. But the kind,
courageous missionary and his wife insist that I remain under the
protection which he says the flag of his country affords me. If I
could only get my third set of plans out of the country!

_May 22._ Today my coffee was again poisoned. I don't know what
prevented me from tasting it--some vague premonition. A pariah dog
ate the bread I soaked in it, and died before he could yelp.

It looks to me as though my end were inevitable. Today I gave my
bronze figure of Erlik, the Yellow Devil, to Mrs. Carew to keep as
a dowry for her little daughter, now a baby in arms. If it is
hollow, as I feel sure, there are certain to be one or two jewels
in it. And the figure itself might bring five hundred marks at an
antiquary's.

_May 30._ Arrived at the Gallipoli mission. Three Turkish
ironclads lying close inshore. A British cruiser, the _Cobra_, and
an American cruiser, the _Oneida_, appeared about sunset and
anchored near the ironclads. The bugles on deck were plainly
audible. If a German warship appears I shall carry my box on
board. My only chance to rehabilitate myself is to get the third
set of plans to Berlin.

_June 1._ In the middle of the religious exercises with which the
new school is being inaugurated, cries of "Allah" come from a
great crowd which has gathered. From my window where I am writing
I can see how insolent the attitude of this Mohammedan riffraff is
becoming. They spit upon the ground--a pebble is tossed at a
convert--a sudden shout of "Allah"--pushing and jostling--a
lighted torch blazes! I take my whip of rhinoceros hide and go
down into the court to put a stop to this insolence----

Her father slowly closed the book.

"Daddy! Is that where poor Herr Wilner died?"

"Yes, dear."

After a silence his wife said thoughtfully:

"I have always considered it very strange that the German Government
did not send for Herr Wilner's papers."

"Probably they did, Mary. And very probably Murad Bey told them that
the papers had been destroyed."

"And you never believed it to be your duty to send the papers to the
German Government?"

"No. It was an unholy alliance that Germany sought with that monster
Abdul. And when Enver Pasha seized the reins of government such an
alliance would have been none the less unholy. You know and so do I
that if Germany did not actually incite the Armenian massacres s