Here upon the ground I have made out of two sticks the foolish and superstitious symbol of your former creed.

You will trample upon it, as a sign that you renounce it, and you will kiss the Koran, as a sign that you accept it, and what more you need in the way of instruction shall be given to you as you go." They stood up, the four men and the three women, to meet the crisis of their fate.

None of them, except perhaps Miss Adams and Mrs.Belmont, had any deep religious convictions.

All of them were children of this world, and some of them disagreed with everything which that symbol upon the earth represented.

But there was the European pride, the pride of the white race which swelled within them, and held them to the faith of their countrymen.