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

"A thick food of blood was contin-
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!
They brought it 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 ! iabbed the bent needle again
and again into my flesh and cobbled
the tattered ends together
The pain was excruciating. Heav-
en- alone helped me to keep my
senses. To this day do not know
how | managed to do it. The lower
Jaw was broken in two piaces-near
the ear and near the lip-and from
| this crushed mass a long splinter OF
bone with three teeth attached hung
loosely b. 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 its foundations spat contiu-
uously splnters of bone and teeth
AT 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 10 face the other sur
gical operation for Fiere
In the meantime the tent had been
erected and a bed prepared for my
poor companion. from whom James.
the cook, had already cut the clothes
with a pair of scissors. He had re-
covered consciousness. and softly his
pale lips formed the words, tres
mawais' (very bad) He had been
pierced ana tossed three times. The
left breast muscle hung bose; neart
and lungs We're untouched. In the
left side. between heart and hip, vas
grea; tear This wound | imIne-
diately sewed together. James wash
ed, bandaged and put Fiere to bed.
He breasned regularly. and scenes
to sleep.
Might fell dark and dismal-a
aight full Of pain during which my
mouth seemed fail OF red-hot stones.
Toward morning a short. troubled
sleep gave me temporary relief from
MP awful agony. With the gray light
of dawn | awoke to fresh fortunes.
Everything was deadly still. | sum-
moned the servants by clapping my
hands and they opened the tent door
Then I arose and crossed ever tO'
Fiere7s bed The first light Of day
fell Cm a pale. shrunken face. 1t wass
DEATH"
So. IN the vary tlweshhold of sue
cess. one was taken and the other
left a shattered wreck Far from all
aid and alone with ais native SER
wants, lieutenant Graetz faced the
situation as only man OF his call
her coui One Of the natives was
dispatched at once TO Kasama. in
northeastern RhUdesia, TO summon
help. THIS las the nearest point in
ilabited Ivy white men.
DR.. G. = Randall, the district sur
geon. anu Mr.. Cooksom the magis'
trate of Easama. marched day and
right for two days to his relief.
Hastily further operations were per
formed under the most difficult cir.
cumstances And then. on an i'm.
pnovised stretcher Graetz was car
RED to Kasama One can imagine
tie painful journey. a Journey rem
dered all the more pitffUI because oil
the loss of his trusted assistant. The
relief party buried poor F'iere al
Charenama. but later his body will
be brought 10 Kasama and re-interred
there by the white fathers of the
Catholic mission
To most men this disastrous set
back would prove an fnsurmountabia
hYndrance to, the completion of the
program; but with Lieutenant Graetz
it was different He has started
again and wifi 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
wear. A man Of superlative grit, who
hinches from no dangers and who
Knows not what the words fear and
defeat meant
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
he said he would do, despite the diff.
culties in his path Shall we all
recognize what this means? Some
may--those who, perchance. have
done similar deeds, or those who
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