By Far Euphrates: A Tale
Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire; ... and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.
A TALE
BY D. ALCOCK
Author of The Spanish Brothers Crushed, yet Conquering Dr. Adrian etc
London HODDER AND STOUGHTON 27 PATERNOSTER ROW —— MDCCCXCVII
Butler & Tanner, The Selwood Printing Works, Frome, and London.
Many a tale of blood and tears has come to us of late from far Euphrates, and from the regions round about. It is not so much the aim of the following pages to tell these over again as to show the light that, even there, shines through the darkness. I do set My bow in the cloud is true of the densest, most awful cloud of human misery. As in the early ages of Christianity, what little child, what tender woman was there
Deborah Alcock
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PREFACE
CONTENTS
Chapter I THE DARK RIVER
Chapter II FATHER AND SON
Chapter III FIRST IMPRESSIONS
Chapter IV A NEW LIFE
Chapter V BARON MUGGURDITCH THOMASSIAN
FOOTNOTES:
Chapter VI ROSES AND BATH TOWELS
Chapter VII GATHERING STORMS
Chapter VIII A PROPOSAL
Chapter IX PEACE AND STRIFE
Chapter X AN ARMENIAN WEDDING
Chapter XI AN ADVENTUROUS RIDE
Chapter XII THE USE OF A REVOLVER
FOOTNOTE:
Chapter XIII WHAT PASTOR STEPANIAN THOUGHT
Chapter XIV A MODERN THERMOPYLÆ
FOOTNOTES:
Chapter XV DARK HOURS
Chapter XVI "THE DARK RIVER TURNS TO LIGHT"
Chapter XVII A GREAT CRIME
Chapter XVIII EVIL TIDINGS
Chapter XIX A GREAT CRIME CONSUMMATED
Chapter XX BY ABRAHAM'S POOL, AND ELSEWHERE
Chapter XXI "GOD SATISFIED AND EARTH UNDONE"
Chapter XXII GIVEN BACK FROM THE DEAD
Chapter XXIII BETROTHAL
Chapter XXIV UNDER THE FLAG OF ENGLAND
Chapter XXV AT HOME
Chapter XXVI A SERMON
APPENDIX
FOOTNOTE:
