Chapter I: Front Matter

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THE ROAD TO EN-DOR

“HILL HAD TAKEN THE FIRST PHOTOGRAPH BEFORE I WAS READY.” THE
COMMANDANT, PIMPLE AND COOK AT THE FINDING OF THE FIRST CLUE TO THE
TREASURE]

THE ROAD TO EN-DOR

Being an Account of How Two Prisoners of War at Yozgad in Turkey Won Their Way to Freedom

by

E. H. JONES, LT. I.A.R.O.

With Illustrations by C. W. HILL, LT. R.A.F.

“Oh the road to En-dor is the oldest road
And the craziest road of all!
Straight it runs to the Witch’s abode,
As it did in the days of Saul,
And nothing is changed of the sorrow in store
For such as go down on the road to En-dor!”
—RUDYARD KIPLING.

London: John Lane The Bodley Head. W. New York: John Lane Company. MCMXX.

Third Edition.

Printed by the Anchor Press Ltd., Tiptree, Essex, England

TO
W.R. O’FARRELL,
AN IRISH GENTLEMAN,
WHO, HIMSELF INJURED, TENDED THE WOUNDED
ON THE DESERT JOURNEY FROM SINAI INTO CAPTIVITY,
GOING ON FOOT THAT THEY MIGHT RIDE,
WITHOUT WATER THAT THEY MIGHT DRINK,
WITHOUT REST THAT THEIR WOUNDS MIGHT BE EASED;
AND AFTERWARDS,
WITH A COURAGE THAT NEVER FALTERED
THROUGH NEARLY THREE YEARS OF BONDAGE,
CHEERED US IN HEALTH,
NURSED US IN SICKNESS,
AND EVER FOUND HIS CHIEF HAPPINESS
IN SETTING THE COMFORT OF A COMRADE
BEFORE HIS OWN.