The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1890-12-11
'S;TaNI.EY'S FIRST LOVE
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LARRY iu tlso -sixties~ asassFva Wsfe
Inherent. stanley was nnsssi Zee sssssh-
-,x tsit psesrsy and pcvsaslesree-tbe sat.
a,-r t,sgsi in his bsae. ausl sitat has h-Nen
n is.sSals-s,la.lse s-sreit: "a h.Has All Shse~s
after years It uncertainty sad pstSs.
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shea glssilssn,ne IN seaTts e that wua.
as,sssslly tarev ftastiag f.epniatiea ssF assas-
~. into the esyst plains rsetEss ths,sSh
lbs slsvn new city Il onaisA Siss wss
htisl,s. ysyaeiosts, of NcFH attractive
H.uts,. susi kuew how g. suteFtata
S.aaley. y ha hsd tsscn assasga ut= rits a
f.a uees.s lssssl. Like many ot3seTe. tsllea
..ss.ler her siselL Suans aIsd isnIss,sssns'-
able. hc ls>anro enrorlrl rs hvs dstt4e,i
friend
Finding means l. gain siass>,us -
The th=,atay ina ysl.4@h ali wgss playanE,
be- f,asnd a seat losc Ia tar ssass asSht
after night. watching the csy Auaie
with all the s-agcrn,sS It al su3asaasei
over Slauley's existence ss~tgvd esia-
tcteI upon her. Bat Annie w.ss tickle.
,)rae night il l. related. "a scesae Is prs-
eipitate-i by the love So s.,ug man,
w..a hai t-egun - REALIZE t,,at ihv obIe't
Il his affections wars fln "a fast and
,oo~e with him aud Mas soliciting sttra-
ton from other gentlemen az larger
wcalth.
On the nigh, IN question, The Story
goes. hc was in his accustomed seal al
he thcates. and when Miss Wand essa,s
on To DO her LITTLE ~aCt," Stanley y -
observed Ia b. in a condition - eSs2l -
ment quite foreign 10 his natas, Alss
Annie was TOO palpabiy eEsa 81 ia tsn-
pressing her personality upon a rather
| boisteruus young man, who had Ito rvp-
utation of having cleaned out numerous
bar rooms. and was not on tn a1Ust til
| taate terms of good fellowship with tie
/ .nw loving element Of the cummut -.
/ STANLEY is said 10 have stepped into the
/ aisle in "A most demonstratise manner.
/ and a scene OF excitement followed that
| terminated ouly when he WAS aummariiy
and safely elected through the f. ut
door.
There were many stories related "a TO
what really happened-an angry col
ioauy with tlss actress. the public icc-
| laration that both lac aud she would b III
out OF this world Of heartaches and unrc-
Quilted love, and the final exhibition OF a
very large and dangerous revolver
Through the prompt interposiiion Of
muscular spectators twho didn [ 50 much
object to blood letting - % the disrup-
ton OF the programme aud the possible
unsatisfactory termination Of the eten-
ine's entertainment Annie Ward was
enabled 10 get out Of range of Stanley :
weapon, and Stanley was elected, an
ME was saved 10 die of alcoholic excuses,
and Stanley to discover Livingstone and
make known the secrets of the Dart
Continent.
Stanleys life at that time was a pecu'
liar one. He had knocked about th'
West good deal, and had done SONS
fair newspaper work on military expe
dition. Dropping into Omaha, lac wa
for time out Of employing and de
veloped into a splendid specimen of pov
| erty and general hard luck. His trouser
/, were "out" at the heels. his shoes wer
apologies for foot gear, his linen even
: . Chinaman would have scsrnei, and la
stock of flame! shirts reduced 10 one
He would get job now and then on ON
of the Omaha dailies-a days work, n
more, ut a time.
As for lodgings, he had none, and on
: of the city editors Of ,at period relate
how Stanley would appaar nightly AT Tia
!, editorial rooms of the Republican an
solicit the privilege of sleeping there, fc
the reason that he had no money for
bed elsewhere 1t was invariably NJ
corded him. and he male his couch b
= scraping together lot of old newspaper
+ and softening up the dictionary for
pillow with a few Chicago or New for
exchanges There he spent his nights
refreshing sleep. with no covering saw
papers, and making his toilet on arisin
as best he could in the composing room
he would start out every afternoon
skirmish for food and a job. Soon afte
/ ward Stanley went To New York, an
later he was in Abyssinia, Spain, al
fhnu Africa