The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-05-20

calming sight, truly, as they stand there In
their dazzling snowy majesty. How they
rest me at times, when the sea would set
me crazy.
MARAsH, TURKEY, Jan. 2, '9S.
AS l came home from the city tonight l
brought every one of you, fig uratively speak
ing, along for company. We are having
the coolest winter known in Marash for
twenty five years. Usually there are few
flakes of snow, melting nearly as soon as it
reaches the ground. This year there are
two feet of it. The narrow streets have
been full, with only a foot path, and tonight
that is full of mud and slush. The streets
are very steep, and it devolved on one to
mind her steps If she would walk upright
ly." Crowds of soldiers were hurryng along
to be ready when the sunset gun told them
to break their fast: for 1t is Ramazan again
and the Faithful must eat nothing from sun
rise to sunset. How they can do it in this
weather is more than l can imagine, but
they do, and l suppose they fancy that they
of such deeds as the one that caused my
errand yesterday. The day before young
widow came to me to tell me that the Mos
lens had broken into the room where she
staid and stolen her bed and sold the wool
in the market. She had nothing left in the
world but the clothes she wore. They con-
sisted of pair of thin and ragged cotton
Turkish trousers, two waists. both rags, and
a rag over her head. She and the Moslem
both are near neighbors and wanted to go
down there at once and quote the KOr-
an at him. but as knew it would only bring
vengeance down on some other Christians
head desisted. l have known her some
time, and often thought that she is of type
from which painters get their Madonnas and
Oriental beauties asked about her relatives
and friends, and found as the case so often is,
that the massacre had taken all the men and
property. She has no one in the world but
a widowed sister in the same plight as her
self. She begged for bed, but was very
thankful for the quilt in which she will wrap
herself as she lies down on the bare floor
She can do embroidery, and so l decided to
visit my dozen women, already working, to
see IL any of them could possibly be drop
ped and her take the vacant place. Accord
ingly sent for Yexia Boju SISTER Yexia)
who make her living(?) by doing such err
rands for us, and she escorted me to the
city.
If am to take you on the expedition
with me must begin at our gate. short
distance from which we found the street
quite blocked up with cattle facing us, and
their stalls. In front of them, sitting on a
bank from which the snow had melted, with
bare chest and legs, was little brown faced
urchin as immovable as the CATTLE" John
um," said, what are you waiting for? The
word "Johnum" means my SOUL" and Is
the proper mode of address when one wish
es to convey q slight shade of remOnstrance
together with friendly greeting. ''Pm
waiting for those cattle to come, !" he replied
l wanted to suggest that he could drive them
better II he were behind them, but remem
bering that innovation in this country is mex
to sedition, left the herd-boy to do as hl:
fathers had done before him for generations
and Yexia Boju and l pushed the cattle
aside enough to squeeze our way through
No one would think of being afraid of these
starved spiritless beasts.
The roads were in such condition that
meditated sending Yexia Boju back fearing
| that should have to set some broken bones
but every time looked at her she though
was going to fall. and put out her hand t.
catch me. Surely, she is the tiniest woman
who ever chaperoned woman of my size
We went to the house of the Bible woman
who insisted on taking me. l demonstrated
In vain. She said she had been over tina
road before today, giving her lessons, and
indeed, found that when l was walking
sidewise to climb the icy hill she was at thu
top.
|. The first place we went belonged to tn,
widow of former teacher in our Acadam!
for boys. He was of the Gregorian church
but a fine man, and the next year was In
tending to study for the priesthood (yOr
know Gregorian priests marry and was Il
study in our Theological Seminary here
The day of the massacre he was sought out
his son fayed alive before him, 1t was said
and after he was tortured was finally killed
The widow was insane for time. Sh,
lives In stable, part of which shelters ami
mails now. There is no floor, but rud,
platform, leading to which is heap o
stones In the place of steps, gives them
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