. Stanley and the white heroes in Africa; being an edition from Mr. Stanley's late personal writings on the Emin Pasha relief expedition ... as they tried to retreat out of the range of the guns,and make ready for a fight. They remained three days uponthe island where they were stranded. Meanwhile all were insuspense. Various conflicting reports reached the outsideworld: Gordon had become a Mohammedan, and was now un-der the protection of the Mahdi; he had retreated with someGreeks to a church, and was still holding out. At last thewhole truth became known: the city had been practically inthe
. Stanley and the white heroes in Africa; being an edition from Mr. Stanley's late personal writings on the Emin Pasha relief expedition ... as they tried to retreat out of the range of the guns,and make ready for a fight. They remained three days uponthe island where they were stranded. Meanwhile all were insuspense. Various conflicting reports reached the outsideworld: Gordon had become a Mohammedan, and was now un-der the protection of the Mahdi; he had retreated with someGreeks to a church, and was still holding out. At last thewhole truth became known: the city had been practically inthe Mahdis hands for some time, because Gordons seemingadherents were treacherous, as he had feared. The Prophethad only awaited the approach of the English troops to strikethe blow; and as they drew near, Gordon and his handful offaithful followers were ruthlessly massacred. He had failedto bring about the peaceful evacuation of the Soudan, because GORDON AND THE MAHDI. 701 —but the reasons are too many, too- involved, to be statedhere. We have seen what was the course pursued by the au-thorities—is it any wonder that Gordon failed?. A Head of Hair. CHAPTER XXIV. EMIJ^ PASHA IJV THE EQUATORIAL PBOVIJfCE. lEFORE entering upon the history of the expeditionwhich Stanley led to the rescue of Emin Pasha, we mustknow something of the man and of the circumstanceswhich rendered this expedition necessary. Edward Schnitzer, a merchants son, was born in March,1840, in Oppeln, a town of the Prussian province of years later the family removed to Neisse, in the gymnasiumof which place the boy, when he had attained the proper age,received his education. In 1858 he began the study of medi-cine at Breslau University, completing his medical training atBerlin, where he studied during 1863 and 1864, in the latteryear receiving his diploma. A strong desire for travel and a great love of natural historyhad distinguished him as a boy; and it was these traits thatled him to look to a fore
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