The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-08-03
would have to do SO to marry him. and
the Turk leaves in anger
BRUTAL DECORATIONS BEGIN

Then goes forth the order that ali
Armenians shall prepare to march. The
men are separated from the women
Soldiers in the Armenian uniform are
forced to disarm and dig a trench,
whereupon Turkish soldiers shoot them
down Mothers are torn from their
children and fathers from their fami-
lies. All are marched away into the
desert, where famine, thirst, fierce
heat by day, and worse terrors py
night for the young girls, stalk
In her efforts to escape, Aurora goes
to mission school which is taught
bv Miss Graham, pretty English girl
when soldiers surround it Miss Graham
protests in the name of the EngHsh
flag Her only answer is the Dragging
away of the Armenian girl by the
Turkish soldiers, who trample her rag,
Determined to remain with the girls
and do as much as possible for them
Miss Graham DISCUSSES herself as an
Aremenian. and goes with them into
the desert
DESERT THEIR DESTINATION
| Thev are followed by Andranik,
Young shepherd who has been attract
| ed by the beauty of Aurora. From TINS
I time on he is her protector. several
times managing to save her when she
is in grave straits. Aurora's parents
are killed by the Turks. Like hundreds
of thousands of others. she. Miss era
/ ham and her sister are forced on INTO
the burning desert, their feet hlistered
from the hot sands, and their lips
knowing neither food nor'water
other refugees tell them fearful
stories of towns where the Armenians
Jared even worse than they. In one
Mace hundreds of men were lured into
a barn '.to register as the Turks said
only to be burned to death. BY nign
the girls have opportunity of seems
the Turk in all his infamy. Only those
, who are buried in the SANDS oy Tn
older women escape misuse by incl
: brutal captors.
RAVISHED BY DESERT BANDS
At last aided by the watching youn'
shepherd. Miss Graham and Aurora es
y cane. For time they travel on b,
might. tryir.y to escape not only TN
, Turks but the even more savag
.Kurds. who ride the desert knowing n
e law. 1t is inevitable that the girls az
= cantured by these fierce horsemen wh
recognize in them-after they hav
9 themselves taken advantage-rlc
= prizes for the harem of notorious Mo
d hammedan chieftan.
So the girls are sold and become in
q mates of a harem. Here they suffer In
n dignities sufficient to break the near
d of western women. bu. asain go 40
II manage to escape. and become rug
= tives of the desert world. After tim
q thew are recaptured and sent to IN
= slave market, where thinly draped, the
A are offered for sale. In disguise AT
drank buys Aurora and Miss Grahan
: each for eighty-five cents. They stal
I north once more. That night they 81
: three steeds from a Turkish camp.
r With the Turks at their heels the
q take refuge in an ancient monaster
q on a mountain, Following them IN
Turkish forces arrive before the MOI
= astery. Refused entrance by the no
f men they break their way into q
a monastery, and take the girls captiv
: Then. once more, their original cioti
4 ing in pathetic rags, their hearts Iliie
G with terror at the prospect OF ne