Again prayer opened
up our way, and by two o'clock in the morning all were ready to start.

The official had sent a few foot-soldiers to guide us to _the right
road_! (to the waylaying party). The night was very dark, and as we were
passing through the gate of the city we noticed what seemed to be signal
lights put out and drawn in. We all felt these to be signals to the
waylaying party ahead. A short distance from the city, probably about
one hundred yards, our carts suddenly stopped. Some one ran up and
whispered to Mr. Goforth, "Paul and Mr. ---- are missing." Search was
made for them, but without success.

A veil must be drawn over those terrible hours of suspense; my faith
seemed to fail me, and I could only cry in my agony, "If Paul is gone,
can I ever trust God again?" Then I remembered how marvelously God had
given me back my dear husband's life, and I just committed Paul into his
hands and waited to see what he would do.

When all hope was given up of finding the missing ones, a cart was left
behind with a trusted servant, and we went on. Then we saw God's
wonderful plan for us. While we were waiting the soldiers had fallen
asleep in the carts, and were not aware that the carters were taking a
side road until we had gotten miles from the city and beyond the reach
of our would-be murderers! The soldiers were infuriated at this
discovery; but after some threatening they left us and returned to the
city. Thus again we saw that God was indeed unto us a "God of
deliverances."

Again and again that day we were surrounded by mobs. Many times I held
up the poor, dirty clothes which the Mohammedans had given us, and the
story of how these had been given quieted the people perhaps more than
anything. Once the cry was raised to drag our children's nurse out of
the cart; but as we cried to God for her the people let us alone, and we
passed on. At another time a man snatched the remains of Mr. Goforth's
helmet away from us, and tore it to pieces. I had hoped to keep it as a
trophy should we ever get out safely.

We were at this time in a pitiable condition. Most of the men had head
or arms bandaged; Dr. ---- was unable to raise his head. What we
suffered in those carts with nothing but the boards under us cannot be
told. Nine persons were packed in our cart, which under ordinary
circumstances would have held four or five. At noon we reached a large
city, where the animals had to rest and feed. Then again we saw an
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