The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-06

and that felt very nervous in his
the Softa's presence. These words
were ridiculous enough to make me
smile.
The Sofia bowed low and salutedt
me with great courtesy, and I was
asked to be seated: AS I looked at
this mans bright eyes I felt guilty of
horrible sin in the depths of my
soul. I felt like crying out Nud and
confessing to everyone tha0 I was
planning to commit the greatest sin
any woman could. wished that
could find some other wOy to serve
N.Y. country.
1.-The Most Charitable Countess does
me honor in sympathizipg with my
charitable purposes. Madame, I am
extremely grateful to you please ac-
cept my most profound thanks" he
said, rising from his seat and bowling
low.
/ There was no room for sea&iment. I
was soldier of the fatherland. must
serve with unquestioned fidelity. Who
was I that I should put my own con-
celebrations ahead of the cause ef my
Ifatherland?!
81 have heard Of your sacred fame
from my fatherland and for months
wished to pay my personal respects
to 1.-THE Man Of God,' said with ap-
parent sincerity.
For half an hour he related to me
with childish sincerity how he him
self was once very poor and how he
understood the sufferings of the poor
and how sin was the cause Of all
poverty. Madame, I do not mean
that poor people are sinners. but the
sins of others and perhaps their own
sins make poverty. So we must help
the poor, especially If we know that
the poor in our fatherland are not
suffering through their own sins but
are suffering for the sins Of others
| AS I watched his eyes I began to
realize that he was MAN of God, -
and it would be impossible to exert
any wonlanly charms on him. He was
young and neatly dressed. He was
CARRIED in the clothes of a. fashionable
Lutheran Minister but with one ex-
ception-he wore red fez which he
kept on his head during my interview
1 with. him. 49,
just before left him he told me
about the great sufferings of the poor
Armenians, millions Of whom had
been driven from their homes to sure
misery, death or worse.
/ proposed that accompany him to
the establishment where he was adj
ministering his charity to these Ar
4 menians whose sufferings were bitter
ly felt by me.
In response to my proposition he
Isaid: "Gracious Madame, the precepts
of my sacred religion will not permit
me to accompany a woman, worthy
land good as you are, to any place, un-
less it be that she Is one of my, imme-
diate family, such as wife, sister, or
niece.
i ..But your Holiness win not object
to my visiting your haunts of charity
without accompanying you,' said
lightly. For the first time the Sofia
smiled and consented, saying that ]
i could find him at the Goum Kapou
district early the following morning
i And you can see with your own eyes
Gracious Madame, what this war has
done to our once happy and prosper
Gus capital" I was about to make q
], lreply to him when he added very
: severely. And perhaps the Gracious
Madame will be an eyewitness to what
j her fatherland has brought to US, and
on her return to her beloved country
will tell to her God fearing people
what terrible sights she has scent"
Sofia Abd-ul-Rahman never feared
to speak what he believed to be the
truth and on the following morning
even against my own will, I admitted
. that our fatherland had brought ter.
rfble misery to this country I agar
| had to fight against my own weak
j sentimentality. I had to remind my.
self of the fact that was not here t.
investigate and Judge, but was here
to execute a certain mission in be.
: half of my own country.
III 1T is not for me to record here IL
| detail how I worked out my scheme
: This much is sufficient, to state tina
i / made daily waits to the Softa's Office
} which was adjacent to his residence
! In two weeksI had opened my hear
to the Sofia telling him that had be
: come a convert to his most beautiful
faith. My Confession Of faith soft
{ ened the heart of the MAN of God
!, He became more and more responsiv,
/ and each day he expounded to me tn,
| wonderful precepts of the Moslen
: Faith. made him think that I be
; lieved his every word.
- managed to be seen in his com
t pany frequently. Throughout ener
r getic Secret Service workers in tn,
j, city I managed to visit the distric
: just at the time the Sofia happened
: to be there. On the occasion OF ever.
! such accidental meeting he wou1t
stop, greet me with great courtesy
: and walk in my company few
blocks. Every one of these occasion
D were faithfully recorded by Her
8 Brunn's expert photographer. On
4 day. especially. on meeting him
y rushed to him, held his hand will
4 both of mine and standing very clos
> Ito him said: Truly you are a -sMa1
I Of God" This position was also re
. corded, while I remained in that atti
a tude for quite a few moments.
q Finally, one day I made visit t.
: him, my face covered with a heav,
yashmak. AS entered his office
lifted 1t slowly on the second that m
IL eyes met his I looked down, bowe,
o low, and informed him while in tina
latitude that I had accepted the Mos
I lem Faith. Then, knee1ing on tn
n carpet before him 1 said: 81 beg yol
g to lead me to the most sacred tenet
: of your holy religion
81 He at once seized both my hand
and raised me to my feet, saying
: who am that you drop on you
t knees before me? am merely an un
n worthy servant of Allah. No one hu
q man being should bend the knee be
r fore another. Allah is jealous of hi
d might of power. All knees shout
n