American Committee for
ARMENIAN AND SYRIAN RELIEF

CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
[Acknowledgment][9]
[Foreword][11]
[Arshalus—The Light of the Morning][19]
I[When the Pasha Came to My House][29]
II[The Days of Terror Begin][47]
III[Vahby Bey Takes His Choice][64]
IV[The Cruel Smile of Kemal Effendi][80]
V[The Ways of the Zaptiehs][99]
VI[Recruiting for the Harems of Constantinople][116]
VII[Malatia—The City of Death][132]
VIII[In the Harem of Hadji Ghafour][145]
IX[The Raid on the Monastery][158]
X[The Game of the Swords, and Diyarbekir][174]
XI[“Ishim Yok; Keifim Tchok!”][191]
XII[Reunion—and Then, the Sheikh Zilan][208]
XIII[Old Vartabed and the Shepherd’s Call][223]
XIV[The Message of General Andranik][239]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

The Long Line that Swiftly Grew Shorter[Frontispiece]
Map Showing Aurora’s Wanderings[Page 75]
Waiting They Know Not What[Facing Page 158]
Driven Forth on the Road of Terror[” ” 192]
The Roadside of Awful Despair[” ” 234]