Stanley and Livingstone Page #5

It is so long since we have

heard a single word of hope

That now even a false

rumor will be welcome.

I am beginning to get some conception

about the immensity of this country.

It is as if we have left New York

on foot, hoping to find Livingstone

Somewhere between

Chicago and New Orleans.

We haven't seen any human being

and savage life was all around us.

The fierce equatorial Sun

was always above our heads.

I apologize to Eve Kingsley

I thought she was wrong but she wasn't.

I wonder why she was

so anxious to help me.

Me a stranger who is never anything but

a nuisance to her. She tried to save me..

I wonder why.. Maybe because she knew that

White men don't belong in this country.

Livingstone must be crazy. If he is

alive and that I am beginning to doubt.

But I must never confess my doubt. I don't

want the men to know I am getting discouraged.

They call me "Buno Nwathare'

which means breaker of the path.

I will not betray

their confidence in me.

Today we saw our first human

beings in over 3 months.

- Slave caravan

- Them slaves?

You and Hasan stay with the men.

How do you do? Speak English? Hasan!

He says he is surprised that

there is White men in this country.

Ask him if he knows

the way to Tanganyika.

He says he just come from there. A

place they call Yum Yumbe. 4 moon nights.

He says the only best way to go there

is to go through the Yum Yumbe valley.

Ask him if he saw another white man?

He said he never seen before

white men in this country.

Give him my thanks

and go back to the men.

That's a funny lingo. I

never heard that before.

- War drums. What they are going to gain from us?

- Figure it out for yourself.

That slavers caravan

passed through this country.

- Maybe they are pow wow

- Maybe.

They are up there somewhere.

Lets take them on the far side.

Come on son.. Don't stand here in

the open. This isn't Injun fighting.

If we can only tell them

that we come in peace.

Look there must be millions of them.

Should anyone ever find this diary take it to

Mr. James Gordon Bennet of the New York Herald.

Tell him that the story is written in blood

of the men I am leading to their deaths.

and say to Miss. Kingsley that there is a

message in these pages for her alone to read.

I never should have left her. Now it is too

late When I know that I will never see her again.

I can't go back. While I can walk, I am going on

and I will not leave Africa without Livingstone.

Hasan! What's the matter with the men?

- They say they stay here.. Won't go no further.

Are they crazy?

- They say they stay here and will not die.

Say that if they stay here they

will die quicker there is fever here.

- Yes Master?

- Who are these men?

Native from Tanganyika. They are hunters.

- Tanganyika.. Tanganyika..

Yes Master. They want food, they are hungry

and the other white man always give them food.

- Other white man... when? Where?

- In Yugigi.

What's white mans name?

Doctor...

- Dr. Livingstone...

Give them food.. Give them whatever

they wanted if they guide me to Yugigi.

You stay here with sick ones until I send

for you or come back. I push on with few men.

- Tomorrow.

- Now.

Our guide say that this is

Tanganyika, this village Yugigi.

Livingstone's hiding place for

which we have searched so long.

It's hard to believe. I am afraid it is only a

feverish mirage, that will vanish before my eyes.

After all these months of disappointment,

can I dare believe that I have won?

The next few moments

will give me the answer.

Dr. Livingstone.. I presume.

- Yes.

Thank God doctor. I

have waited to see you.

I am thankful that I am here to welcome you Mr...

- Stanley..

You are not well Mr. Stanley Come in.

I have had fever

I have been traveling day and night

since I found out that you are here.

It's over a year since we left Zanzibar.

Sit down.

Then it isn't merely luck that you came.

No. No. I came to find you Doctor.

We have a guest for our

dinner. Set another place.

So long since I entertained that I...

Nothing short of a

banquet can do justice

This is an occasion. We will

have that patted pig for dinner.

You come from Zanzibar you say.

Now tell me Mr. Stanley, were you are sent

by The govt or The Royal Geographical society.

Neither I was sent by

the New York Herald.

- Newspaper? - You are

front-page news Doctor!

The whole world has been

wondering of what became of you.

There are dozen rumors about your death,

even that you have married a native princess.

We will settle all those rumors

When I take you back... and alive.

Then the only reason that you are sent

here is to get news for your paper.

That's right Doctor.

- How can I help you?

We want the exclusive right to publish all

your signed articles. Naturally we will pay you

When we are through building you up You

will be a sensation, a hero in 3 continents.

Of course you will make your own engagements.

Lectures, appearances. Whatever you like.

I am little ungrateful. You see that

I am neither lost and nor am I hiding..

If I had intended to go back I

should have done it a long time ago.

I have no intention of leaving

Africa until my work here is finished.

I know how you must feel after

Undergoing such hardships to discover

That the man you are sent to

rescue has no desire to be rescued.

But you see.. I have been disappointed too. I

thought that you have been sent out to help me.

No matter I mustn't quarrel with the

good fortune that brought you here.

For the blessings and the bounties

though have placed upon this table

Lord make me.. make

us.. truly grateful.

What are you doing there?

Come on.. What did you

take? Give it to me.

What has happened Mr. Stanley?

- I caught him going through my baggage.

- Did you strike him?

- Yes. Of course.

You shouldn't have

done that Mr. Stanley.

Mongo! You promised

you would stop stealing.

Mongo says, that he is sorry

and asks your pardon Mr. Stanley.

Forgive me for speaking to you so sharply

you should never strike these simple people.

They respond in kind to the treatment

they receive. They know enough brutality

without white men teaching them more.

Mongo is making excellent progress. His

good behavior used to be a matter of days.

Now he can go almost a whole

month without backsliding.

I am sorry that you were

inconvenienced. Goodnight Mr. Stanley.

Splendid. Splendid.

Good morning Mr. Stanley.

- Good morning Doctor

- I hope our prayer didn't disturb you.

No. Oh no. I enjoyed it.

I have send escorts for the rest of your caravan.

- Thank you.

When you want your

breakfast Just call Juma.

Well. Well. Well. What's this? -Susie..

-Yes master

- Susie.. Fetch medicine box.

lets have a look at it.

- Juma plenty of hot water.

- Yes master.

Where did you find a big thorn

like that? The other side Susie.

- Would you mind lending a little moral support?

- Gladly.

Hombre here is a soldier but here

he has got a thorn on his foot.

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