The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-08-28
DuALLA WAS IA HERO.
Only Somali Boy. nut lilo Had
Nerve and Couraao.
Henry NJ. stanley Tells How He saved .
steel iarge from PeriuhinR n the
Great Cataract Of kiatama on
the Congo River.

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While proceeding 10 Zanzibar IN Feb
ruary. 1870. IN the chartered steamer
Albion, writes Henry NJ, Stanley, tho
celebrated African explorer. In Pail
Mall Budget, We stopped nt Alden ID
take IN coal Presently bright Somali
youth, who had padded hisown canoe.
swung himself aboard our ship. ind
after making fast his little craft with
d lanyard accosted me with; Want q
boy, sir2''
"Nur
ME good boy. SIR Do anything.
mo. thank you
~ hear yon gn 10 Africa and want
men. leen u America, heen fore
the mast, baen coachman. been butler
in brooklyn vilh Nh Hines III like
TO so with you, sir,
WHY, yon arc quite aproaigFl How
old irc YOU?
''sirventeen sin'
now VSUmined him more closely.
ne WAS j tulis shnrels canirly, intelli-
gent Yong man. witt, curly sills hair
and i io6is 81 aqaite ready Tor nny.
thing shout him
''ANaIi what wages ID yfa,i waut2'
Anything yan lilte u give. Sic npl-
lar two dollar, thRec-dollar d month.
Ypn ilnd ont Soresf hysm'ehy what ]
worth. II I'm az t5ood ~ money.
why. yon arc extraordinary, I'll
give yon ton shiliinge d month, and we
shall see aftefsNarA FhT'
Jaw eight sils
Md urun those terms nuaila, the
sotnall boy, entered my services Foi
several months did not ny much
heed 10 bim. Theirs lind heen no oceai
sion for any exhibition Of superior nbil.
ity o courage.
One day new rifles were served 70
company No /. They were taught
how 70 manipulate them md how %
,lisconnect their parts Finally d tar-
get was sctnp at, paint blank range
and prize WINS offered to the hest
shot. and in order 10 show the zanzi,
baria whnt good shooting was, I'VE
EnrDpean officers were requested Il
step forward and exhibit their skill
lint, 70 my sltaipe, not one white man
hit tl,n target
llnaila was called upon. Straight az
an arrow III TODD i second and fired
plugging tie tslfget ncrr the center
At Stanley Pool an officer requested
The loan IL our ness steel barge that tx
might proceed MP river and visit hii
friends at the next station
The steel boat pulled ewelve oars
and completely equipped and'iauneheI
on the Upper Congo had cost uA about
eight hundred pounds. II was lem
with an injunction that on his return
lie should draw her MP carefully on tn,
beach out ~ harms way and paddock
her chain Tho lieutenant faithfully
| promised went np tho river, and, q
coming back, reported himself and AZ
snred me ~ tho security Of the tont
The next morning the boat was need
ed for special service. But she wa
not on the beach and no one knew
| what had become 81 her.
Tho lieutenant was questioned. an,
| ID was discovered that he had given or
ders fur SECURING the boat, bnt had no
waited u see his orders carried ont
This crew, Il then trnnspired. had sim
4 ply rowed her lahore, and each maj
| had sprung ont and gone 20 his owI
meas ii was then obyions 70 MI Of u
| that the surge from the Great cataract
| which, wassbnt two faiies beloss, hid
/ entered the cove, lifted the boat clea
4 of the strand, and receding towards tn
terrible vortex had borne her ava
with All her equipments aboard
| Though 1t appeared hopeless, that "
/ should ever hear OF the boat again
four several tripicts Of messenger
| were dispatched In as many direction
across THO country TO warn the native
down the river and offer rewards 70
her recovery. and | sct of with Quail
4 and another towards.thc Great catarac
| 81 Kintaino, over the hill Of Lcopolc
vile.
On reaching the summit overlookin
4 tie cataract, Stretch, one ofAthe youn
4 attendants. with his sharp eyes d,
tcuted the boat about midstrcai
stranded on reef, tho lower part {
which secmedt 70 hang over the edge (
the rparing cataract With my glas
| cond see her like q tiny speck con
pared to the Inilc-wide river Abcv
the reef the pnissant Congo was treasl
| erously placid but we, whd had s
II often crosactD il two miles above III
station within view OF the gull, ha
often occasion TO dread its terribl
velocity, and below the reef 1t was a
d scene Of rcmoraeiess fnrya COUP
less series Of tossing waves and spray
crowded crcsts. AID here and thei
veritablc trwers wnich were no soont
| formed than they seemed To be SWIM
bodily iEto the air TO b. followe
hy othe~s The eye was fascinated i
the Wild picture Of tremendous strengt
and incessant rage which the Gres
cataract furnished at this view Of !
Ono could gaze at It for hours for !
suggestion Of ceaseless passion, powe
! and It's awful ingulfingness. while y