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 THE RED RUGS OF TARSUS

me to have light. To get candles and petro- leum from the large school-building was im- possible for the boys. The precious things might be taken from them in the crowd. For our compound is filling: and many of the refu- gees we do not know at all. I must go with the boys. I shall take Kevork and Samsun as well as Socrates. To be without Herbert at a time like this! These blessed boys of mine are splendid. They are thoughtful, devoted, courageous, and most delicate in their attention. I could not be in better hands. The best in people comes out at a crisis. If I live through these days, I shall never cease to cry out against the supercilious, superficial travelers, who, en- joying a sheltered life for themselves and their loved ones, say mean things about Armenians even that they deserve to be massacred that massacres are their own fault. All I can say is this : May God Almighty forgive them their judgments, for they know not what they say. My Armenian boys and my Greek Soc- [108]

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