The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-06-27
ROMANCE OF sTANLEY'S LIFE.

in Africa-Love at First Sight in Athens.
From the New York Graphical
There are few men in the world to
whom life should apparently be so
pleasant as to Henry NJ. Stanley; there
are few, however, to whom it seems to
be SO bitter. All England is ready to
do him honor; he has been overwhelmed
with praise and congratulation the
Queen has thanked him; Parliament has
thanked him; the two great journals for
which he has made explorations have
amply rewarded him. But he is sullen,
morose, discontinued and savage; he
seems to enjoy nothing save occasionally
making himself intensely disagreeable
at a public dinner or meeting where
every one is anxious to do him honor.
Thisis strange; Mr.. Stanley is yeta young
man, and life should still contain much
JOY to him. What is the explanation of
this mystery?
Mr.. Stanley has had a romance; it
ended unhappily for him, and this has
soured him to the heart. Before he
went on his second expedition to Africa,
he met and fell madly in love with a
charming young lady, the daughter of
wealthy citizen of Jewish extraction,
whose name is, perhaps, best known in
connection with the erection of an ex-
tensive but unfortunate opera house.
Mr.. Stanley's passion was deep and vi
olent, but he was told that, at least, he
must wait, and that an immediate mar
riage WAS out Of the question. He was
anxious to win even greater fame and
fortune and lay them at the feet of his
beloved. It was at this moment
that the second African expedition
was proposed to him; in it he saw
the coveted opportunity for distinction
and reward, and he eagerly embraced
the perilous commission. Throughout
the whole of that terrible journey
through the jungles of Africa, amid all
his tolls, dangers, sickness and disap-
pointments, he was sustained by the
thought of his love, and by the confident
hope of receiving the reward which was
dearer to him than the applause of the
world or the riches of Golconda. He
gave the name of the young lady to the
most beautiful lake which he discovered,
as he gave it afterward to the handsome
boat in which he made portion of his
exploration-the Lady Alice. At Fan
zibar a packet of letters were awaiting
him, and he fastened to open them,
hoping to find some messages of love
and affection from the mistress of his
soul. One of the letters contained the
intelligence that Miss Alice - had
been married several months.
From that moment Stanley was a
changed man. His delight in life was
wholly lost. His natural good humor
and buoyancy of spirit gave place to
long fits OF melancholy, alternated with
violent outbursts of petulance and anger.
The plaudits with which he was received
upon his arrival in England were dis
tasteful to him; he revenged himself by
attacking with unreasonable rage every
one who ventured to differ on even the
slightest subject with him.
This, however, was Mr.. Stanley's Sec
ond love affair. He had experienced a
previous disappointment, but it had not
deeply wounded him. CHANGING to be
spending some time upon the island of
Crete, he saw from his window young
Greek maiden in the garden of the OPP
posite house, and he at once felt that
his fate was sealed. She was about Is
years old, and Mr.. Stanley has since de-
clared that never before nor since has he
beheld so sweet and beautiful Great
ure. He at once sought out the Ameri-
can Consul and revealed to him the state
Of his heart. The Consul, who had him
self married Greek lady, babe him not
despair; took him forthwith to the house
of his inamorata aud presented him to
her mother, who was widow. Stanley
could speak no Greek; the mother no
English; the Consul was the interpreter.
He did his work so well that at the end
of half an hour the young lady was sent
for. Stanley was forbidden even to
touch her band; but he conversed
with her by his eyes, and they
soon understood each other we'll. At the
end of week he was an accepted
lover; at the end of fortnight the day
for the wedding arrived. All this while
he had seen the young lady once day,
always in the presence of her mother
On the day before the wedding he had
been permitted for the first time to take
her hand and to imprint upon it a chaste
salute. The morning of the wedding
arrived; Stanley was dressed for til
ceremony and was waiting the happy,
moment. There entered to him three
Greeks, whom he had never seen before,
and an interpreter. They are intro
duced as the brothers of the bride, and
they produce parchment which the in
terpreter explains. It is deed of set
Element which binds Stanley to pay so
much year to the mother, SO much to
each brother, and SO much to his wife,
and to plank down the first installments
on the spot. In vain Stanley explains
that he is worth nothing and cannot pay;
the. brothers look daggers, the inter
prefer frowns, and the scene closes by
the arrival Of the Consul, who with diff
Guilty gets Stanley out of the clutches of
his tormentors and ships him off to
Athens, He never saw his beautiful
Grecian maiden again. lts5,.f1
A Test for the Capacity of Cows.