Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1851-09-19
The Emperor OF Russians Goodman.

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observe: ne says EohdGr s'atc'y' SIN
ieel hI@n' co"'Ior,'oiy :uH-oouled man. win
ms Tou"u Lacc ana sun IouhuGr oeaFu' III the
kailan 'I me green ctolh, ana ule square clP
OF reo VeiVet trimmed WIN Iur' me mans
hao''ua' inoue Vi nc 10 'ic most coIli'orlaoI'
HIia9Il'o!c' Vhc eoc ~" "te'"e Is HIS profess
s'oh' anu oi"y H""' ''nc |" u"c "Ir NC 20
nl'Nu CciVili SHPC'""'H''i e"cil'oDs. hat Is
IL lIipcI" . p'"E Go'OIi'i'I"' oH ou'! ne
lNes llNe d ip'u VI 'ic lu"u' lou P'oD"'I!
t"'|Sli' '''' Az To"C'"i'"' "itu'"l Ic9loc"cr
/, III INC stdo'o pu'--'o err - human our
cAar!otceT mas never seen inc S'aDle since ne
received MS Iast appointment Nhelitr the
carriages De IN good condition. the horses lat
or leah' inc harness Sul'aDic' ne troubles not
ms mead Even rs a chamberlain approaches
the emperor win the words SIRE, the car
rage IS at inc door, SO does a coaciIhah Of inc
se'"na class present hiIiSeil before the great
chct Oh inc SI3oIC department ana say AL
cN' 4""'o" 4IScI' 'iG Ho''G' are put 10, lHth
Il@ co'4e!Y man WIKI 'ne oearu rises ron HIS
chalr' enlpueS DIS glass; anu dcscehdS delloer-
aieIE mo me court !afu' uario Il groom oHer'
MN MS arl'' Ieinln9 upon "Hich ne ?ch'IE AZ
'hIns lAe coach-ooN' SG''leS himself comfort
a'iy, ana MODS Al that nod the reIn' ae
handed to nm, he winds them round his hani',
stretches out both arms straight before him.,
settles himself hrnly against the boX--hc nell
ther can nor Will SIT, ana proud as the Emperor
on his throne, he drives oil. 1t might really be
slld that he does his work without moving his
hands or feet. The latter he hardly can move,
Tor lie Is 1lrnly planted upon them, and OF the
motion Of the former you are not aware, for
he guides the fiery horses with the pressure OF
the little finger. 1t Is only out of allectatlon
that when he suddenly pulls up he throws his
body backwards. cIasplng both arms to his
breast, like a person swimming. After a half
hours drive he returns home, the Emperor
allT!lts, and ne drives to the courtyard. A
groom runs to the horses heads, another helps
him oil the box, he throws the rcins to n coach
man and walks away. His days work Is done.
lie has driven the Emperor, that is the whole
Of his duty. For that he h1s officers rank sew
eral thousand rublcs OF salary, and lives in
clover. But the medal has it, reverse for it
may happen that the Empar r, on getting into
his carriage, Instead Of bidding him drive IL
Kamina Ostrow, gives the word 'ro Moscow ,
in the one case. So he drive, 7JG - yersts
the other, without muse or rcfrcsh,oant. with.
ont cIosinr an eve mr. Inovir, his bov- AZ
certain distances ALONE fine whole road thor,
are little houses built as haltIno ploces for thr
Emperor Alexanlcr, but Nicholas does not us
them: he seldom nlluhts NH he reaches \Ios
COW. and the chanrns Of horse, heinz ~cfT,cter
with lightning swiftncss, the c~o.chman ha.
hardly tuue ia take off q rloss os ,,oJko \
every post n fresh p~ostillion riots unon the bo,
with him: but the mosf the p%o,tiIlion is allowo,
TO do is to urre ON the horsas-,ha roins ncyc
loo,.o tb, ,o,cL,.re L.,l a,t H.. 49,.