Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-28

articles, for ! Was overwhelmed with
questions about them, and when I
handed them to the major for him to
examine, every eye followed them,
Rniie l. took advantage OF that In
slant to withdraw my coal of let
ter from uuder the spring of the chair
and to restore Ii once more to my
pocket uuobserved. AS soon as pos
sible afterward took up position
near the window. They. then turned
their attention TO the little furniture
/ had, and the poor old chair suffered
Il very drastic, search, from WHICH IL
never afterward recovered
I Soon after the search party's depar-
, ture l received visit from my mon.
They We're. all in a state of the great
est anxiety, as they knew, of course,
l had received the letter. They there
fore feared the worst, and could
hardly believe the story.
nNE morning received q visit from
~ Snin Bey. the commander of the
fortress and district who informed
me was to, be sent. TO the coast of
Trebizond for exchange against GER
tain prisoners then, at Malta Among
these. was, Reouf Bey. Mustapha KEN
els, great friend. and the leader of the,
Nationalist party IN the Parliament,
which had assembled at Constanti-
nople Year previonslys
This glorious news, In my then sad
ly weak. and feeble condition, affected
me so deeply that several long min
u les passed before l, WRs abba. to utter.
one word,
We sold everything We could, and
with, the 81 Turkish pounds received.
amounting, as. they DID, TO about four
English pounds. L was enabled to buy
certain provisions and to keep a small
sum over, to pay for accommodation.
on the road. All being at last ready.
We left Erzerunl, at 8 pm on March
%.
A victoria, which, we purchased.
turned out TO, be a vehicle quite be-
yond adequate description. 1t had
once indeed been kind of open vic
toria. but by dtnt of traversing the
unspeakably rough roads of this, ter.
rible country under excessive loads
the ironworl forming the floor of the
carriage, and connecting the front
portion with tho, back axle, had grad
ualiy given way and bent. so that the
back was at an angle which made
IL only possible to sit in the seat
when leaning forwRrd.-an excessively
uncomfortable and firing position.
The road in the plain. of Erserun
was so bad and the snow so deep that
1t took as two and a half hours to
do the eight miles to Hija-
After, leaving Ashkala. the foothills
Of the khop range commence, and
progress there became infinitely more
difficult. It took US four hours 10
cover tho seven miles to the village
of Pirnikapan at the entrance of the
Khop Pass.
Never have I had to go through
Khop Pass under worse conditions,
the. drifts being so deep that our
progress was lamentahly slow. for on
many occasions the carts had to be
held upright by hand to prevent their
turning over and rolling down the
hillside.
MY men were. obliged TO walk,
though I stuck TO my victoria, and, as
they. took short outs. they We're soon
out Of my reach. before + had tima to
warn them as to the necessity of
smearing their faces with mud to ease
the glare of the snow as soon as the
sun was fairly up. When, therefore,
/ at last caught them found them
suffering agonies from their eyes and
heads.
After Khadrak, Farok Pass, Gll-
nush Khanek. zisana Khan and thsa
the ZigAna Pass. I will quote from nay
diary about this, the hardest stretch
we had, as follows:
Left $40 am. He'll OF a day
over our waists Ia SNoW-~-hOrSeS
down--carts- overturned---ioy wind
\ Temperature below zero. Arrived
Hamsikeui CiS miles) 1880 pm, all
dead beat"
Those Is miles. therefore, took us
IA hours continuous labor. and when
we got In We found only new mud
room, with the walls. still oozing wa
ter, 10 sleep in,
X X X X
.NyE left our wet mud quarters at
:" $40 a m. and, seven miles down
the hill. met, to our indispensable joy,
q motor iorry sent from Trebizond to
meet as. The horny landed US, at IRE
bizond at $50 pm. on April s, our
ninth day out Of Erzerum.
In Trebizond our treatment was en-
stirely- different from any we had yet
experienced, as We were given good
furnished quarters IN q fort by the
seashoFe, one room being provided for
the men and another for myself: and
we were permitted to purchase our
food from the restaurant and to go
to the Turkish bath. A doctor also
was provided for me, as / was In a