The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-06-22

| IT, lt was cluttered up with hanging
silk and linen. lie breathed more
easily. This, he said to himself, was
the best that he could do.
Suddenly he became aware of voices
the voices of Dikran and tho girl
he loved
A great peace had come upon John
Baptist and Anna Saratov. Suddenly
all this was changed Suddenly, they
, found themselves in the midst of wild
( men, crazed with drink, with re-
ligious fervor, with the desire for
human blood
Dikran fought like a tiger He had
no weapon but he improvsed one. lie
fought for the life and the love of
Anna Saratov. and he fought we'll
But the contest was unequal. Dikran
was overpowered.
One man laughed high-pitchcd
laugh and addressed his comrades 81
know this Dikran," he yelled, hes a
student in the college-the Christian
college. He's Christian. Come on.
He must recant-renounce Aha"
shrieked this boisterous murderer,
I'VE shall have merry time"
They laid him at fun length upon
the floor They prcked him with
dagger points and twisted a strong
bow string about his temples.
These Mussulmen understood the
art of torture. II was in their blood.
Suddenly one of them had an in
spiration. The girl cried this man.
we can reach him through the girl.
What, then" he said to these who
protested 1T is in a good cause. She
is a good Mussuman. If through her
this Christian sdog rccants, IL is work
we'll done"
Six Of them seized her. The girl
did not utter a sound.
Dikran groaned "-Mahomct is his
prophet" exclaimed one Of tho men
NO, no" cried Dikran.
Suddenly upon the outside air there
rank shrek upon Shrek of a woman
in distress-a woman at the mercy
Of six iiends in human guise. Tho
shrieks grew fainter and fainter, for
they seemed to come each time from
greater distance. Dikran gave one
glance at the faces Of his tormentors
and then uttered a groan mighty with
despair
81 yield" he cried, with n loud
agonzed voice, God is God and Ma
homet is his prophet"
They screamed with ghoulish laugh
ter They undid his bonds and set
him free. He dashed them aside and
darted out into the fields. They let
him go They had had their fill. They
went onward, along the road--they
sought other worlds to conquer.
A short time after, Dikran found
what he sOught--what he feared was
there. Il was a clump OF trees. 1t
was the battered, dishevelled, mutt
lated thing that once had been Anna
SaratOv-Oue of the first victims Of
the vague unrest lie lifted her up
tcnderly, carried her 10 The house,
laid her upon the floor He knclt up
on the floor beside her lifelcss form.
In the half hour that he stayed there,
he forgot all that the college at Beirut
had taught him, save only one thing
AN eye for an eye, and tooth for
a tooth" Dikran knew that from this
time forth until his revenge was com,
plctc, this must he his creed.
In the meantime Tirzan. by an obs.
cure route, had stolen from the house
and made his way to Beirut, where he
could find safety. Two days later,
he announced 10 the college at Beirut
that he, Tirzan. had heard with his
own ears the ronunciation made by
John Baptist Dlkran.
Ten miles further than the Saratov
home, as the road winds, there was
a goodly village of some fifty houses.
and some seventy strong men This
village was but a stones throw from
the sea Upon this village marched
the mob recruiting It's numbers as II
went along The mob travelled by the
road
Suddenly into the village a man
propelled himsoll--a man covered with
blood maddened with wounds, It was
Dikran lie had come through the
fields while the mob was approaching
by the road.
That day Dikran seemed as one
inspired; more, he inspired the others
with his hatred, his venom vengeance.
He told his story. II was enough
The fighters girded up their loins.
From one Difran, there grew seventy
Dikrans crying aloud: AN eye for an
eye. a tooth for a tooth
The advancing rabbe Of Mussulmen
came mp the road. It's laugh died
from It's face. IT. saw IN the eye
of each man bearing down upon II
grim determination TO XIII, to exter.
inmate Silently the wellarmod force
proached-Dikran AZ It's head.
Then came tho struggle. Il was
long and fierce. II was only after
many had fallen on both sides that
the Mussulmen were vanqulshed. But
John Baptist Dkran was among the
dead
Back in the Brick Church OF Boston
the chairman OF the Missionary Com
mittee stated that he had a special an
nouncement TO make.
u have just received a communl-
cation from the College in Beirut"
he said This letter states that
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