The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-01
81 will send it tonight"

! knelt to give her husband cup of wa
ter, and their lips met.
You will be discovered surely" she
whispered Indeed, you have been
suspected already. One of the nurses
has asked me if you were not a Mo-
hammedan. saying that she has seen
you at your devotions in mosque. l
told her that would look into the mat
ter at once. You must leave here at
any cost
Not if my escape shall compromise
you"
~ have thought of a plan. AS soon
as it is day begin to groan as if in
great pain and keep it up until / ap-
pear. | shall then direct your removal
to a place where you will not disturb
your fellow prisoners. Once there, we
may carry out my intentions as to your
escape"
without waiting for a reply she hur-
ried away. leaving her husband fearful
of the consequences that would ac-
crue to her in case she were caught as
sisting in the escape of a renegade
Mohammedan.
However, he could see no risk in car
rying out so much of her plan as she
had given him, and with the first sign
of dawn he began a groaning so loud
that the nurse in charge reported the
fact that it was having a bad effect on
the other patients. Zaide at once or
dered him taken to room by himself
and remained to look after his necessi-
ties after those who had removed him
had left and told him the balance of
her plan for him. 1t was that he
should put on her clothes and since
Turkish ladies do not expose the face
there would be little difficulty in his
walking out past the guards without
being detected.
"And you?" exclaimed the husband.
"How will you protect yourself against
the terrible fate that will come to you
when it is discovered that you are
here and l have walked out in your
clothes? Though your father com
mands. he will not be able to save you
from the fury of your people,"
81 have a chance of deceiving them;
you have none"
At that moment there came the dis
tant boom of gun. 1t was followed
by another and another till the whole
became like low muttering thunder.
''The allies are pressing forward" ex-
claimed Andrews. "Quite likely before
long they will have driven their ene-
my from this position"
''In that case," was the reply, "there
will be great confusion among us, and
it will not be so difficult to carry out
my plan"
During the morning the booming
grew more distinct, and added volleys
of musketry at last turned the whole
into one incessant roar. Zaide was oc-
cupied every moment in providing for
the wounded that were constantly be-
ing brought in and could not steal a
moment to visit her husband. Then
came an order to abandon the hospital
while the thunder Of war without turn
ed comparative order into panic.
What became of the prisoners, except
ing Andrews, forms no part of this
story, but in the midst of the turmoil
with a nurses apparel-there were no
uniforms-with spots of blood on it.
She had removed 1t from it's wearer,
who had been killed by a bursting
shell. Giving it to her husband, he
put it on, and the two sailed forth.
The Turkish line in front was break
ing before the impetuous charge of the
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running past, while random shots were
whistling by Andrews and his wife.
He begged Zaide to make toward the
enemys lines, but she refused
CO." she said, ito your people. You
are saved, and l will not be suspected
of having aided you. must stand by
my father and my faith, else l can no
longer live in the home of my ances-
tors"
They were standing, loath to let go
each others hands, Andrews pulling
one way Zaide the other, when she
was struck by spent ball and stun
ned, falling into her husbands arms
He, thinking that she was dead, with
a cry of anguish, laid her on the
ground. She had scarcely recovered
consciousness when with a shout a
regiment of Servians came bounding
past them and they were inclosed with
in the allied lines.
The transposition from being under
the cross instead of the crescent put an
entirely new phase in the situation for
this loving couple. Both were safe for
the present, and should Zaide return
to her own people there was no reason
to suppose that her having favored a
renegade to the cause of Islam would
be known. She very soon recovered
from the blow she had received and
asked to be permitted to return to her
work. Andrews made a confidant of
his commander and asked him to delay
the permission.
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