e hands of his
countrymen and lived to witness a triumphant vindication.

Stanley had a rare talent for details--he went on the theory that if you
wanted a thing done properly you must do it yourself--but Rhodes only
saw things in a big way and left the interpretation to subordinates.
Stanley was devoutly religious while Rhodes paid scant attention to the
spiritual side. Each was a dreamer in his own way and merely regarded
money as a means to an end. Rhodes, however, was far more disdainful of
wealth as such, than Stanley, who received large sums for his books and
lectures. It is only fair to him to say that he never took pecuniary
advantage of the immense opportunities that his explorations in the
Congo afforded.

Still another intrepid Englishman narrowly missed having a big role in
the drama of the Congo. General Gordon agreed to assume the Governorship
of the Lower Congo under Stanley, who was to be the Chief Administrator
of the Upper Congo. They were to unite in one grand effort to crush the
slave trade. Fate intervened. Gordon meanwhile was asked by the British
Government to go to Egypt, then in the throes of the Mahdist uprising.
He went to his martyrdom at Khartoum, and Stanley continued his work
alone in Central Africa.

While Stanley established its most enduring traditions, other heroic
soldiers and explorers, contributed to the roll of fame of the Upper
Congo region. Conspicuous among them was Captain Deane, an Englishman
who fought the Arab slave traders at Stanley Falls and who figured in a
succession of episodes that read like the most romantic fiction.

With less than a hundred native troops recruited from the West Coast of
Africa, he defended the State Station founded by Stanley at the Falls
against thousands of Arab raiders. Most of the caps in his rifle
cartridges were rendered useless by dampness and the Captain and his
second in command, Lieutenant Dubois, a Belgian officer, fought shoulder
to shoulder with his men in the hand-to-hand struggle that ensued.
Subsequently practically all the natives deserted and Deane was left
with Dubois and four loyal blacks. Under cover of darkness they escaped
from the island on which the Station was located. On this journey Dubois
was drowned.

For thirty days Deane and his four faithful troopers wandered through
the forests, hiding during the day from their ferocious pursuers and
sleeping in trees at night. On the thirtieth day he was captured by the
sava