Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-05-21

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Where is F'le-e?' / asked.
The others are bringing him; he
will die soon, too they replied.
And the buftalo?' i
= & Dead. was the laconic reply.
"a thick flood OF blood was centin-
ually flowing from my mouth and the
right side Of my face. The natives
lifted me into the boat, and with
every moment the blood flowed faster.
Quick managed to gasp, the
medicine chest! f 4
They brought 1t to me. There was
only one thing to do and that quickly.
Sew, sew. sew! Terrible necessity
taught me how to ply the surgical
needle. With. a native holding my
shaving mirror before me and another
supporting me by the shoulders,
thrust the needle through the flesh.
"a jagged, irregular hole as large as
my hand gaped in my, right cheek;
my under lip hung loosely quivering.
Under the Mortified gaze of the ma
tives I jabbed the bent needle again
and again into my flesh and cobbled
the tattered ends together.
The pain was excruc!ating. Heav-
en- alone helped me to keep my.
senses. To this day do not know
how I managed to do 1t. The lower
Jaw was broken in two places---near
the ear and near the lip-and from
this crushed mass a long splinter Of
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loosely by the nerves and flesh of the
gums The whole outer flesh OF the
lower Jaw was scraped loose. Teeth.
roots and bones lay white and SHIN
mering through the: hole in my cheek.
My tongue. pierced by the point Of
the buffalo's horn, was half torn
from It's foundations. spat contin-
uously splinters Of bone and teeth.
eat last the operation was finished
to the best Of my ability. and ] ban
daged by face as best knew how.
"A strong stimulant gave me new life
and helped me to face the other sur
gical operation for Fiere. 4
I'm the meantime the tent had been
erected and a bed prepared for my
poor companion. nom whom James.
the cook, had already cut the clothes
with pair Of scissors. He had re-
covered consciousness. and softly his
pale lips formed the words, tres
,mauvais' Every bad) He had been
pierced and tossed three times. The
left breast muscle hung loose; heart
and lungs were untouched. In the
left side, between heart and hip, was
q great tear. This wound I imme-
diately sewed together. James wash.
ed, bandaged and put Fiere to bed.
He breathed regularly, and seemed
to sleep. + Estiss +. q, Az Il
Might fell dark and dismal
night. full Of pain, during which my
mouth seemed full Of red-hot stones.
Toward morning short, troubled
lleep gave me temporary relief FROM
my awful agony. With the gray light
Of dawn I awoke to fresh fortunes.
Everything was deadly still. ! sum
:moned the servants by clapping my
hands and they opened the tent door.
Then l arose and crossed over to
Fiere's bed. The first light 4 OF day
fell on a, pale, shrunken face. It was
DEATH" ;s{ HUI ii
So, on the very Threshold Of sue
cess, one was taken and the other
left, shattered wreck. Far from all
aid and alone with his native ser
wants, Lieutenant Graetz faced the
situation as only; man OF his cali
Der could. One; of; the natives was
dispatched at once to Kasama, in
northeastern Rhodesia to summon
help. This was the nearest point in.
habited by white men.
DR.. G. f. Randall, the district sur
geon, and Mr.. Cookson, the magis-
trate Of Kasama, marched day and
night for two days to his relief.
Hastily further operations were per
formed under the most dimcult cir.
cumstances. And then, on an i'm
provised stretcher, Graetz wasv car
Red to Kasama- One can imagine
the painful journey, . journey rem
dered all the more pitiful because Of
the loss Of his trusted assistant. The
relief party buried poor Ftere at
Charenama, but later his body will
be brought to Kasama and re-interred
there by the white fathers Of the.
Catholic mission. III; 552
To most men this disastrous set
back would prove an insurmountable
hindrance to the completion Of the
but with Lieutenant Graetz
it was different. He has started
again and will continue his journey
until 1t is completed or until death
claims him. He intends to reach the
mouth OF the Congo by the end Of the
year. "a man Of superlative grit, who
finches from no dangers and who
knows not what the words fear and
defeat mean! 5i
4. He is entitled to place In history
beside Livingstone, Stanley, Gordon
and the others; yet probably he will
be forgotten except by those who
fully appreciate all he has achieved
for science. When we head at the
end Of the year that he has traversed
the dark continent from east to west
we shall know that he has done what
be said he would do, despite the dim
culties In his path. Shall we all
recognize what this means? Some
who, perchance, have
done similar deeds, or those who
know the African continent and all
It's lurking dangers Do not forget
that lonely, mangled form lying be-
meath the earth in far away Kasama.
You, who have never heard Of such a
place land by far the greater major
lty have not-may draw out your map
Of Africa and search 1t minutely for
the name, and yet not find 1t. But
there In the wilds Of northeastern
lies the body Of that other
man who was striving with might and
main to finish the work he had set
out to do-to cross Africa by motor
launch. Ii
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