Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-11-26
STANLEY.
-Cnnl.nnea from E.r.i Paae.l

NIANLE |.
Continued from First Page.
So the rebel officers we're obliged to free
him, and sent hlm to Wadelai, where be Is
/ free TO DO as he p,sasss. bat SO present be
has not resumed authority in the country,
/ lie Is, believe, by no means anxious 10 do
/ go.
1--WE hope in a fsw days to be at Tuu-
guru station, oB the lake, two days By
steamer from Nsabe, and I trust when we
| hear of Jour arrival that the Pashe him.
self will be able 20 come down with me 20
see you. We hear thst the Mahdists sent
| steamers down Co khart0um for reinforce
menis. II TO they cannot be up here for
another SIX weeks. II they come up here
with reiui0Icements 10 viii be al up with
MS. for the soldiers viii never stand against
chem and 10 VIII be mere walk-Over.
Every one is auxiously looking for your
arrival, for the coming Of the Mahdists has
completely cowed them. We may just
mansge TO get out If yen 90 not come later
than the end OF December, but tits entire
ly impossible to iolssee what will hap
pen"
THE MAHDIsTs BEATEN.
Jsphson, in @ second postscript, dated
December Is, says: "Mogo, the messenger,
not having started, send a second post
script We we're NOT at TaDgura on No
vemher -. The Mah3ists surrounded
DrHs Station and besieeed 10 for four days.
I Toe soldiers. Of whom there were about
I 500. managed 20 Iepu.se them, and they
retired 90 Rsgir snd their headquarters
Tney have sent down 70 Khartoum for re
/ Increment, and viii doubtless attack
again when strengthened. In our flight
from Wadeial the officers requested NE to
destroy our boats and the sdvancfa
I therefore broke it up. Duiile
Is being renovated ss fast as pos
sibla. The Pasha is unable to move
hard or foot, az there is still very strODg
party sgsiust bin, ard the oticers, no
longer iu immediate fear of the Mahdists,
do not on any account come down to IA.
At my former camp on the lake near
Eavalhs Island, bat make your camp at
Kavslis. on the plateau above. Send @
letter directly after yoa arrive there, and
AZ soon az we hear of your arrival / viii
come to You. I will not disguise the facts
facts from you that you have difficult and
dangerous work before you IN dealing with
the pasha's people. 1 trust you will ar
rive before the Mahdists are reinforced, CT
our case viii he desperate.
"Yours faithfully
'JEPHsON."
PUZZLED AND CONFLICTING STATEMENTS.
To reply Stanley said: "Ba wise, be
quick and waste no time. Bring Buizi
and your own S0udanese with You. /
have read your letters halfs dozen times
over. but fail to grasp the situation thor
onghly, becsu.e IN some important details
one letter coniraiicts the other In one
you ssy the Pasha is g close prisoner while
you are allowed a certain Gm0unt OF lbeg-
Is, 10 The other Won say you viii come 10
me a. soon as you hear of our arrival here,
and, j trust, you say, that the Pasba
will ba able TO accompany me- Being
prisoners, ] fail 20 see how you could leave
Taneuru at all. All this Is not very clear to
ga, who are fresh from the bush. If the Pa
shs can come, send courier on your ar
rival at orr Old camp, 90 the lake below
here, 90 announce the fact and / will send
q strong detachment 90 escort him up TO
the plateau; even to carry him if he needs
&C. feel TOO exhausted after my ! 300
miles of travel since parted from you last
May To- 20 down 90 the Lake agelu. The
Pasha must have some pity for me. Don't
yet alarmed or uneasy on our account.
Nothing hostile can approach us within
twelve miles without my knowing it. l
a ~ 81. L.
lion, and It ! sound war-nOte, within
four hours can have 600 warriors 90 as
sist me 20 repel any force disposed 10 vio-
isnce. aud if 10 is to be a war, why then
am ready for the cunningest Arab alive.
EuN's INDIGESTION.
81 have read your letters half a dozen
timss and my opinion Of you varies with
each reading. Sometimes fancy that yOu
are half Mahdist or Arabi5t, and then
Eminist. I shsll be wiser when / see you.
Now. don't you be perverse, but obey,
and let my order 20 You he as frontlet
between the eyes, and an, with God
gracious help, viii end we'll. 1 want 10
help the Pasha somehow; but he must
help me and credit me
Continuing, Stanley says "On Janu
arv jos received with tins batch Of letters
two notes from the Pashs himself confirm
ing Che above But not "a word from either
Isphson or the Pashs indicating the
Pasha's purpose; did be still WAIVER,
or was he at lac, resolved with any
other mar than the Psshs or Cor
dor2 O1e would imagine that, bsirg a
prisoner and q fierce enemy hourly expect
ug 90 give the coup mortal he would glad
ly embrace the first chance 60 escape from
the country Given up by his Govern
meni: on, there was no hint IN these let
tiers what course the Pasha would follow.
These few hints of mine, however, will
throw some light on my postscript which
here follows, and of my state OF mind after
reading these Letters. i wrote q formal
letter which might be read by any person,
Pasha, Jsphson, or any one Of the rebels,
and addressed il 10 Jephson as requested;
bat on a separate beet of paper, l wrote
a private pos.scrip. fer Jephs0n's perusal,
as follows
FASCINATION FOR THIS soUDAN.
"EAvAILrR. January Is.
"3 O'CLOCK p. VI.
"NY DEAR JEPHsON: I send 80 T Il ss
and three Esvsli7 men dawn ire lake
with my lelters. With uy urgent instruc-
tious that canoe should be set ~ and the
bearers be regarded. 1 uay be SHE TO STAY
longer than SIX days here, perhaps 10 days
I Will 90 my best % p-ol0rg my stay until
you arrive without rupt1ring she peace. |
Orr people have eo'd store Of beads sud |
couriers' cloth, and I notice ,lat tAe ns
tives trade very easily, which will assist
EavaIlis resources shoGid be &c; uneasy /
under our prclc7ged visit Should We get /
out of This trouble, am bic most devoted /
servant and friend, bu, If he hesitstes
seain I shall be nlungei in voEder end |
perplsxitv.
'iI could save q dozen Psshas IT they /
were willing TO be saved I would 80 on /
my knees ard imploTe the Pasha 10 be sen