The Washington times., 1918-09-08

was waiting for Kehmal to speak to me
sell, God will save me-God will save me'
anything else to say l tried to keep nv
not believe that ], who was only fourteen
leen bad, could have such an awful thing
endi turned to me he was still smiling. that
His voice was very soft when he spoke. l
" 1T made me feel as if some wild animals
y face.
- he said, "are you to be wise or foolishf"
whispered to myself again, and then some
per back. I heard myself saying, without
/ will try to be as you wish"
4. You will be happy after awhile, '';Kehmal
knowledge that Allah is God and Mohammed
will be kind to YOU
fendi, and will be obedient if you will save
i'd.
% Kehmal asked.
red to me again. "Then will die"
d at me long time Then he asked me to
j told him of mother and my sister, lausanne,
d brothers He made me stand close to him.
ly. He put his hands on me- / stood very
D his face. promised that if he would take
and brothers also would renounce my re-
S his wife and obey him in all things. And
somised l whispered to myself, "Please, God,
ould think of no other way. / was afraid 70
ps, my mother, brothers and sisters were
ose Christians from Kamakh who were slain
last Sunday. And it seemed as if l We're
i've for them.
with him for more than an hour, think
puch-me shrank away from him. 1t amused
h and clap his hands, as if very pleased. 81
ach time, unless you save my family
Sc hope Ito think Kehmal was but playing
lily keep my tears back, yet did not want
: would be displeased. Then, suddenly he
up his mind He arose and looked down
bargain is made That you may abide hap
protect your relatives. We will go to-mor-
happy, even in my sacrifice, had it not been
smiled as he said this-that cruel, wicked
elieyed in him if he had not smiled. But
we're spoken to me that behind that smile
hit.
with me now to bring my people before it
would not be too late in the morning; that
after sunrise; that need have no further
he room the woman who had spoken to me
She took me into the Haremlik, or women
were many other women.
d have been sorry for me had they dared.
. They asked much about our religion, and
die rather than adopt the religion of the
to them, because could think only of the
ould be in time-and wonder what could be
lie Effendis.
small room, hardly as large as an American
in Imam, or Turkish priest, would come the
lth and that after that l would be taken to
where / would be bathed and dressed.
ot know the Effendi had promised to save
them to the house. / had not been alone
, when a pretty alaik. (yOung slave girl
b the curtained door and took my hand in
the told me, whose father had sold her when
The had been sent from Smyrna to the house
he fayorite slave girl Of the Effendi. She
if l needed some one to con6de in when
he a slave girl, too, could trust her. She
to have become Mohammedan, but that Sc
hristian. She did not know many prayers
was so young when her father had been
She wanted me to teach her new ones.
lg to have some one to whom / could talk
Of waiting until sunrise. / told the little
be q Moslem only to save my mother and
told her what Kehmal had promised, how
feared something could not explain
echoes not mean what he says" the little
a hen he is displeased with me he smiles
,eF ards ! am whipped. When the Kurd,
- came to tell the Effendi he had stolen
the prettiest to him, the Effendi smiled