Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-05-23

tnOuBnt ulue or that They were DOS
sessed by an aIl-powerful lust for the
blood of this new mammoth of the
African iungles. 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 a wounded quarry until he
has killed It.
At last. after six hours OF fruitless
search. nature demanded a temporary
halt. 1t was after midday. GraetS
decided to have the motor-lannch
brought up to them and 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 we're accus-
toned to Il.
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 II
must be somewhere in their vicinity
He offered his followers a liberal
''bakshish" and with this incentive to
speedy location of the buffalo. they
FASTENED OF into the bush Break
fast and lunch was Just about 10 be
served when the boys" came run.
ming back to announce that they had
found the wounded buffalo living In
the long grass near the river So
much good luck had been hoped for.
but hardly expected.
Graetz and Fiere rose excitedly TO
their feet and got their rifles They
were 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 his foot caught
in the long grass and he fell on his
knees, II proved his salvation. II he
had remained upright he would have
been impaled upon the sharp and
cruel points of the buffalos 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 Al
last Graetz sprang to his feet and
chung with all his strength to the
horns of the beast, in the vain hope
that, severely wounded as the buffalo
was, he might give way before his
own strength, or that Fiere might
get a chance for second shot. For
a few brief minutes, which seemed
hours to Graetz. man and beast pItted
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. II all hap
pened In few minutes; the buffalo
tried to shake the man Off, and. az
he flung his shaggy head from side to
sAANt hAg punt vi HE iGfI pierced
its way deep into Graetzs 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, Fiere had come
CALAMITY to HIS companions rescue
unmindful OF his own danger He
fired. but succeeded only in making
the buffalo more Infatuated The saw
age beast turned rapidly upon him
! and tossed him repeatedly into this
lair, tearing his body dreadfully.
Then, as II worn out with its ter
rife efforts to avenge the attack on
itself. the buffalo toppled over dead
beside the bodies of its foes.
In a recent letter Graetz himself
best describes what happened next
His account Is a graphic. yet simply
worded. narrative OF heroic resource
fulness In my travels in Africa
have met two men-Col Eric Smith
of the Horse Guards. and Mr.. Ben
jamin Eastwood. the chief accountant
of the Uganda rallway-who have
0SbtoiAJ lnEtE own ARM
when dire necessity demanded 1t, but
can conceive of nothing more cour
ageous than Lieutenant Graetz.s owr
self-accomplished surgery. Far from
medical aid, with his companion IN
misfortune gored to the point 81
death. suffering indescribable agony
Graetz acted expeditiously and saved
his own life by his ready courage
In the days when anesthetics were
an unknown quantity. men and WON
en- had perforce to bear all manner
Of operations with remarkable forti
tnde. But we we're a harder race
then. Civilization has weakened ouI
bodies and we are unable to endure
pain as did our forefathers Yet q
be able TO amputate an arm or sew uU
terrible wounds for oneself is a thina
fhat was rarely done In the past ages
In Africa It Is not an uncommon
thing II seems only fitting that. in 9
country where the natives themselves
bear pain with stoical Indifference
the white man who exists safely only
by his own proof Of being a superior
being. should show the same wonder
full bravery
Il awoke." writes Graetz, when suf
iciently recovered to put pen to pa.