Morning journal and courier., 1890-05-30
stanIey,s Ride TO London.


Poor Stanley Our new lion and hero
looked horribly bored and miserable during
his ride up to London from Dover. Can you
be surpriseda There was Mr. Ashmead-
Bartlett-Burdett, Coutts setting on his knee,
Sir William Msckinnon treading on his
eorns, Sir Francis De Winton struggling to
embrace him, the Lawsons fighting for him,
and score of other notables making them
selves very obvious. The poor man was suf
locating. The squash was awful. Twenty
pressmen pressed in vain, and showed aud
fought, and fought and showed, but to no
purpose. Half duzsn artists, sketch books
in hand, also tried to catch a glimpse of the
heros phyeiognomy, bat doubt if any of
them was successful in seeing anything but
his boots. Poor Stanley read his letters and
kilograms during all the turmoil, and never
turned hair, though have no doubtsthat
he was privately wishing he had all the mob
in central Africa. There were few excep.
tions; every one stared at the poor man as
if he had been some curious wild beast.
In twenty minutes the excitement subsi-
ded; the crowd dispersed without the assis-
tance of the police, aud Stanley puffed away
| terviewer drew him, and seldom word
spoke this grim and saturnine hero with the
snow white hair and the face OF unburnt
| clay. There were, however, other heroes in
| the carriage. Lieutenant Stairs, tall and
taciturn; Mr.. Jephson, short and smiling;
Surgeon Parke, regular young Apollo, and
| Captain Nelson, had taken back seats, but
came in for some close observations. The
polish Of capitals has supplanted tho tan of
| the tropics, and there is nothing of the ssv-
| age lefs in these young gentlemen. ls Is dis
| appointing, but it 1. true. Mr.. Bonny, an
other of Stanleys young men, had even
| gone SO far as to sport pair Of patent lesth-
| o1, a fosl hat lnd nOHt cnk IN th6 latest
| fashion. Gould this neat and fashionably
dressed young man be the survivor of the
rear guard. the man who carried the living
skeleton OF Troup down to the boat, who
| buried Barttelot and starved for many terri-
BILE months at that famous camp on the
banks of the Aruwhimis Can this efemi-
nate little man who sits there twisting his
moustache be the Jepheon who fought and
intrigued with Emini And that slim and
delicate young Apollo with the open counte-
| nance, he the plucky Parke we have heard so
much of as the man who saved Stanley's
life? What @ contrast these innocent young
gentlemen present to that foxy old Ulysses
4 who puffs away IN the cornef-gflm; upper
| turbable, impenetrabiel
Except for his snow white hair and his
Gilman an complexion, Stanley seems to
have changed but little during the last three
years He looks fat and We'll. What eHscb
the London season will have upon him 1t
will be difficult to say. The London bore is
far more deadly than any African fever;
The bores bave begun business very early
allude to the Dover mayor and corporation,
who marched on board the steamer and
bored the great man with an address, in
which they had not even taken the trouble
TO ascertain his name. "Henry 'Moftlake'
Stanley" they dubbed their victim. Dover
pier was crowded-hags flying, banners Way,
ing, women shrieking, men shouting, and all
the eruptions that are usual On these occa-
sious. When the bores of Dover had done
with him the Dover photographer took a
peaceful shot at him from the bridge OF the
. boat. and at last he was turned loose into
the crowd, from which he fed in dignihed
manner, keeping the Stanley eye we'll upon
them until he was secure in the CLUB train.
More roaring and the train moved slowly out
of the station. The feature OF the journey
was the series of private demonstrations:
Every little patch Of houses along the line OF
rails had arranged little trophy OF flags.
Enthusiastic groups were gathered in back
Gardens. with all the linen clean from the
wash; handkerchiefs were common, towels
were impressed into the service, and many
another garment which only laundress
could give name to. At Victoria there
was big crowd, which oheered Justify as
Stanley emerged from the train, to be ear
, risd off Immediately by the, Baroness Bur-
. dettrOoutts.