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I never knew whether I had been selected for this attention because of my prominence as a leader of the Jewish young men or simply because I had been standing conveniently in the doorway. I NEVER KNEW WHETHER I HAD BEEN SELECTED FOR HIS ATTENTION BECAUSE OF MY PROMINENCE AS A LEADER OF THE JEWISH YOUNG MEN OR SIMPLY BECAUSE I HAD BEEN STANDING CONVENIENTLY IN THE DOORWAY
t masters. A family council was held in my home, and it was decided to send my sister, a girl of twenty-three, to some friends at the American Syrian Protestant College at Beirut, so that we might be able to move freely without the responsibility of having a girl at home, in a country where, as a matter of course, the women-folk are seized and carried off before a massacre. At Beirut we knew that there was an American Consul-General, who kept in continual touch with the battleship anchored in the harbor for the protection of American interests. My sister got away none too soon. One evening shortly after her departure, when I was standing in the doorway of our house watching the ever fresh miracle of the Eastern sunset, a Turkish officer came riding down the street with about thirty cavalrymen. He called me out and ordered me to follow him to the little village inn, where he dismounted and led me to one of the inner rooms, his spurs jingling loudly as we passed along the stone corridor.  WHICH THEY ARE PAST MASTERS A FAMILY COUNCIL WAS HELD IN MY HOME AND IT WAS DECIDED TO SEND MY SISTER A GIRL OF TWENTY THREE TO SOME FRIENDS AT THE AMERICAN SYRIAN PROTESTANT COLLEGE AT BERWOOD SO THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO MOVE FREELY WITHOUT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF HAVING A GIRL AT HOME IN A COUNTRY WHERE AS A MATTER OF COURSE THE WOMEN FOLK ARE SEIZED AND CARRIED OFF BEFORE A MASSACRE AT BERU WE KNEW THAT THERE WAS AN AMERICAN CONSUL GENERAL WHO KEPT IN CONTINUAL TOUCH WITH THE BATTLESHIP ANCHORED IN THE HARBOR FOR THE PROTECTION OF AMERICAN INTERESTS MY SISTER GOT AWAY NONE TOO SOON ONE EVENING SHORTLY AFTER HER DEPARTURE WHEN I WAS STANDING IN THE DOORWAY OF OUR HOUSE WATCHING THE EVER FRESH MIRACLE OF THE EASTERN SUNSET A TURKISH OFFICER CAME RIDING DOWN THE STREET WITH ABOUT THIRTY CAVALRYMEN HE CALLED ME OUT AND ORDERED ME TO FOLLOW HIM TO THE LITTLE VILLAGE INN WHERE HE DISMOUNTED AND LED ME TO ONE OF THE INNER ROOMS HIS SPURS JINGLING LOUDLY AS WE PASSED ALONG THE STONE CORRIDOR
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