Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-26
The Argus Daily Story
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states and the Turks broke out ii
placed Arthur Andrews. an American
living in Servia. In condition calcu-
lated to drive him mad few years
before. having come Of age and in
heriting fortune, he Went abroad 10
travel for pleasure. The Balkan PENN
sula attracted him owing TO its rugged
scenery. the gay costumes of its peo-
BILE and its general oriental appearance.
The inhabitants of Turkey in Eu-
rope are a mixture of the white and
Turkish races. Christians and Moham-
medans Andrews was at an impress
sible. reckless age. an age to fall vio-
lently in love and. being In love, not to
consider the consequences Of an Ill as
sorted marriage. A young Turkish
girl to whom he was introduced car
ried him clean off his feet, and he be-
came so violently in love with her that,
throwing caution to the winds. he beg
ged her to marry him.
The lady. Zaide, the daughter of
pasha. born in the highest Turkish cir
Giles, did not consider Andrews her so
cial equal. but her heart WAS enlisted
as well as his own. and she consented
that he should ask her father for her
hand The pasha. being an admirer OF
western civilization. looked favorably
on his suit and ut last consented. pro-
vided he would embrace the faith OF
Islam. The young man declared that
he would embraces my faith on the
face of the globe If he might be
permitted to embrace the pasha's
daughter. The marriage was ce'ebrat-
ed. and the groom, realizing that his
and his Yife's religion would be out of
place in America. remained in Turkey.
Andrews Mohammedism. being skin
deep. wore off With the first freshness
of love. Indeed. the more he saw of
the Turks the deeper he sympathized
with those who would be glad to see
the crescent driven back into Asia.
from which it had emerged many cen
turtles before to make its European con-
quests. Born a Christian. it CHILLED him
that the Turks should occupy Chris
tan ground. that their capital should
have been founded by the first Chris
tan Roman emperor or that the church
of st. Sophia should be mosque.
When the Montenegrins, in order to
forestall an order from the powers.
broke sword in hand, into Turkish ter
ritory and Servia was preparing TO do
her part in the war. crisis came In
/ the affairs Of Andrews and his wife.
Her father was not only devoted to
/ the cause of Islam. but was an officer
/ high in the service of the sultan. The
/ young wife declared that she would
stand by her father. her countrymen
and her religion. Andrews asserted
/ that he would join the Servian forces
and aid in banishing the crescent to
Asia. where it belonged. They parted
though their hearts were welded
agreeing that after the struggle they
would fly again TO each other.
/ During those first few weeks when
the allied forces were winning victory
after victory and driving their enc
my before them there were some tenn
pOrary setbacks to the allies. In one
of these Andrews, who commanded q
squadron OF cavalry In the Servian
army. was wounded and captured. He
and those taken with him were hur
ried to the rear to reserve corps
which it happened was under the com
mand of Rustom Pasba, his father-in
law.
Zaide. who was a woman of strong
character. had while living with hel
husband become much interested i
many European institutions. among
others the Red Cross. She had nc
sooner joined her father than she pro
ceeded TO organize similar corps a:
an auxiliary to her fathers command
Onc day upon passing hurriedly dow
between two rows of cots in hospi
tai her eye fell upon a face which
Notwithstanding its pallor she recog
niZed at once as her husband. She
WIS about to fly TO his embrace wheI
the horror Of the situation rushed
upon her. Andrews had prOfessed L
be a disciple OF Mohammed and haC
drawn his sword against the prophet
SO long as he WAS unrec0gniZed as
MOhammedan he would be treated al
prisoner of war. but if he were
known TO be or have been of the faitf
nothing could save him
The Chances of the two met. and tbi,
same thought occurred to both. Their,
was momentary lighting of eacl
pair of eyes. Then the wife with
drew ners. and she passed on dowr
the aisle and left the room
The hospital, though in the Turkisl
rear. was not considered permanent
for the allies were pressing forwari
fighting like tigers. But for one da,
and night the sick were undisturbed
During tile evening Mrs Andrews
though worn out with the distressinj
work Of the day. went In among tn
sick. ostensibly 10 cheer them. but real
~ to steal a brief interview with he
husband. Taking the precaution 4
stop and speak with number of SUI
ferers before reaching the he'd he OF
cupied. she at last came to his an'
said in the Turkish tongue and voic
loud enough to he heard:
Are you badly wounded. sir?"
only slightly was the reassurini
reply
as there anything can do for you !:
Yes During the night ! am fever
ish and troubled with burning thirst
II you can send about midnight SOM
water shall he GRATEFUL