belonging to the
gentler attributes Of men.