Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-11-08
Torrance N Stanlsra Life.


There are few men to whom life should
apparently be so pleasant as to Mr.
Henry Stanley; there are few, however,
to whom it seems to be so bitter. Ali
England is ready to do q him honor: he
has been overwhelmed with praise and
congratulations the Queen has received
him; Parliament has thanked him; the
| two great journals for which he has
made his explorations have amply
laWarded him. But he is sullen, mOTose,
] discontented and savage.
! Mr.. Stanley has had 4 romancey it
ended unhappily for hin, and this has
soured him to the heart. Before he
went upon his second expedition to
[ Africa, he met and fell madly in love
/ with the charming duugh, er of a wealthy
SlhZen OfJeWish eXi r;lction, whose name
I Is, perhaps, best known in connection
LWithithe ere;'Iiol OF an extensive but
luufoftinatt i. o.,erl house Mr.. Stanleys
| passion was deep ami violent but he
/ was told that he must wait, and that an
/ immediate marriage was out of tie
| Iuestiou-fifg was aITxiOus to win even
greater fame and fortune and lay them
1T the feetof bis. beloved. s ~. H.
4 . It was a. lIis nIOnaent that the.secOnd
African eS sed aioB was proposed to him:
| init hS s4@ tie coveted edopPortunity for
| distinction and reward, and he eagerly
eubraeed the perilous commission.
LidhrohghoIt the whole of that terrible
nnrhey thrOughOut the jungles of Afri-
l,daJ amid all his tolls, dangers, sickness,
and disappointments, he was sustained
Blythe thought of his love, and by the
confident hope of receiving the reward
which was dearer to Il1nA than the ap-
plause of the wor4d or the riches of
GolcOnda. He gave the name of the
young lady to the most beautiful lake
that he discovered as he gave It after
ward to the handsome boat in which he
niade a part of his exploratiOn-the
Lady Alice. At length, the source of
Ethe Congo was found the great deed
vas accomplished and Stanley returned
With a proud and happy heart to the
coast, At ZanzlAar 4 pack of letters
was awaiting him, and he hastened to
open. them hoping to find some messages
of love and affection from the mistress
9f his soul A fatal blow struck him.
One of the letters contained the intelli-
gence that Miss Alice -- had been
married several, months. .-, -
4 From that moment Stanley was a
changed man. His delight IN life was
wholly lost. His natural good humor
D4Rd .bu1yancy Of spirit gave place to
long fits of melan chOlB a1ternated with
violent outbursts of petuience and
anger.
; 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
M the island ofZerete, he saw from his
window Greek maiden in the garden
IF lthe opposite house, and at once 1cl,
that bis fate was sealed She was about
Fifteen years Old and Mr. Stanley has
Since declared that never before nor
SINCE has lie beheld SO sweet and beau
'tiful a creatureS He at once sought out
the American Consul and revealed to
him the state of his heart. The Consul,
who had himself married. a Greek lady,
bade him not deslMirs took him forth
with to the house of his inamorata and
presented him to her mother, who was
4 widow. Stanley could speak no Greek;
the mother no English; the Consul was
the interpreter He did his work so
well that at tile end of half an hour the
..aIdsn was sent. fors Stanley was for
hidden even to touch her hand; but he
ooilTersed with her with his eyes, and
they soon understood each other well.
At the end of the week lie was an ac-
fepted lover at the end of fortnight
.tAe day for the wedding arrived.I All
this while he had seen the young lady
once a day, always in the presence Of
heE mother. On the day before the
siding he had been permitted for the
aEt time to take5l 5lleT hand and to i'm
4 mt upon it chaste salute.
The morning of avoiding arrivedS
Stanley was dressed for the ceremony
and was awaiting the happy moment. =
There entered to him three Greeks,
whom he had not seen before, and an 4
interpreter. They were introduced as /
the brothers of the bride, and they pro-
ducedl aparchment which the interpre-
terexplained It was a deed of settle |
ment, binding Stanley TO pay so much (
ear TO the mother, so much to each /
ether, and so much to his wife, and to /
piank down the first installments on the /
spot. IR-yain Stanley explained that he /
was worth nothing, and could not pay; /
the brothers looked daggers, the inter
prefer frowned, and the scene closed by /
the arrival of the Consul, who with diff (
6culty got Stanley out Of the clutches
of his toFpeRteFs and shipped him off
to AtheAs, He didnot- see his beautiful /
GTecian maiden again.