The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1913-01-03
TIE CROSS AND
THE CRESCENT
A Story OF the Balkan War
BY F. "A. mitchell

I Wien the war between the Balkan
states and the Turks broke out il
place Arthur Andrews, an American
living i'll Servia. in condition cait.u-
lated to drive hiin mad \ few esles
before. having come of ace and IN
herltin" Il fortune. ne went abroad 70
travel fer pleasure. The balkan lei.ln
sula attracted him owing to It's ru@2ed
scenery. Tie gay costumes Of its pep
pie and its general orie.tal appearance.
The inhabitants of Turkey in En-
rope are Il mixture of the white ana
Turkish races. Christians and Mohau-
medans. Andrews was at an impress
sible. reckless age. an axe to fall yio
lently i'll love and, being in love. not 80
consider the consequences of an III ;tS
sorted marriage y Young Turkish
glrl 10 whom he WAS introduced car
ried him clean of his feet, and be he
came 81 violently in love with her that.
throwing canton tn the winds ne beg
eed her TO marry him.
The lady. Zaide, the daughter of a
paSha. born in the highest Turkish cir
cleS did not consider Andrews her 50
cial equal but her heart was enlisted
as well rs his own and Size consented
that be should ask her father for her
hand. The paSha. being an admirer Of
western civilization. looked favorably
on his suit and 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 glole If he might hr
permitted TO embrace the pasta :
daughter The marriage was celebrtt
ed. and 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 crescent driven back into Asia.
, from which 1t had emerged many cen
turtles before to make its European con
quests Born Christian. 1t CALLED him
that the Turks should occupy Chris
tan ground. that their capital should
have been founded by the first Chris
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 10
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 vanishing the crescent to
Asia. where it belonged They parted
though their hearts were welded
5 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 TEN
: porary setbacks to the allies. In one
e Of these Andrews, who commanded q
i squadron Of cavalry in the Sery.lr
! army. was wounded and cantured He
. and those taken With him were hur
ried to the rear to reserve corps
: which il happeUed was under the com
mand Of Rustom Pasha his father-in
r law
5 Zaide who was woman of stron4
/ character. had while living with hel
husband become much interested il
many European institutions. amon-
others the Red Cross. She had ii,
2 sooner Joined her father than she pre-
:. eeeeed "a organize a similar corps q.
k an auxiliary to her fathers command
! One clay upon passing hurriedly dow
between two rows of cots in a hospf
: tai her eye fell upon a face whicl
Notwithstanding its pallor she recog
r niZed at once rs her husband Sn,
!. was about to fly to his embrace wheI
i the horror Of the situation rushe,
upon her. Andrews had protested t.
be disciple of Mohammed and hal
drawn his sword against the prophet
? SO long as he was unrecognized as
Mohammedan he would be treated a
, a prisoner of war. but if he wer,
known to be or have been of the faitl
/. nothing could save him.
The glances of the two met. and thi
: same thought occurred to both. Their
was a momentary lighting of eacl
pair of eyes. Then the wife with
s drew hers. and she passed on dowI
the aisle and left the room.
The hospital, though in the Turks
rear. was not considered permanent
. for the allies We're pressing forward
fighting like tigers. But for one da
d and night the sick We're undisturbed
During the evening Mrs. Andrews
though worn out with the distreSsin
work of the day. went ia among tn
4 sick. ostensibly to cheer them, but rea
ly to steal a brief interview with ne
husband Taking the precauUon t
y stop and speak with a number of SUI
ferers before reaching the he'd he @,
cnpied. she at last came to his an