The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1916-06-01
An Escape
By ELINoR MARSH

.,bsr refused her To- him unless he
lid renounce the Christian religion
.,dbecome Mohammodan. Ivan was
80 10 doing SO, but IL T. easy for
rim is in love IL Ind salve for
y. .cnscience, and he finally consent
"a He prufesSed adhesion 10 the
.,.nhet. and the two were married
~ Il a simple matter with the
.,-ts for the bride Is conducted 10 the
-,ou,s house and left there with him.
s..,e a no such ceremony as among
CHRISTIANS.
m course the young husbands con.
,.,s,oa was q form, but he WAS obliged
a 20 TO prayers in the mosque like any
wobsmmedan and otherwise co~Orm
that religion. After awhile he grew
s,.d of this and. taking his wife with
su went back TO the other side of the
border.
Now, 1t was not long after the Ivano.
nth family made this move that the
cnpd Duke Nicholas marched by, i'm.
usssing men into his army as he nd. |
,auced, taking Ivan among the mum
hr When the latter found that they |
xsre marching on ErZcrum he was |
mich concerned, for II was near that |
dty that he had married his wife, and
he should be captured and recog.
,sed fighting in a Christian army
,nlnst the followers Of N0hammed he
would suffer as dreadful fate as could
visited on renegade.
IvsnOvitCh was on the flank of his
army and ten miles 10 the northwest of
Ezerum. There he was captured by
he Turks and carried with them I'm
heir retreat before the Russians to-
urd TrebizOnd.
Just before the Russian advance into
turkey, Nine. Ivanovitch went on a
dst to her people and was there dur
hg the surrender of Erzerum by the
Turks One day while looking at some
Russian prisoners who were being
marched by, she saw her husband
inong them.
The good woman was seized with
be same trepidatiOn as Ivan. that he
night be recognized as a Mohammed.
N renegade. Wishing to be near him
b afford him such protection as she
night be able. she followed the prison
en- their captors taking them along
h retreat, and saw them go into I
hFouac for the night
Vow, there was no opportunity for n [
roman to mlngle among men In Tur- l
M for Turkish women and men do
n associate together as in other coun.
r& The only way Nine. lvanovitch
uuld 30 among the soldiers and prison. T
n was by assuming mans attire. En- Z
fdng the women's quarters Of a house Il
'ar by, she prevailed upon a wife to L
SECURE her a suit of her husbands, s
stch she put on and, carrying her A
On clothes In bundle under her arm. 4
vntto the place where the prisoners fl
s6e There she made friends with O
% guard and offered her services for q
ny duty she might perform. She was u
m mat she might take part I'm watch k
R tne prisoners, and, obtaining a OF
sll she stood guard with the rest. is
Toward midnight she took position d.
hi her husband and dropped her
nnole beside him, at the same time
atng signs to him to roll into some
noeiorush a few yards from him. ey
Ssv edging In that direction, he c.
ane 10 the edge of the brush. Most Al
= ue guard were drowsy. One of CO
ECU was near enough 10 observe m,
van ana Nine. Ivanovitch placed her ell,
= stween the two. Then the pris- gr
~ oned into the brush.
- soon as he examined the con-
.au Oh the bundle he saw his wife's =
0 As q man in Russian uniform GA,
.oolo be impossible for him TO VII
- ms way through the Turkish or
Out Is woman he would have fin
! advantage, especially as the face wa
sn woman is always hidden the
80 ven. Under cover of the dark.
e took or his clothes and put
n0se Of his wife, then made his 9,
rsouen. u' onu me
Csninr N ~. Pa
\ been u.,aS ,oau over winch he and
~ marched during the day. he a.,
-. s0 a'0ns 1t till he came to house.
\ e ne took refuge in an outbouse
80, nns' when be raped at the a
~ quarters. he was admitted =
= " story Of having been to see q
= .0 70 whom she (he) was mar. .
r.. a was treated with kindness =
!, =. e was In double danger, for he 4
! w only renegade Mussulman = ;
~ - - IN the women's quarters, a 4 !
\, ,' .ere not even husband NAV = o
, aless his wife is without visit. 4 9
,.u' sesef. he insisted on remain = q
Il ~. and got out as soon as he = !,
hl..a uncut exciting suspicion. + n
-. s tae road back toward the r
d len. = nodestly withdrew to one = n
!, song Turkish soldiers who + n
~ lying before their conquerors + W
/ MAJ met the Russian advance 4 A
NJ lung his veil, revealed himself + Il
~ and Russian. = W
u ~. tlng between Ivanovitch + al
h-.ne was in hospital within +
4 ra ~ lines. He had been taken = et
/ w. ssated to the quarters OF the = 70
, - ivanoyitch had made bor = ca
/ -. "ward Erzerum and had = st
e,,. mat he had made good = ju
= m one had gone with Rod = st
In. 10 help In the bosnjtaI . re