Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-05-05

walked in the hot sun which beat upon
the sand, the reflection burning their
faces until they are brown, and as
lifeless as parchment. Their only food
was grass"
While Mr.. Bogosian was talking to
the publicity representative for the
Near East Relief, the two girls sat
very silent, very quiet, oh, very, very
quiet, and sad. They could not seem
to realize that their troubles were over
and that at last they had found a
haven of rest and happiness. Mr..
BOgosian, who never saw his two half
sisters until he met them in New York
City, is not a whit happier than is his
attractive wife at the thought that he
has used the money he had earned in
this country to make two fine Amer
lean women out Of his sisters. He had
tried to meet them in Port Said, but
they missed connections, and after
severe Illness there Mr.. Bogosian left
to return to this country, again dis
cOuraged for about the tenth time and
thinking that the Fates were against
him and he never would find the dear
ones Two days after he. arrived in
New York, he received a cablegram
that they were on their way. He met
them then, in New York.
He cannot say enough in praise of
the American vice-consul at Port Said,
who, he says, gave him every help pos
Sible to find his sisters
Il spent $500 in kilograms and
cables at Port Said," said Mr.. Bogo-
sian, 'but l did not begrudge it only
wanted to find my family, or the rem
nants of it, and with the help of this
vice-consul, Mr. Walter A. Foote, l &C,
complished it. He was one of the
finest men l ever knew. After we had
worked hard for several weeks, he
finally said to me: "Mr. Bogosian,
these are no longer your sisters-they
are my sisters-and l am going to get
them" And he did. No man could
have worked on more plans for finding
my sisters. l had made the mistake
of cabling them to meet in Port Said,
instead of going to Bagdad for them,
but l thought it would save time for
all of us. That was where lost them
they had been put on shipboard, but,
through many misfortunes, they did
not arrive, and | was in despair when
l left for home. l started from New
York on Dec "a, and did not arrive
home until April 9.
mo one can know of our thankful
ness-it could not be estimated by
anyone who has not had these same
narrowing times Think of these two
girls, tramping through the desert and
seeing bodies buried in the sands, with
the heads cut off, and then stuck above
the bodies. My sisters even saw
women and gisls hanging by their
hair-stark dead"
The girls brought with them, two
cunning little English made trunks
one bright Kelly green-the other
an equally bright orange. But there
was nothing in them but blanket in
each. Wonderful 1aces that the older
girl had made and which were worth
about $4,000, were stolen from her.
Mr.. Bogosian will have the girls
learn English and educate them as
American girls. He has wonderful
plans for their happiness, if only they
can forget, but it will be many months
before there will be forgetfulnes for
Sandoukt, the girl with the sad, ex
pressionless eyes, who has lost her
father, mother, husband and baby.
One can hope more for Sorpouky, who
is young, and will soon forget in hel
new surroundings the hardships she
has been through.
"The Near East Relief made it pos
sibfe for Us to be united" said Mr..
Bogosian eff it has done this for me.
it must have done equally as much for
hundreds of others. May it live al.
ways"