Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-05-22
sTANLEY,S LOVE STORY.
A Romantic Tale Concerning the
Great Explorer.

4 little clump of club men sat over
late supper in Delmonico's cafe, New
York, recently, and between the grilled
marrow bones and bass told odd bits of
variegated experiences. They are all
well-known men, and have never been
particularly bothered with the business
grind of life. Most of them are well on
toward 80. but if all the experiences
and yarns relaiei at that table could be
accepted literally. they had jammed leo
very rapid years into their lives. Sud-
denly one of the group raised his hat
from his forehead, and turning down
the leather band inside he pulled a clip
ping from newspaper. Let me read
you this, gentlemen, will you?" he said
very pleasantly. ''It isn't long and it
tells volume. 1t is a complete romance
in ITSELF" Then he read in a well
modulated voice this:
When Stanley was i'll this country,
soon after his discovery of Livingstone,
lie was full-cheeked, rosy, and his hair
WAS dark and handsome. When next
he came, after his memorable trip
| through the heart Of the Dark Conti-
nent, the ruddy hue of his face was
/ gone and his beautiful hair was nearly
white. But the brightness of bis eyes
was not dimmel, and the alert and
sinewy limbs were as agile as of old.
He has borne priyations and great hard
ships well, but they have left their mark
on his face His countenance and head
are old long before their time.
The club man then went on to relate
to his attentive listeners what he said
was the true meaning OF the newspaper
clipping he had just read. He pre-
faced his remarks by stating that the
4 .N.-
Brooks'S article in the February st.
Nicholas, entitled THE White Pasha." "
He said he had carried the newspaper
clipping in his lat from the day it was
published, because it recalled to hin
an experience in Henry NJ. Stanley's
life which very few outside of his in
tIIiate circle of friends knew. lie
ided that a very charming American
Lady would fully appreciate everything
that lie was about TO tell. A. one time
she WAS belle, and was known in
New York and Chicago society. She
was a most loyable woman, and very
attractive. She is now young matron,
with little sprigs of innocence and mis-
chIevousness clustered about her.
One thing was certain, the club man
declared, Henry NJ. Stanley had not
passed. single day in the last fifteen
years without thinking o. her. Ia the
dark AMI unfathomable jun.les OF
Africa, her face had been with him.
On the desert, with the fierce white
heat beating upon him, lie had had
memories of her. He is bachelor, 40
The young matron now lives in Chic.l-
90, and her brother Is seen ON Broad
way on any bright afternoon.
The white hair and the pallid cheek
that Noah Brooks speaks Of, so the
story teller asserted, were not
altogether due TO Stanley's pTiyations
on the Congo. Ii was about 1875 that
Mr.. Stanley came 10 this country after
his discovery of Livingstone. Four year
before he had started out 10 find the
lost explorer. Not a word had been
heard from Livingstone in nearly two
years. There had been rumors that he
had been killed by hostile savages. and
his friends IN England were anxious
7 to learn the fate of the man who had
devoted nearly thirty years of his life
to unravelling the mysteries of the
/ interior of Africa. Stanley was Sc
, lected by james Gordon Bennett u
take an expedition into Africa
= and learn the fate of Livingtone.
He was then 80 years old and full OF
5 pluck and determination. He had been
i'll the Confederate Army, and when
4 taken prisoner by the United States
1 troops lie volunteered as Il seaman in The
: Federal navy. lie was spoken of al
, the time rs brave modest, and generous
5 but with a rowing disposition, and
I above all determination to make III:
{ mark in the world. Only Stanley him
4 self can tell of the destitution and tht
hardships that he experienced IN hi:
: search for Livingstone. But on tha
| memorable day in November, 1871
i when at Ujiji, on the shore of LAX
: Tanganyika, he found the grea
:, Scotchman, and nonchalantly hftin:
) his cap, to him, said: "Dr. Living
{ stone, L presume" he became equal,
famous with the Doctor, and knew
o that his name would go down through
g the centuries. On his return to Eng
e Land the fetcs and the bInquetS givel
= in his honor and the glorihcation o
) his name were only interrupted by tn
II death in Africa and the burial il
e Westminster Abbey of DIR. Living
y stone, Stanley was pail bearer at tn
$ funeral of the great explorer. 1t wa
said at the time that the mantle of tn
lead man had fallen upon the youn
d and ambitious Stanley. He was on tn
n top rung of the ladder of fame, but hi
n closest friends at the time have sine
Is frequently remarked that Stanley
N marked characteristic was 4 cynicISI
4, that was almost unbearable and Ger
u t;Iinly unaccountable.
He was 30 years old. The Quee
I, had presented him with diamonds, an
d he had been singularly honored b.
W statesmen and the great men of tn
Royal Geographical Society. HIS nam
l.. -
and distinction and renown awaite
d him in New York when he arrive
lie he,e few months later.
n Stanley hadn't been in New Yor
re very long before his club friends re
'r marked that he WAS partial in his visit
I to \ certain mansion on Fifth avenue
ie lie had been well received in Me-
n York society, and although he was nc
= particularly endowed with .hIs world
le go dis, he was a handsome young fel
's low, and the young ladies OF New Yor
society found him most congenia
ie At one OF the homes he yisite
- there WAS a petite brunette who il
:. terested young Stanley from the fir:
II hour that he saw her. Her father
house Oh Fifth avenue was one of I'll
- most attractive of spots for youn
Stanley after the Introduction II
would steal away from CLUB Trends
make frequent calls on the little quee
~ of that charming home. The youn
- lady herself began TO blush when Il
hs servant announced her handson
rb young visitor, and she soon began |
~ look for his calls. Stanley was the so
an of young man to be interesting
most young ladies. He was hant
IL some young fellow, a fine conversation
,w alist, and he was particularly attra
a tive in the gallant and reverential p,
ho liteness which always marked his col
iaf duct before the fair ones.
nj His visits to the Fifth avenue maj
a sion became more frequent and his a
nv tentions to the back-eyed little lad
OF more markell, and pretty soon Stanley
-th friends learned that the young coup
- were engaged. Stanley frequently sa
In those days that he was ready TO Sc