Telegram-herald., 1890-06-01

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YORK 1szered Stanley sit1 elergF,
raislaz hluself on o1e el boz ~ aAe
ne so-n = Wall street to-a.orrcsa
courl1 4ad -. - financial e1ltQf q ne
Herald yoz via in1ro4-ce Ee u solre
c. sns Sealtky Eagazbss there 49, Il
dorhe rest i oug4I ~ raise t1e mo1sy
Al a. h04r.
Promising 70 % as be s1gges 5sd- The
couverszrioa turEed upon his plans w4en
hs sboad revisit Se~ Tork - claim tAe
h4nd u his af1sEcsd wife.
-Ah. my boy" be exclaimed, then !
shall realise tie dream Of nay llfe-
When / shall hsEs tapped TIE reser-
voirs of T4ngznfz2 and \ yanza money
wil bexin - nO~ in streams that VII
satisfy any reasonable desire. and then
and then be sid, musingly, Tn
going 60 buld . magnificent hoLle On
the Hudson and rest Tor The remainder
of my life. can see the house now
broad halls, . great galley Of rare
pictures, rooms of Oriental grandeur,
grounds With lakes and wooded paths
"a African teas5e built especially for
the boys, ike mat in which l lived
50 long With Livingstone, where my
newspaper friends can come when they
want % work OF play; and al the sur
rouDdings Of luxury and taste that the
experience of q traveller can suggest"
IL was very beautiful castle Ia Spain
and peopled with very beautiful fairies
% the explorers imagination
Agreeably % appointment We went
On tho following dAy % Wall street
4 where Stanley " - introduced 70 . num-
! ber Of capitalists and influential gen
/ tlemen from whom he received much
/ attention, but that was all Stanley
told his story and mapped out his plans.
! The miIlionaircs listened respectfully,
and then declined his proposition with
| thanks Not one Of them seemed 10
appreciate the value II the opportunity
thus presented and since SO amply dem
| Onstrated.
Disappointed and chagrined, Stanley
| returned 20 his hotel, remarking that
| he would no longer look for cO-Opera-
tion in America, for in London or Brus-
sells be could easily obtain ten times
the amount needed for his enterprise.
A few weeks later he bade farewell
20 his American friends and sailed for
| England. Now comes tho climax Of his
romance. Six months after his depart
ure, tho girl 70 whom ne was betrothed
married another.
From the moment he heard of this act
of the faithless woman, Stanley became
L charged man. The sequel shows that
the United States lost its charm for him
from that hour and that he was only too
glad 70 bury himself once more in Afri-
can wilds. II he lives, il is safe to sur
mise that England will reward him for
the part he has recently performed in
opening that country 10 her commerce
as generously'as she has rewarded her
other public servants like Hastings,
Napier and Gordon; and Stanley may
vet become the GovernCr-General Of all
her possessions in Central Africa. a ter
ritory which, but for the short-siChted.
ness Of a few American capitalists,
might now be dotted with the Stars and
Stripes floating over hundreds of trad
ing stations
As for the flcklo innamorata who fig
urcs in this story, she may find conso
lation in the thought that she is indi
rcctly responsible for driving her OLD
lover to his high achievements, anC
should she By chance meet him in the
near future. it is quite on the cards tha
shc may behold in him one wearing th'
badge Of knighthoOd-Sir Henry Stan
lev; for he has earned niche in th'
templo Of fame and q tomb in West
Minister Abbey L. G. DE FONTAINT-