The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-06-01


roundings were characteristics. The parlor,
filed as it was with African bric-a-brac,
was vision OF beauty. The walls
were hung with quaint weapons and Curl
GUS specimens of native skin, while scat
tered here and there about the room,
thousands OF elegant trifies revealed the
@ithetic taste of the OCCUPANT. Khlula, his
barbaric little body servant whom he had
brought from Ujiii, a very back, but intel
lIgent and hrigbt-eyed native lad, lay asleep
upon huge lions skin which was spread
upon the floor. Stanley himself was divid-
ing his time between a cigar and a siesta as
he reclined upon a lounge, half hidden be-
meath the folds of a magnificent African
robe.
"Come ina royal welcome" was his
CHEEKY greeting as l opened the door. for
Pm nursing my pet scheme and want help. ="
After some preliminary talk, Stanley pro
ceeded: "You know, my dear fellow. Pm
engaged to be married. II is the only love
that I've ever had, and my tidncee is q
woman of whom any man might well be
proud" 1t would be violating a breach of
confidence TO repeat all of his extravagant
language in this connection, for it was
the language of a man who was in dead
earnest and is sacred but he said Incl
dentally: Before l marry and settle down
a great undertaking remains to be accom-
plished. 1t successful, | expect to be the
possessor of an amount of wealth that will
enable me TO CRAFTY every within. True,
the lady of my choice is in her own right
an heiress, but it is my intention during the
next two years to lay the foundation of a
fortune that will greatly exceed her own
and thus permit me TO enjoy an honorable
mans independence.
'In my search for DIR. Livingstone dis
covered a vast region that teens with
wealth. Great stores of ivory, gums and
oils are at the present moment in the heart
of Central Africa awaiting a market, and /
can secure them in barter at figures that
will net marvellous profit. All these and
more can lay my hands upon in less than
year and at the same time establish trade
between the interior ard the coast which
will be of enormous advantage to any COM
pany that may obtain its control The
plan contemplates an organization
of American capitalists, the purchase of
vast tracts of territory and the construction
of line of trading posts for the natives
who will want our cotton goods, guns,
hardware, and all articles necessary to a
new civilization; it means the tramp of the
missionary, the educating influence of the
pioneer, in short, the control by American
capital of the richest part of Central Africa,
and the possession of power not surpassed
by that once held by the East India Com
panv in its own domains.
81 have at my immediate command"
Stanley continued, $4,000 cash, in part
the result Of the sales of my several works
and in part money received from Mr.. James
Gordon Bennett for my services to the
Herald in finding Livingstone. With $780,
000 or $l0O,020 moro can perfect this
magnificent scheme. Briefly outlining
the details, my first step viii
he to return to England, there build
two or three small portable steamers and a
number of transportation boats for use on
the African lakes and rivers. | shall then
select eight or ten well-equipped and rugged
young folio WIS as sub-lieutenants, build one
or more strong depots and store-houses
fortified against attack and then proceed to
open lines Of communication between the
interior and the coast, whence ship
ments may be made TO the markets of the
world.n
"But how and where do you expect to
raise this additional capital? | inquired
Through you, and right here in New
York." answered Stanley with energy,
raising himself on one elbow. Take me
down TO Wall street tomorrow" continued
he: ''as financial editor Of the Herald you
will introduce me to some of the wealthy
magnates there and I'll do the rest. l
ought to raise the money in an hour"
Promising to do as he suggested, the con-
versation turned upon his plans when he
should revisit New York to claim the hand
of his affianced wife.
"Ah, my boy" he exclaimed, ''then l
shall realize the dream of my life. When
| shall have tapped the reservoirs of Tan
ganyika and Nyanza money will begin to
flow in streams that will satisfy any rea-
sonable desire, and then-and them he
said, musingly, Pm going to build mag
nifcent home on the Hudson and rest the
remainder of my life. / can see the house
now-broad halls. great gallery of rare
pictures, rooms of oriental grandeur,
grounds with lakes and wooded paths, an
African tembe built especially for tue boys
like that in which l lived SO long with Liv-
ingstone, where my newspaper friends can
come when they want to work or play; and
all the Surroundings of luxury and taste
that the experience of a traveller can sug
gest."
Itlwas a very beautiful castle in Spain,
and peopled with very beautiful fairies of
the explorers imagination.
Agreeably to appointmen we went on
the following day to Wall street, where
Stanley was introduced TO number OF
capitalists and Influential gentlemen from
whom he received much attention. but that
was all. Stanley told his story and mapped
out his plans The millionaires listened re-
spectfully, and then declined his PROPOSE
ton with thanks" Not one of them
seemed to appreciate the value of the Op-
portunity thus presented and since 80
amply demonstrated.
Disappointed and chagrined, Stanley re-
turned to his hotel, remarking that he
would no longer look for cooperation in
America, for in London or Brussels he
could easily obtain ten times the amount
needed for bis enterprise.
A few weeks later he babe farewell to
his American friends and sailed for Eng
land. Now comes the climax of his ro-
nance. Six months after his departure the
girl to whom he was betrothed married
another
From the moment he heard of this act of
the faithless woman, Stanley became a
changed man. The sequel shows that the
United States lost its charm for him
from that hour, and that he was only too
glad to bury himself once more in
African wilds II he lives it is safe to
surmise that England will reward him
for the part he has recently performed in
opening that country to her commerce
as generously as she has rewarded her other
public servants, like Hastings, Napier and
Gordon; and Stanley NAV yet become gov
ernor general Of all her possessions in Gem
trail Africa, territory which, but for the
short-sightedness of few American CAPT.
talsts, might now be dotted with the stars
a.id stripes floating over hundreds Of trad
ing stations.
AS for the tickle inamorata who figures
in this story, sue may find consolation in
the thought that she is Indirectly respon-