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MAN OF GRIT,
By W. ROBERT FORAN
(Copyright, by ItldRwny Co.)
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a , and tho two explorers 6ot forth on thought little of that. Tlioy wcro pos-
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mile thoy mado their way up tho Qua- blood of this now mammoth of tho
WO years ago, or
little more, all Ku
ropo was electrified
by tho news that
Africa had been
travorBod by Lieut.
Paul Oraotz of tha
Gorman army In an
automobile. HIb
thrilling adventures
on this daring and
plucky expedition
are of too recent occurrence to havo
boc-n entirely forgotten.
To have crossed Africa In an uuto
mobllo la no mean boast, when ono
lomombera that there arc no roadB
and no repair or gaflollno supply
ftto-fB en roile. Tho Capo-to-Calro
railway Hint creat dream of a truly
nreat empire builder, Cecil Rhodes Ib
fast nonrlng completion; and In a
year, or perhaps a little moro, travel
ers may Journey In luxurious com
fort by train nnd Hteatner from Capo
Town to Alexandria. Thoy who do
this will be ablo then to realize to the
fullest posslblo extent what tho
ploircew of travel In tho African hin
terland had to contend with.
Ono would think that to bring to
a BiirceBsful termination Buch a gi
gantic feat ns that which Lieutenant
Oraotz Bet hlmsolf in his famoilB Af
rlcan aulomobllo expedition would ly
mifllclent to satisfy ovon tho most
gluttonous nppelltn for adventure. Yet
1t Is typical of Lieutenant Oraetz that
lio should not rest content with this
one truly great aehlovomont,
Mis project, undertaken on behalf
of the African World, was to cross
tho groat nnd practically unknown re
gions of Central Africa from tho In
lluu
of the Znmbesl rivor. Lako Bans
woolo, and tho Congo river How
ovor, not by automobile this tlmo, but
by motor boat. This offored some
thing unique In tho way or African
travel. It mennt hardships and dis
appointments Innumerable, but what
of that?
He mnpped out a routo that would
take him from Qulllmano, tho port on
tho conBt of Portuguese 12nst Africa,
to tho mysterious Lako Ilangwoolo,
by way of the River Qunn.ua. Lncor
donln, River Shire, Port Horald, Chi
cuana, Fort Johnstono, Lako Nynasa,
Karonga, and thon across tho wator-
qua, Shire, und-so to Lako Nyaasa
Wo will paas lightly ovor this sec
tion of tho groat Journey, for It waa
similar to many another African trip
trip by boat on river nnd lako. Rut
onco they had reached Karonga their'
real difficulties commenced. Tho
motor-launch had to ho pushed on Its
whools across tho watershed by tho
so-called StevenBon road which Is no
road at all In tho genorally accepted
meaning of tho word to Flfo and
thenco to tho Chambesl river, so that
Lako nangweolo might ovontunlly bo
raachod Whero obstructions Impeded
progress nnd there wcro countless
numbors of hucIi places they had to
bo cvSrcomo Troea had to bo felled,
streams bridged, hills climbed, and
biiBh cleared from the Bolf-mado path.
After days and days of toll In ter
rific tropical bout, tho voyagers reach
od tho banks of tho Chambesl river
and again took to tho wator courses.
This part.of the trip wns full of dan
gor, unexpected and entirely Impos
sible to guard agnlnBt.
All wont well with them until thoy
had nearly reached tho shores of tho
mysterious Lake nangweolo. Thon
disaster, dire and dreadful, overtook
thorn. Within sight of tholr goal thoy
wero ovorcomo by a cruel, relentless
fata.
rj i
Si
i
African Jungles. Resides, until they
had killed, thoy could not rest nnd
eat; their sporting Instincts vould not
permit this until all hopo of success
was lost. Tho truo sportsman never
desortB n wounded quarry until ho
hns killed It.
At Jast, after six hours of fruitless
search, nnturo demanded a temporary
halt. It was nftor midday. Oraetz
decided to havo tho motor-launch
brought up to thorn and a man was
sent back to got It. In tho mean
time tho two whlto men rested. In
throo hours tho launch reached them
and tho cook Immediately began to
prepare a satisfying lunch for tho
tired nnd famished hunters. Break
fast and lunch would have to be
merged Into ono meal. This Is not
an Infrequent occurrenco In African
travel, and the two mon wcro accus
tomed to It.
Whllo tho meal was under prepara
tion, Qrnctz sent three of tho "boys"
to search further for tho wounded
buffalo, for ho was positive that It
must bo somowhoro In tholr vicinity.
Ho offered his followers a liberal
"bakshish" nnd with this Incontlve to
n speedy location of tho buffalo, thoy
hnstened off Into tho bush. Break
fast and lunch wns Just about to be
BOrVCd U'hnn tlin "hnvn" fimn nin.
At dawn on Soptembor third, tho I nnR bacJ: to nnnounCo that thoy hnd
found tho wounded buffalo lying In
tho long grass near tho river. So
much good luck hnd been hoped for,
but hardly expected.
Oraetz and Floro roso excitedly to
their feet and got their rifles. They
wero only Just In tlmo, format that
moment tho high grass partod right
In front of tho former, and tho nnl
blood-red morning sun trlumphnntly
roso ovor tho summit of tho dark
chnln of tho MuchomwaT mountains,
bathing all nature In Its glorious
beauty. It har) thorn rise and con
tinue their Journey down tho Cham-
. ! . i.. .. ...a . .
to tho Atlantic ocean, uy wny uosi 10 mo ibho, inoir iong-nopei-ior
destination
At Blx-thlrty tht two whlto mon om-
, . , ii i . ., I i num. ui uiu luniiur, unu ino am-
' T, Cd' " ?l.a "ta" l. !l?l ! I "1 hashed out. making straight for
........... nmruiuo wu.u iuvyiiiH lunin, ,,,,, finrmnnt
up tho Chambosl toward Rangweolo,
for whenovor poBslblo thoy saved
tholr gasoline and rowed. Moreover,
there worn many shallow channols' to
bo negotiated and those wcro the
moro oaflily navigated without uso of
tho motor.
For a tlmo nothing -unusual hap-
Ho fired, nnd at tho
same tlmo Flero fired also, bo that
tho two rlflo reports sounded as ono.
Oraetz sprang to ono sldo to escape
tho furloua chnrgo of tho maddened
animal. As ho did so, his foot caught
In the long grass and ho fell on his
knocs. It proved his salvation, If ho
hnd remained upright ho would havo
abed to Fife. Tho motor-boat was
specially propnred for this part of tho - tho launch Into tho bnnk. Tho cook
Journey, being fitted with whoolfl for ' and servants busily stirred thorn-
autiu. im.ro wa no biru oi i boon Impnlod upon tho sharp and
boyond occasional birds along the cruel poln(B of tho buffnlo.B wIllo.
rlvor bnnks. At Inst a convenient i 8wecplng horns,
iwicu in iimu unu pnnnKQ oi nreau-
iasi wns ioumi, nnu mo two mon ran
use on land
From Flfo ho decided to travol by
way of-tho Chambosl river, Knblnga,
and thus arrive at tho Bhorea of tho
mnall Inland eon, Lako Rangweolo,
upon which no whlto man had ovor
nailed. Aftor spending somo tlmo ex
ploring thlB unknown wator nnd col
lecting specimens of aquntto and land
llfo, Oraetz planned to puim on to tho
Atlantic by wny of tho Luapula, Lake
Tttoru, Paula, Kasongo, Lukongzolva.
IClamhl, Stanleyville, Coqulllhatvlllo,
Yumbl nnd Lcopoldvlllo, nnd Uuib to
tho mouth of the Congo.
Take up n map of Africa and trnco
out this routo for yoursolf, and you
may rcnllzo In part what this ntupon
doua Journey of six thousand miles
(allowing for tho necessarily tortuous
routo to bo followed) meant to Lieu
tenant Grnetz nnd his compnnlon, tho
Kror.ch cinematograph oporntor, Mon
elenr Octnyo Ficro.
v GrneU hnd heard of tho magic
Lnko Rangweolo from tho Awombn
ilrlbo. It hnd a Blnlfltor roputatlon
mmong the natlvo trlbos roaldont both
jiear and far from Us shores. Tho
'Awoinba people told him that Rang-
woolo wns studded with Islands, on
which were to bo found colossnl olo-
lihnntB nnd gigantic giraffes, whllo on
"ItB waters swam hugo aon-sorpontfl
nd other fllrnngo cfoaturos. From
tho Burfnco of tho lako hot springs
roso and fell like fountains In tho alrj
and pestilential winds, swooping
across tho reedy marshes, carried
death to nil living beings.
f liq health roBort this; rather
Danto's Inferno! No nntlvoa ventur
ing upon Us waters. In tholr frail,
fantastically bhapod canoes had ovor
returned. It wnB regarded by some
trlboa ns a eort of Hudoa, whoro do
partod bouIb suffered continually thn
tnoBt dreadful tormonts; whllo others
again thought that It was tho ap
proach to PaVndlso, whero the Bplrlts
of their dead relatives onjoyod per
fect llfo under the protection of tholr
Kods.
It was known to bo surrounded by
thick and linponotrnblo rushes, mak
ing Hb exploration a matter of great
dlfllcultv The great prlro which
boIvoh to proparo tho dolayod meal.
Rut suddenly thoy stood petrified
with ustonlshmont. Not moro than
fifty paces from them, closo to tho
river bank, stood three mighty buf
falo, watching thorn with wondering
eyes' They had npponrod sotfllontly
through the- undergrowth and reeds
Snorting with extremo fury, tho
hugo boast nosod undor the lieuten
ant, who was now lying prostrate on
tho ground, trying to toss him. At
Inst Oraetz sprang to his foot and
clung with all his strength to tho
horns of tho beast, In tho vain hopo
thai, severely wounded ns tho buffalo
I was, ho might glvo way beforo his
own strength, or thnt Floro might
got a chanco for a second shot. For
a fow brlof mlnutos, which Boomed
that no ono had had warning of tholr ,,,. . n-- .., '.,. i. .....
,.nn. -n.o , .. .n,. no"rs t0 Ornotz, man nnd boast pitted
nppronch. Theso wore no ordinary
buffnlo. Thoy woro gigantic and sug
gestive of prohlBtorlc typos.
Silence, (loop and Improsslvo, like
that sllouco which foreshadows death,
rolgned for n brlof moment. Thon
filoutonnnt Oraotz awoke to the dan
ger that threatened them. With tho
nlmnst automatic precision of tho nil
venturor In savngo lands, ho unslung
his rlflo. Tho Frenchman,. Floro, fol
lowed his oxnmplo. Oraotz fired tho
moment his chook rostod along tho
butt of his MntiBer rlflo nnd tho sights
came on. Rang! tho shot rang out,
awakening tho bird llfo nnd echoing
through tho trooa boyond them nnd
thon faintly back again. Tho loading
buffnlo stumbled and "Toll on his
knees, roBu ngnlu, shook his ponder
ous head In mingled anger and pnln,
und thon, dashing up tho rlvor bank,
galloped from sight Into tho biiBhos.
Tho othor two followod their wound
ed brothor'a oxnmplo.
Monnwhllo Floro stood rondy to flrd
In cnao of necessity, but thorn was no
further nood now. Intermittently
through tho undergrowth tho two
men caught gllmpsoB of tho buffnlooa'
shaggy forms ns thoy followed the
courBo of tho stream toward tho lake.
Rut proBontly thoy saw but, two of
thorn. What had bocomo of tho third,
they nBked thomsolvoa. Thoy wero
not out of dangor yet, apparently.
Perhaps tho third nnlmnl Btlll kopt
company with his fellows but was
their strength ngainst each other'a,
Tho hugo denizen of tho forests was
rapidly tiring from loss of blood, but
Ornotz was no match for tho Btrongth
of tho enormous benst. It all hap
pened In a fow minutes; tho buffalo
tried to shako tho man off, and, as
ho flung his shnggy head from sldo to
side, tho point of his loft horn plorcod
Its wuy deep Into Oraotz's right
cheok. He cried out with pain and
then felt hlmsolf suddenly hurled up
ward Into tho air nnd consciousness
loft him.
In tho meantime, Flero had como
gallantly to his companion's roscuo,
unmindful of his own dangor. Ho
fired, but succeeded only In making
the buffalo moro Infurlatod. The sav
age beast turned rapidly upon him
nnd tossed him ropentodly Into tho
air, tcnrlng his body drondfully.
Thon, ns tf worn out with Its tor
rifle offorts to nvongo tho nttack on
Itself, tho buffalo toppled over dead
bosldo tho bodies of Its foos.
In a recent lottor Graotz hlmsolf
hoBt describes what happened next.
Ills account Is n graphic, yet simply
wordod, nnrratlvo of heroic resource
fulnqss. In my travels In Africa I
havo mot two men Col. Krlc Smith
of tho Horso Guards, and Mr. Ren
Jnmln Eastwood, tho chief accountant
of tho Uganda railway who havo
actually amputated their own nrma
,whcn dlro necessity demandod It, but
I can conceive of nothing moro cour-
tililitnn liv the hushes; morn llknlv
stilt, ho had loft thom-tho surest I nnooua than Lloutonnnt Ornotz a own
possible sign thnt ho wbb severely , solfaccompllshod surgery. Far from
wounded, Ooodt Thoy woutd got him ' medical aid, with his companion In
yot. "Ros caffer Oraotzll" would rend , misfortune gored to tho point of
well In muBoum rocorda and zoological , Hth, Buffering Indescribable agony,
books, thought Oraotz to himself. I n nc,ctl expeditiously and saved
Tho doclalon to follow nnd kill tho ' f own fo by hlH rcai,y co"go
wounded giant was quickly reached.' In the dnya when anesthetics wero
Breakfast was forcotton. LonvhiK tho ' nn unknown quantity, men nnd worn-
Oraotz hoped to secure In addition tn ! cook nnd two ot the native followers , en hnd perforco to bear all manner
telng the first rxploror of this won-1 to clpar away the untnated meal nnd ' of operations with romarkablo fortl-
dorfut lnke set dcop In tho heart of , pack tho motor-launch ready Tor a ro
tho wilds of Africa, was specimen:! of t nowed alnrt, Oraetz o-id Floro hnBt-
a apecleB of glgtintlc buffnlo. which J nnod off on tho trail of tho buffnlo. It
wub 1101 nnru 10 ioiiow. i.arge aiunarn
of hlcod wero to bo seen everywhere,
on bushes, on rocks, on the Imro Boll
' to bo unusually florco and dangerous, I nnd ngainst "-ees It Bhowed jlnlnly.
.,., fl.li ,lll n.it ilntnr Rmnlt mi if Ills ' Thn HtlOOT led UD tllO batik Of tllO
uu ., ... ... .... - -.-- . , . n . .,. ,
nlucky companion from tholr ndvon- Chambesl and headed unuou.Hm.ijr tor , uung u " ui ''.
turoua quest nfter them. tho Bheltor of Lako Rangweolo. country whero thd natives themselves
Lieutenant Oraetz loft Iiorlln on Hour nuor nour weni uy nnu huh ui i..i n., .,. ...u....u..,
1110 Wllliu iiiuii, niiu uAiaia duiui uilljr
by his own proof of bolng a superior
being, should show tho anmo wonder
ful hrnvory.
"I awoke," wrltos Oraotz, whan But-
were commonly bellovod by the nn
tlvoa to make their homo on tho
shores of tho lake Thoy wero known
tude. Rut wo wero n hardlor race
then. Civilization has weakened our
bodies nnd we nrn uunblo to endure
pnln na did our forefathers. Yut to
bo able to amputato nn arm or bow up
terrible wounds for oneself Is n thlnu
that waa rarely done tn tho past agoa.
In Africa, It 'a not an uncommon
"Tho others aro bringing him; ho
will dlo soon, too they replied.
'"And tho buffalo?'
"'Dead,' was tho laconic reply.
"A thick flood of blood wftB contin
ually flowing from my mouth nnd the
right Bldo of my faco. Tho natives
lifted mo Into tho boat, and with
ovory moment tho blood flowed faster.
" 'Quick,' I managed to gasp, 'the
medicine chest!'
"Thoy brought It to mo. There was
only ono thing to do and that quickly.
Sew, sew, sow! Terrible necessity
taught ' mo how to ply tho surgical
noodle. With a native holding my
shaving-mirror before mo nnd nnothor
supporting me by tho shouldorB, I
thrust the ncedlo through tho flesh.
A Jagged, Irregular holo as largo as
my hand gaped In my right cheek;
my under lip hung loosely quivering.
Under tho horrlfled gazo of tho na
tives I Jabbed tho bent needle ngaln
nnd ngaln Into my flesh and cobbled
tho tattered ends together.
"Tho pain was oxcruclatlng. Heav
en alono helped mo to keep my
aotinoa. To this day I do not know
how I managed to do It. Tho lower
Jaw was broken In two places near
the oar and near tho lip and from
this crushed mass n long splinter ot
bono with throo teeth attached hung
loosely by tho nerves nnd flesh of tho
gums. Tho whole outer flesh of the
lowor Jaw was scraped loose. Teeth,
roots and boneB lay whlto nnd shim
mering through tho holo In my cheek.
My tongue, pierced by tho point oi
tho buffalo's horn, was half torn
from Its foundations. I spat contin
uously splinters of bono and teeth.
"At last tho operation was flnlshod
to tho best of my ability, and I ban
daged by faco as best I know how.
A strong stimulant gave mo new life
and helped mo to face the other sur
gical operation for Flero.
"In thn menntlmo tho tent had been
crocted and a bed prepared for my
poor companion, from whom James,
the cook, had already cut the clothes
with a ,patr of scissors. He had re
covered consciousness, nnd softly his
pnlo lips formed tho wordB, 'tres
mauvals' (very bad). Ho had boon
plorced and tossed three times. The
left breast musclo hung loose; heart
and lungs wero untouched. In tho
loft sldo, between heart nnd hip, wns
n great tear. This wound I Imme
diately sewed together. James waslr"
od, bandaged nnd put Flero to bed.
Ho breathed regularly, and seemed
to sleep.
"Night fell dark and dismal a
night full of pain, during which my
mouth seomod full of red-hot stones
Toward morning a short, troubled
sleop gavo mo tomporary relief fronl
my awful agony. With tho gray light
of dawn I awoko to fresh tortures
Kverythlng wns deadly still. I sum
moned tho servnnts by clapping my
hands and they opened the tent door.
Thon I arose and crossed over to
Floro'a bed. Tho first light of daj
fell on n pale, shrunken face. It was
death."
So, on tho very threshhold ot suc
cess, ono was taken nnd the other
left, a Bhattored wreck. Far from all
aid and alono with his natlvo sen
vanta, Lloutennnt Graetz faced the
situation as only a man of hla call
bor could. Ono of tho natives wai
dispatched at onco to Kasama. In
northenatorn Rhodeala, to summon
help. This wns tho, nearest point In
habited by whlto men.
Dr. 0. F. Randall, tho district sur
goon, and Mr. Cookson, tho magis
trate of Kasama, mnrched day and
night for two days to his rollef
Hastily further operations were per
formod undor the most difficult clr
cumstnncos. And then, on nn lin
provlsod stretcher, Oraetz was car
rled to Kasama, Ono can Imagine
tho painful Journey, a Journey ren
dered all tho moro pitiful because ot
tho loss of his trusted assistant. Th
rollef party burled poor Flero nt
Charonnma, but later his' body will
be brought to Kasama and ro-lnterred
there by, tho whlto fathers of the
Catholic mUslon.
To most men this disastrous set
back would prove an Insurmountable
hindrance to tho completion of the
program; but with Lloutonnnt GraoU
It waa dlfforent. Ho haB started
again nnd will contlnuo his Journoj
until It Is completed -or until death
claims him. Ho Intends to reach the
mouth of tho Congo by the end of the
year. A man of superlative grit, who
flinches from no dangers nnd who
knows -not what tho words fear and
defpat mean!
Ho Is entitled to a placo In Jilstorj
beside Llvlngstono, Stanley, Gordon
and tho othors, yot probably ho will
bo forgotten except by those who
fully nppreclato nil ho has achieved
for science When wo hend ut the
end of tho year that ho has traversed
tho dark continent from east to west,
wo shall know that ho hau done whnt
ho paid ho would do, despite tho diltl
cul'lea In his path. Shall wo nil
recognize whnt this means? Some
may thoso who, perchance, havo
done similar deeds, or thoso whe
know the African continent nnd all
Rb lurking dangers. Do not forgot
that lonoly, mangled Jtorm lying bo-
j ASSUMES BIG RESPONSIBILITIES
J. P. Morgan, Jr., hns succeeded
his father In tho management ot tho
Immenso Morgan Interests. Ho ia,
tho only son und now controls n for
tune estimated nt between $300,000,
000 nnd $500,000,000. Tho tltlo, J. P.
Morgan & Co., will bo retained.
Tho son Is by no menns n novlco
at directing financial enterprises, nor
is ho bo young as to causo nny
anxiety as to possible rashness. Mr.
Morgan, Jr., Is' forty-six yenrs ohL
Ho Is a largo man physically nnd
mentnlly. Ho weighs 200 pounds and
is an nthloto. And, what Is probably
moat essential, ho has bad his fath
er's careful training.
Already tho futuro head of tho
greatest financial Interests controlled
by an American firm is director In
ninny corporations. When II. H.
Itogors died In 1909 tho younger
Morgan wns olected hla successor In
tho United States Steol corporation.
Tho samo year ho became a mem
ber of tho directorate of tho National City bank of Now York, filling tho
vacancy caused by tho doath of E, H. Harrlman. This bank, controlled by
Standard Oil Interests, Is ono of tho largest In tho country.
Young Morgan was born in 1867, He graduated from Harvard In 1889
nnd married In 1890. As soon as his Bchool days wero over ha begun' his
apprenticeship undor his father's direction In tho Now York office.
Ho hnd no bad habits or frivolities,- and was always very methodical.
Among tho dorks ho was always popular becauso of his democratic ways.
DR. DUMBA, AUSTRIA'S NEW ENVOY
Dr. Constantin Theodore Dumba,
tho now ambassador of Austria nnd
Hungary, arrived In Washington a
few days ago.
The now ambassador was born In
Austria. Juno 17. 1856. and has been
fin diplomatic service since 1879. Hla
last diplomatic post was a minister
In Stockholm, Sweden, whero ho be
came acquainted with many Amor-IcanB-at
tho last Olympic games. Ho
hns not been in America before.
Dr. Dumba Inherited tho rich es
tate of IiIb undo, Dr. Nicholas Dumba,
who wa3 a promlnont figure In Amer
ica's industrial and political life, and
also was known as n great patron of
arts. It Is expected that Dr. Dumba
will play as Important a part in
Washington's social life as his prede
cessor, Raron Hongolmullor. Tho
now ambassador Is married, but his
wlfo will notToliow him until next
month. It la considered probable ho
will find tho present Quarters of tho
embassy Inadequate nnd look for n moro suitable homo before, her arrival.
It had been reported that Dr. Dumba twice refused tho appointment to
Washington. Ho now says that ho refused only temporarily, because" his
own affairs demanded his attention tn Europe for a while, nnd becauso ha
thought best to await tho change or administration In Washington.
Dr. Dumba was asked if Austria-Hungary again would exercise her
veto right in case tho election of a new Popo should it become necessary in
tho near futuro.
"I do not think so," was tho answer of tho ambassador. "First of all,
his holiness Is still alive, and I hopo his llfo will bo spared for a long tlmb.
GUATEMALA'S ENVOY TO WASHINGTON
Senor Dr. Don Luis Toledo Her
rarte, secretary of stato of Guate
mala, arrived tn Washington the
other day, having been sent as an en
voy by President Cabrera of tho re
public of Guatemala to return tho
courtesy of Secretary Knox's visit to"
Guatemala last year. Guatemala is
thus tho first country to pay a return
visit to our secretary of state.
At tho station awaiting Dr. Her
rarto were John Barrett, director ot
tho Pan-Amorlcan Union; Chandler
Halo, third assistant secretary ot
stato; Senor Don Joaquin Mcndez,
minister ot Guatemala to tho United
States, and Mr. R. S. HItt, the Amer
ican minister to Guatemala.'
Dr. Herrarte wa3 In charge of tha
Guatemalan legation in Washington
during the yeara 1907, 1908 and 1909,
and in 1910 was minister to Chllo nnd
Argentina, delivering the closing ad
dress ut the fourth Pan-American
conference in Buenos Ayres.
Whllo In Washington Dr. Herrarte made many friends In both tho diplo
matic and social circles-'' of tho city, and during his stay hero will bo tbo
guest at many dinners given In his honor. He Is tho most distinguished
physician In Guatemala.
COLONEL GREEN IS STILL SINGLE
February 25, 1011. accompnnled by Uio twp huntora kopt steadily truck
Flero and his motor-launch, tho Sarot.
tl. Elaborate arrangements wore
made at Qulllmano for tholr plungo
Into tho wilderness.
i.t last all was ready for th start
lug tho bouat. Tho sun climbed high
Into tho heavens until It was directly
overhead, scorching everything and
ovoryono with Ub flory rays. Rut tho
whlto mon and their followors
flclontly rocovered to put pon to pa-launch.
noath tho earth In far away Kasama
Vou, who have never heard of such a
placo and by far tho greater major
ity havo not may draw out your ma?
of Africa and search it minutely for
the name, and yet not find it. Rut
there In tho wilds of northeastern
Rhodestn lies tho body of that other
man who was striving with might and
main to finish the work ho had set
out to do to cross Afr.lca by motor
Desptto tho fact that ho hns re
ceived more than 5,000 proposals. Col.
B. H. It. Green, son of Hetty Green,
still was slnglo when ho passed
through St. Louis tho other day on
'bis way from New York to Texas.
Two and a half years ago tho Col
onol told th world through tho news
papers ot hie desiro for a modest,
old-fashioned, stny-at-homo, fireside
wife, who would not worry about
how much a.llmony sho would got
when tho big low camo.
All tho girls Bpako nt onco. Or at
least thousands of letters poured In
upon tho colonel from thousands of
women who know thoy woro Just
what ho wanted.
Tho colonel took a look at the
pile ot letters and became pessimis
tic becauso he felt that all tho girls
who proposed could not possibly bo
his Ideal.
Tho colonel still Is getting pro
posals by every mall and haa despair
ed ot living down tho words ho spoko In tho fall of 1910.
"I know better than to tako any ot them sorlouBly," ho said hotween
trains. "The women are ot nil ngos and atntlona in life, but I'm a shopworn
plcco of goods.
"Whenever I enter a restaurant I Beo people nudging each other and
whlsporlng thnt there Is tho milllonalrowbo Is looking for a wlfo and can't
Und ono, 1 auppo8Q I uovor will live down taobo unlucky words."
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