Stanley and Livingstone Page #2

Suppose this old 'what's his

name' is alive and I prove it..

Where is your reader's

interest? Where is your story?

You don't suppose that I will be sending you all

the way to Africa, if there weren't any story?

For a whack at Tyce, you send me... you know it

- Oh, no, forget about Tyce, he is nothing to me.

- It's the story I am interested in.

- Well where is it?

How many people have ever

heard about Livingstone?

A great many more than you think.

Christians who believe in spreading

the Word of God, among the heathen.

Enemies of slavery, who know how a magnificent

fight he is making against the slave traders.

How many of those

people read The Herald?

In all the millions. The plain common

Everyday people, who derive excitement...

From reading the adventures of a heroic

figure in the dark places of the earth.

There is your reader interest, Mr. Stanley.

Dr. Livingstone is a great adventurer.

One of the greatest. Come

here. I will show you something.

The Dark Continent. Mystery,

heat, fever, cannibals

A vast jungle in which You

can loose half of America.

A land in which even the greatest

conquerors never dared to penetrate.

Alexander, Ceaser, The Pharos of Egypt.

None of them unchanged, untouched.

Since the dawn of history.

Somewhere, somewhere in there

a grand old man, a man of God

Who has given his life to

spreading his light in darkness.

There is your story! A real story.

But if you don't think so... Besides

it would be extremely dangerous.

So perhaps its just

better you forget about it.

Lets see. You said you wanted

to do a series on Boss Tweed...

Harper's Weekly has a young

artist named Thomas Nast.

Who has been doing some sensational cartoons

On the Tweed ring.. Better have a talk with him

Where was he heard of last?

- Who Tweed? - Livingstone.

Somewhere in Tanganyika district.

You will find Nast up at Harper's.

- How long will it take to get there and back?

-Harpers?

-Tanganyika!

- Maybe a year two or three

You think it will make a great

story? I mean finding Livingstone.

The greatest story in the history

of journalism. If you get it.

- I will go.

- The steamer sails from London on Saturday.

I have already reserved passage for you.

Draw 5000 dollars now and when it's gone

Draw another 5000, and when it's gone

draw another and another and another.

But find Livingstone.

- Suppose Tyce is right and Livingstone is dead?

Well then there is no story.

- I think there is.

I will bring him back on alcohol

for new museum on 14th street.

Might call it green, might call it blue

but doggone you just can't call it red.

- Howdy!

- Beg your pardon?

I just said howdy.

- Oh! How do you do!

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