Emmanuel Burden, merchant, of Thames St., in the city of London, exporter of hardware : a record of his lineage, speculations, last days and death . fraud, are not to the purpose of my tale, un-less it be to take this opportunity of defendingMiss Paxterwith all the warmth of which I amcapable, from the suggestion that she knew theold people to be childless, or the incident itselfto be fictitious. A further proof of Mr Barnetts self-abnega-tion, and of the absence of all financial pressure,during the growth of the movement, exists inthe fact that Messrs Pscheuffer, desiring topublish a book upo
Emmanuel Burden, merchant, of Thames St., in the city of London, exporter of hardware : a record of his lineage, speculations, last days and death . fraud, are not to the purpose of my tale, un-less it be to take this opportunity of defendingMiss Paxterwith all the warmth of which I amcapable, from the suggestion that she knew theold people to be childless, or the incident itselfto be fictitious. A further proof of Mr Barnetts self-abnega-tion, and of the absence of all financial pressure,during the growth of the movement, exists inthe fact that Messrs Pscheuffer, desiring topublish a book upon the MKorio Delta, wroteto Mr Barnett, and that he, with a fine senseof what was due to his honour, refused to writeso much as the preface, or even to accept thededication of the volume. He referred thefirm to Major Pondo, and washed his hands offthe whole matter. The success of the MKorio village at EarlsCourt, if a plebeian, was yet a genuine indica-tion of the popular feeling. It was crowdedthroughout the season ; and the chief, a mag-nificent Basuto named Issachar, was pensionedby an enthusiastic admirer who prefers to re-main FROM TDK on. TAINTING ) TO I IIK UMVEKSITV OFDORPOTT BY HIS MAJESTY WILLIAM II, EMIKKOK ^NU KING MR BURDEN 187 Even the neglected museum of TheoreticalGeography received, for the first time in fortyyears, a daily influx of visitors eager to beholdthe raised map of the MKorio Delta. Theabsolute flatness, and consequent ease ofcultivation, of the region could not be betterappreciated than in this graphic form. Two rival hosiers, having each patented atype of collar under the name of TheMKorio, went to law to decide which shouldhave the right of using so valuable a case was reported at great length, andaroused the widest interest and discussion. Itis one of his many acts of private generosity,so few of which I have been able to record inthis book, that Mr Barnett recouped the loserof this action for his trouble and expen
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