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, society OF these centres. by her position
\ and wealth. Disappointed and disil-
| lusiOned, however,, she seeks relief in
| change and travel. carrying On mean
| while through her New York lawyers,
| Il suit against her brother-in- law. whom
she desires 10 punish as her enemy and
the cause OF her separation from
niece. the dearest object in her life
Her travels lead her oven farther
and farther aneld. She was in Paris
when the news came to her of her
nioces death. Shortly afterwards
friends of hers. Professor Arnold and
his wife. begged her to share their
Journey around the world. When ths
little party, which included a Greek
courier and his French wife. reached
Tiflis. Mrs. Arnold received n tel,-
gram about one OF her children which
obliged her to return home. Then Miss
stuart resolved to go on in company
with the courier and his wife. All
went well until the River Aras was
reached. Then the courier got into n
fuss with the custom house officials,
and one morning Miss Stuart awoke to
inc realizatio that She had been turned
over TO the care of IA Mussulman,
liadji Husain, who. with his band OF
muleteers, was to act as her escort to
Murarnna.
Husain was a brigand and immed-
and take hcr away into tho mountains.
she. being a young woman Of un-
daunted courage and resource, sent a
note secretly by bearer who real
ized her dangerous position, TO Dan
Lawrence, the head of the American
Mission in Muramna, begging him to
come to her aid. Lawrence could NOT
respond himself. but sent Thorlev
Prescott. n young American engineer,
to the rcscus. Prescott came Jus: in
tiinc, rescued her from an cm1arrass-
ing position and conveyed her safely
to the home of the Lawrences.
she reached shelter without an idea
OF her real environment. When she
desired to go TO hotel, she was in
formed that Muramna had no hotel
When she demanded maid ana
courier, none were Forthcoming When
she wanted to continue her Journey
she found that ii would be Impossible
Tor woman to. travel over the Per-
sian mountain passes in winter SO.
chafe as she dh under the restrain,
and dizziness of inaction. she found she
must make the best of circumstances
ana adjust herself to conditions ia
Muramna
Perhaps IL Thorlcy Prescott had not
neen there. matters might have been
different. Certain 1t is that Miss
stuart. of New York and Bar Harbor.
'te77H ny nClnE very much like a
round peg In square hole when the
little company OF missionaries took her
INTO their midst and made her on, of
their little circle AT first Miss Stuart
was repealed by every phase Of mis-
sion work. the work in the schools.
In tho hospital. In the church. The
ignorance and paupSrism of the pco-
pic appalled, her The idea Of men
and women OF Intelligence and refine
mcnt spending their lives in an unend-
ing sacrifice to no purpose, app jared
dcplorable.
But. little by little. her prejudices
melted away. Little by little the no
hil'ty of the work appealed TO her,
engaged her thought. demanded and
obtained her time and interest. Little
ny little she perceived that the day
might come when Pcrsians would wake
up and want for themselves and their
children the things that other nation1
have. In the light of what the work
and the faith of the men and women
who, thousands of miles away from
their native land were engaged in
u heroic daily struggle against ie.nor-
an3e and superstition, taught her the
little New York and Bar Harbor So
cial cult dwindled into insignincance.
When she came to Muramna. sha felt
amazed and angered that a man OF
more than usual promise. a man cap
able Of doing big things in n hir
world should renounce ambition and
be content with obscurity. But she
ended by honorine efforts that Grams