ARCHAG The LITTLE ARMENIAN Translated from the French of CHARLES H. SCHNAPPS BY MARGARET P. WATERMAN ILLUSTRATED NEW YORK E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY 681 Fifth Avenue Copyright 1920, by E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. A Day at School 1 II. An Interesting Journey 12 III. The Highland Farm 23 IV. Nizam's Wedding 46 V. Central Turkey College 54 VI. A Visit to the Turkish Bath 76 VII. Archag's First Trousers 87 VIII. An Accident 100 IX. Friends in Need 114 X. The Armenian Nation 123 XI. On the Mountain 134 XII. An Expulsion from College 146 XIII. The Holidays 155 XIV. The Story of Rupen 176 XV. The Death of Samouil 186 XVI. The Students Present a Tragedy 205 XVII. At Aleppo 214 XVIII. Archag in Society 223 XIX. Long Live the Constitution! 231 XX. The Valley of the Shadow of Death 243 XXI. The Martyrdom of the Armenians 254 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Archag Rides Towards Mount Ararat Frontispiece PAGE Happy Armenia 7 Kurds 35 Beneath the Castle at Aintab 61 The Araba 93 A Mother and Her Children 127 Little Armenians 163 The Hospital Courtyard 201 A Student and His Teacher 237 The frontispiece is from a drawing in colors by Margaret Ely Webb. The black and white drawings are by B. F. Williamson from photographs taken in Armenia by Charlotte F. Grant. A LETTER TO THE ONE WHO READS THIS BOOK Dear Schoolmate: