The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-03


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iats TaHeaayfha, q dlepOvsTy w Nhich, as
R,nnaa imagined. ~ nod fulhIed the loaa-
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HHssihag bNa N ths Intermediates aopping
place. Rassh, fortune. whlch hitherto had
teru favofabaa. played Burton . scuevy
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viat the lahe noW ealled VictJfia NyHutt'
q ahept NJ Wmleg W. Inc noFtheasi which
fepof, deciaFet IN he larger than Tan
mnyika, burton foF Vafious reaaUne th1'iaN
\ wiser MT ~ arcompany hlui ~ spHhe
vent aIoae and eo9tlnted NE mafch tinell
M faarkef the lake, the dimensions ~
Whloh migraaaef HE iusaf aahgulne eSp"ttas
tRha On HE estugn ~ kaeeh he ~ ofce
derl6Fed that the VlotofiR Nyahsa am Ne
ahtienta we're ths headwafefs ~ tbs Vile
aad thai, consequently, NJ had dlscovefed
them Isia, ~ he assured Burton, vas ~
laat unveiled A . matter ~ fact, he hHd
NO hrmer afound for making that state
mont than MiftoH had fOr awarding the
honor IN Tanaanyiha, and each ciuna tena'
cloiely N his ~ theory Tho fact re-
mains that. ~ feeafds the soifce of the
Nile, atske'a theory turned OFT 10 10 the
correut one. Thenceforw ward spehe's at
ttude toward Burton was completely
changed. but his p~esulahce n con
tumelious taunts we're horne with infinite
patience. The explorers reached zanzibar
in Isse, and, had burton bern worldly wise,
he would have returned home AT once
but, a. We have said, he now repeated
tho mlatAks made after his journey TO
- = - - a.. ZsoMOa Nf.NN H.
Bpeke, on the other hand, sailed straight
for England. wherc he arrived May o, 1850.
He at ones took an unfair advantage oi
Burton by calling at the Royal Geographical
Society and endeavoring 10 inaugurate a
new expedition, In which his old CHIEF was
IN have no part. He was convinced. he
said. that the Victoria Nyanza was the
source Of the Nile and he wished 10 set the
matter at rest onoe and forever by visit
ing Its northern shores. The society joined
with him Capt. James A. Grant and 1t was
settled hat the new expedition should start
Immediately. When Burton arrived in
London about a fortnight later II was only
10 find all the ground cut from under him.
While Spoke, the subordinate, had been
welcomed like q king, he, Burton, the chief
OF the central African expedition. had
landed unnoticed. The bitterest pill was
the news that Spoke had been appointed
to lead the new expedition. But, az the
other biographer reminds us, although
fortune cheated Burton out Of the honor OF
being the actual discoverer Of the source of
the Nile, all the credit Of having in%augurated
the fruitful expedition TO central Africa
and Of leading 1t is his. Tanganyika Ia in
a very true sense the heart Of Africa, and
II some day a powerful State shall spring
I'D on It's shores Burton will to all time be
honored as its indomitable Columbus.
This he foresaw when in his journal he wrote
proudly but truly: L I'VE built me a
monument stronger than brass"
In January, 1851, Miss Arundel, whose
mothers opposition was still i~nfiexible,
eloped with Burton. and they were quietly
married. In a characteristic letter Burton
wrote to his father-in-law: Il have COM
mitted a highway robbery by marrying
your daughter Isabel at Warwick Church
to-day He added: Il want no money
with Isabel" To a cousin, DR.. Burton.
who expressed surprise to find him a mar
ried man, he replied mirthfully: Il am
myself even more surprised than you.
Isabel is a strong willed woman. She was
determined to nave her way, and she's
got it," As a matter of fact. Burton
speedily became a prime ~favorite with his
fa~ther.in-law, but Mrs. Arundel found
II hard to conquer her prejudice. Only a
few weeks before her death she was heard
to exolaim: Dick Burton is no relation of
mine" We are here told that at this time
Isabel Burton, though OF larger build
than most women, was still a dream of
beauty, and her JOY in finding herself united
to the man she loved gave her a new
radiance. Her beauty, however, was of a
rather coarse grain, and even Those most
attached to her remarked in her a certain
lack Of refinement. She was a goddess
at a little distance" 1t is certain that her
admiration Of her husband approached
worship, and although their married
life was not without it's jars a more de-
voted wife Burton could not have found.
He, on his part, though certainly in his
own fashion, was sincerely and con-
tinuously attached to her. IL the difference
in their religious opinions sometimes led
to skirmishes, 1t was never allowed to cause
a serious difficulty. The religious ques-
ton, however, often produced unpleasant
ness between Mrs. Burton and Lady Sisted
and her daughters Burton's sister and
~nieces), who were stanch Professionals of
the unyielding school.
v.
We must sum up very CURLY the events