St. Paul daily globe., 1890-12-30

thlnned the ranks rapidly, ana Wnen
the advance guard finally bewed its
weary way through the jungle, only 171
men were left of the $50. Two hundred
and sixteen had been lost in the forest.
The march was resumed. and Oh Dec.
IA, from the brow of an eminence, they
looked down on Lake Albert.
Disguised With Emin.
Stanley said he was utterly surprised
and disappointed at not finding Emin
PaSha there to joyfully and eagerly re-
ceive him. He sent courier up the lake
and with his men then retraced his
steps back through the plain, where, by
the way, the native, unlike those of the
forest, were warlike. till the edge of the
forest was reached, where a fort was
built. After resting there few months
he started back to the lake, getting
there April 2, 1888. On the way he
got letter from Emin, telling him to
wait for him. A few days after reach
ing the lake Emin arrived. The lect-
urer gave humorous and sarcastic de-
scriptiOn of the retinue he brought with
him. the officers in gorgeous attire and
the man whom Stanley had regarded as
Homeric in his aspect, dudiSh-looking
little fellow, with spOtless linen and
wearing eyeglasses. They greeted each
his instructions. These had been
mainly verbal. They directed him to
find Emln, and lay stock OF supplies
before him. He was to be informed
that he could return with Stanley or
not, just as he pleased, but if he
did not the Egyptian government would
make no further effort to save him.
Emin was vacillating and undecisive.
lie seemed to want to return to civiliZa-
tlon one moment and to change his
mind the next, and Stanley could get
no definite answer out of him at all.
The rescuer made three distinct propo-
sitionS to Emin, but he would not accept
any of them, and Stanley directly init
mated that Emin did not want to be
rescued, as he was in far more desira-
Bile position where he was absolute
ruler.
Seeking the Rear Guard.
Tired of waiting on Emin. Stanley,
near the last of May, started back to
hunt for his rear guard, from which he
had now been separated nearly ten
months. He retraced his way through
the great forest, and, on reaching Yam
buya, eighty-twO days after leaving the
lake, discovered the direful fate of that
part of the expedition. Of 271 men left
behind; only l02 were left. Barttelot
had been shot few days before. Jane
son was dead, and the stores
had been shipped down the river.
The two remnants of the eX-
peditiOn we're united not to be separated
again. and for the third time started
through the forest. In January, 1889.
Lake Albert was reached, and it was
there learned that the powerful and
mighty Emin Pasha, together with
Lieut.. Jephson, who had stayed behind,
were captveS at the upper end OF the
lake. The news that Stanley would ar
rive caused the rebel soldiers to come
down in penitence, and Emin, after
nearly a years hesitation, agreed to 60
with Stanley. The party started for the
Indian ocean on May 8.
On the way the legendary mountains
of the moon. from which the sources Of
the Nile arise, were rediscovered and
located. Lake Albert Edward NyanZa
was discovered and an arm of Lake Vic
toria NyanZa found, which shows that
to be the second largest body of fresh
water in the world, Lake Superior being
first. The country passed through con-
tanned pOpulouS nations and great vii
lages.and is fertile and beautiful. STAN
ley told how at the banquet shortly
after the arrival of the party at the sea
coast Emin fell off the balcony
The lecturer said that after that event
their friendship was at ali end, as Emin
would not see him again. He could not
understand it till March of this year,
when the murder was out. Emin had,
on February 5. made q secret compact
with the German government to enter
its employ, and is now around the
southern end of Lake Victoria for the
purpose of getting possession Of ter
ritory. A little attention was then paid
to the appearance of the forest and the
pygmies were mentioned, but only
briefly.