The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-01-28

/ placed Arthur Andrews, an American
/ living in Scrvia. Ia condition calcu
lated To drive him mad \ few wears
before. having come of age and IN
II heritiug fortune. ne went abroad "a
travel for pleasure. The Balkan PENN
sula attracted him owing 10 it's rugged
/ scenery. the gay costumes Of its neo'
/ pile and its general oriental appearance.
/ TIE inhabitants Of Turkey In Eu'
| rope are mixture of the white aud
! Turkish races. Christians aud NOLAN
| medaus Andrews WAS NJ an impress.
/ sible. reckless age. an age 10 fall VIC
| 1ently i'm love and. being in love. not 10
consider the consequences u an ~ as
sorted marriage. \ young TURKISH
girl To whom he was introduced car
! ried him clean of his feet. and he be
came 81 violently in love with her that.
throwing caution To the winds, he beg.
ged her To- marry him
The lady. Zaide. the daughter of u
pasha born i'm the highest Turkish cir
Giles. did not consider Andrews her So
cial equal. but her heart WAS enlisted
that he should ask her father for her
hand The pasha. being an admirer OF
western civilization. looked favorabIy
on his suit aud at last consented pro-
vided he would embrace the faith OF
Islam. The young man declared that
he would embrace any faith on the
face of the globe if lie might he
permitted To embrace the pasha's
daughter The marriage WAS cclebrat'
cd. aud the groom. realizing that his
and his wife'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 cresccnl driven back into Asia.
from which il had emerged many cen
turtles before TO make its European con.
quests Born a Christian. it CALLED him
that the Turks should occupy Chris
tan ground that their capital should
have been founded hy the first Chris
tian Roman emperor or that the church
of ST. Sophia should be II mosque.
When the Montenegrns. in order to
lforestall an order from the powers.
broke. sword in hand into Turkish ter
ritory and Servia was preparing to do
her part i'm the war, u crisis came In
the affairs OF Andrews and his wife.
Her father was not only devoted TO
hn lei I'm nf
high i'm 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 Serviau forces
aud aid in banishing the crescent to
Asia. where it belonged They Da rted,
though their hearts were welded.
agreeing that after the struggle they
would fly again 10 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 10 the allies. In one
Of these Andrews. who commanded a
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 il happened was under the com
mand OF Rustom Pasha his father.in
law
Zaide. who was woman Of strong
husband become much interested in
many European institutions. among
others the Red Cross. She had no
sooner joiued her father than she pro-
ceeded tO organize similar corps as
an auxiliary 10 her fathers command.
One day upon passing hurriedly down
between two rows of cots in n bospi
its pallor she recog
nized at once as her husband She
was about 10 fly To his embrace when
the horror OF the situa ton rushed
upon her. Andrews had professed To
be n disciple of Mohammed aud had
drawn his sword against the prophet
So long as he was unrecognized as u
he would be treated as
4 prisoner of war. but II he were
known to be or have been of the faith
nothing could save him
The gla of the two met. and this
same thought occurred to both There
was q momentary lighting OF each
pair OF eyes. Then the wife with
drew hers. and she passed on down
the aisle and left the room.
The hospital. though in the Turkish
rear. was not considered permanent.
for the allies were pressing forward,
Fighting like tigers. But for one day
and night the sick were undisturbe6
During the evening Mrs. Andrews.
though worn out with the distressing
work OF the day. went in among the
sick. osteusibly To- cheer them. but real.
Iy TO steal brief interview with her
husband Taking the precaution tn
stop and speak with uuiabcr of suf-
ferers before reaching the he'd he oc.
cupied. she ut last came to his and
said in The Turkish tongue and II voice
loud enough to he heard:
Are you badly wounded sir?"
only slightly" was the rea ssuring
reply.
lis there anything ! can do for YOU"
Yes During the night am fever
lab and troubled with burning thirst.
If YOU can send about midnight snm.