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Show I M VM.Li'. Ii:AM,IltH.n i. lib llAi VlljCIULII CO.NSItintABLl. TIAII'tlt HO&IMI ItLACIH IV Till Jf.MlI.I. A man vthom I will knew receut-!lyt-nt several days on a Uiiinu matter with r-Unley iu Ijjiulon.and I Ids opinion is tiiat Major Pond is likel to have ralhir diverting e.v-'uriiuce e.v-'uriiuce with thu African ixplorer wheu he gets him ovtr hire Stati- ley has, accoruiug to m informant. u warm and suun corner iu his heart fur Mls riiinaiit, but bis sen-itimtnts sen-itimtnts towards the rest of the world virgo on tho irascible morn-' morn-' in'. noon and night. He has Ixeu commanding t,egroi and subordiu-latesiii subordiu-latesiii Afrim so long that he has acquired a maimer vihich is rather lixaquraUng to tiio avirae fne- 1 r.r,. A .,.i.rii-i. . itlrit i His taciturnity is said to Le sphinx-like. He will sit for hours I an J liutm with his cl.ln un his brca,tai.d ills evesstarln,; vacaullv 'without saving a word. 1 know I that this is mint ran extraordinary 'pitture of the indomitable and 'plutky ixplorir, but after all I 'itnrj that it is not viry far from tint truth. The last time I saw the , African htru was jut lefure lie net lout fur the tour which he ims recent!) re-cent!) ciHupitled. A number of nro-Ie, nro-Ie, including niildtrj eXierLi, that I prodigious figure of sultiiin digult, . Ijnl WobeIe,audsxmeneusir I currfiondent-s, i int dow n to U uol-!ch uol-!ch to see a new gun which httd Just lieeu inveiited and uf which ilhire was to be a practical ixhibi-tiim. ixhibi-tiim. Mr Stanley was on liaiHl, aud dtfpite hu intense absorption of thouirht. hu was tlie htm uf the hour. Kverjlwdy referrtsl to him and a?ked his opinion, but no'stl receivisl au thing more thau a sagacious sa-gacious uutl uf tho head or a noncommittal non-committal shrug of tbe sltouLkrs. Mi n Io-Acd at him aud smiled or w.iv.d their hands Iu gi-ticul ttioii, but SUllik smileti not aud did nt t once remove hi hands from tlie put kits uf his j J. kit. After ho had watched the gun fur four hours he rou-ed himself from his apjnrtut lethargy, loinled out w hat lie calltd n r.t'lit-al Uefect in its construction and went mournfully home. I.veribody koh poohed the Idea which Mr. htnule had advanced, Lilt I observed some mouths IhUr lieu the ullli ral n iirt uf the g i v-triinitut v-triinitut t nguiisL-rs canie in thai the had literally fullowisl iu the fjotstejrt of the great ix; kin-r's sug-gvrtion. sug-gvrtion. htanlrv 's skin at that time was the color ai.d texture of okl inrchment. and the lines In his fuichca J wi re as uVei. as though marked in wax by a ehbcl Male. Uy lhiU in l!rvUfa Eagle. |