CHAPTER XXXVI 
Stanley’s Search for Livingstone 
I T was while resting at Madrid, after the fatigue of campaigning, 
that Henry M. Stanley, a war correspondent, received the now 
historic telegram from James Gordon Bennett who was the son of 
the then proprietor of the New York Herald , and managed the paper 
for his father. On October 16, 1869, he wired to Stanley in these 
words, “Come to Paris on important business,” and on the same day 
Stanley left Madrid for Paris—and for the great opportunity of his 
life. Stanley may well be allowed to tell his story in his own words, 
and in his own striking manner. 
On arriving at Paris in the dead of night, “I went,” he says, 
“straight to the Grand Hotel and knocked at the door of Mr. Bennett's 
room. 
“ 'Come in,' I heard a voice say. Entering I found Mr. Bennett 
in bed. 
“ 'Who are you?' he asked. 
“ 'My name is Stanley/ I answered. 
“ 'Ah, yes! sit down; I have important business in hand for you. 
Where do you think Livingstone is ?' 
“ 'I really do not know, sir/ 
“ 'Do you think he is alive?' 
“ 'He may be, and he may not be,' I answered. 
“ Well, I think he is alive, and that he can be found, and I am 
going to send you to find him. Of course you will act according to 
your own plans, and do what you think best— but find Living¬ 
stone !' ” 
On Stanley's referring to the great expense of the proposed expedi¬ 
tion, Bennett replied,— 
“Draw a thousand pounds now, and when you have gone through 
that, draw another thousand, and when that is spent draw another 
thousand, and when you have finished that draw another thousand, 
and so on, but find Livingstone!” 
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