The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1913-05-16


African jungles. Besides, until they
had killed, they could not rest and
eat; their sporting instincts would not
permit this until all hope of success
was lost. The true sportsman never
deserts wounded quarry until he
has killed 1t,
At last, after six hours of fruitless
search. nature demanded a temporary
halt 1t was after midday Graetz
/ decided to have the motor-aunch
! brought up to them and a man was
sent back to get It. In the mean
time the two white men rested In
three hours the launch reached them
and the cook Immediately began to
prepare satisfying lunch for the
tired and famished hunters Break
fast and lunch would have to be
merged into one meal This is not
an infrequent occurrence in African
travel, and the two men were accus-
toned to It.
While the meal was under prepare
ton, GraetZ sent three of the boys"
to search further for the wounded
buffalo. for he was positive that Il
! must be somewhere in their vicinity.
lie offered his followers a liberal
''bakshish" and with this incentive to
a speedy location of the buffalo. they
hastened off into the bush Break.
fast and lunch was just about to be
NIB, -
! ming back to amour ce that they had
found the wounded buffalo lying in
the long grass near the river. So
much good luck had been hoped for,
but hardly expected
Graetz and Fere rose excitedly to
their feet and got their rifles. They
We're only Just in time. for at that
moment the high grass parted right
in front Of the former, and the ami
NAL dashed out making straight for
the German, He fired and at the
same time Fiere fired also, so that
the two rife reports sounded as one
Graetz sprang to one side TO escape
the furious charge of the maddened
animal AS he did so, MS foot caught
in the long grass and he fell on HIS
knees. 1t proved his salvation. If he
had remained upright he would have
been impaled upon the sharp and
cruel points of the buffaio's wide
sweeping horns
Snorting with extreme fury. the
huge beast nosed under the lieuten-
ant. who was now lying PROSTATE on
the ground, trying to toss him. At
last Graetz sprang to his feet and
chung with all his strength 10 the
horns of the beast In the vain rope
that. severely wounded as the buffalo
was, he might give way before his
own strength, or that Fiere might
get chance for second shot. For
a few brief minutes, which seemed
hours TO Graetz, man and beast pitte9
their strength against each others
The huge denizen of the forests was
rapidly firing from loss OF blood. but
Graetz was no match for the strength
of the enormous beast. 1t all hap
pened in a few minutes: the buffalo
tried to shake the man off and as
he flung his shaggy head from side to
side. the point of his left horn pierced
its way deep into GraetZ's right
cheek. He cried out with pain and
then felt himself suddenly hurled up,
ward into the air and consciousness
left him.
In the meantime Flere had come
CALAMITY to his companions rescue.
unmindful OF his own danger He
e red, but succeeded only In making
,gise buffalo more Infatuated The saw
deye beast turned rapidly upon him
es.ld tossed him repeatedly into the
f;""iir. tearing his body dreadfully.
ms Then, as if worn ont with its ter
canfic efforts to avenge the attack on
he self. the buffalo toppled over dead
eceaside the bodies OF IT'S foes.
a., In a recent letter Graetz himself
a est describes what happened next
tbs account is a graphic, yet simply
)cr;orded, narrative OF heroic resource
'arhlness. In my travels In Africa T
eieave met two men-Col Eric Smith
ar'f the Horse Guards and Mr.. Ben
| amin Eastwood. the chief accountant
: If the Uganda railway-who have
q actually amputated their own arms
tRhen dire necessity demanded it, but
pa can conceive Of nothing more cour-
hgeous than Lieutenant Graetzs own
Prself-accomplshed surgery. Far from
stmedical aid with his companion in
misfortune gored to the point Of
death suffering indAscribable agony.
Graetz acted expeditiously and saved
his own life by his ready courage
In the days when anesthetics were
an unknown quantity, men and wom-
en- had perforce to bear all manner
of operations with remarkable forti-
tude. But we were a harder race
then Civilization has weakened our
bodies and we are unable to endure
pain as did our forefatners. Yet to
be able to amputate an arm or sew up
terrible wounds for oneself Is a thing
. that was rarely done In the past ages
In Africa. 1t is not an uncommon
thing. 1t seems only fitting that. in a
country where the natives themselves
bear pain with stoical indifference
the white man. who exists safely only
by his own proof of being superior
being. should show the same wonder
| full bravery
Il awoke." writes Graetz, when suf
J flciently recovered to put pen to pa