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claimed his w;ir =. yhotnyer thon dost thon
always dost just as could wish to have it
done. W hat should we have done with a
cock We are our own masters, we can lie
as long as we like in the morning. God be
praised, nave got thee here safe again, and
as thon always dost everything SO right, we
want neither cock, nor goose, nor pig,
nor sheep, nor COW
hereupoh uudbrand opened tho door.
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nc Vi MS heighDor, who was Obliged to con-
less that he mad.
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now rnnorted tn ho doo1 ,,ds tlo ,h;uI .o,'
of the Ennnr,r p,uI h, HE socnr1 ,,,rr,orra
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At the time Of his b;r,b and Gov ,.aars ar,,r
wards. there was littlo SION of "a b;,t a.
tinv which awaited him Tro oldor hro,bavs
the Grand Duke Alexander and the Grand
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n ny IN Il l.
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ddnce Of his inothcr TIE HIST eSeRe III 'fGhp fGhps
youth which stamped itself with terror on
his memory, was the murder of his father,
Paul. On the fearful night when that tragc-
dy occurred, his mother caught up the two
young princes in her arms, and amid the
clash of weapons and the confused voices of
alarm in the palace, she ran through the cor
rdOrs leading to the apartments of the En-
peror, where she was stopped and forced back
by one Of the conspirators In the meantime,
the Emperor was strangled with scarf by
the hand of assassins, and Alexander |. was
proclaimed Emperor the ensuing dav. The
first years of the reign of Alexander were 50
full of stirring events, that the private histo-
rv of his younger brothers Nicholas and
Michael remains in a measure unrecorded
The dencanor of Nicholas is said to have been
cold and reserved in his youth to those around
him, even to his mother, when he had first
passed the bounds of childhood and began to
understand his real position in the imperial
palace. He early manifested love of mar
tial studies, particularly the ordinary
.outines of ted-muster discipline The
be moral In tho gallant Court of his brother
the Emperor Alexander, he appears to have
Kept himself maryeliously free from intri-
CUES, ana 10 have concentrated all his plea
sures on military exercises and amusements
In 1914 Nicholas left the Court OF his brother
for tour abroad. He visited France, Ger
many, England, and various other countries,
and returned home early in 1917.
On the 18th of July, 1917, being then hard
~ twenty-one years OF age, he married Maria
Charlotte, eldest daughter of the late king OF
Prussia. The bride was about two years
/ younger than the bridegroom. The marriage
was solcmnizcd at st Petcrsburgh, and the
bride, IN accordance with Russian law,
although she came OF Protestant family,
adopted the Greek religion, and with it the
/ Christian names OF Alexandra feodorowna.
/ The marriage is said to have been one OF love
/ on both sides, although there was, doubtless
political cxncdiency mingled with it, There
WAS great similarity between them not
only IN the majesty o! figure, but also in mind
and character. Ills eldest son, Alexander
NIcol laiwitch. was born one year after hi,
marriage, In 1919 followed the birth of his
second chlid the Grand Duchess Maria IT
ISL that OF the Grand Duchess Olga.
Alexander died December lst, lS25. II
was supposed by the Russian people that the
age to Alexander (the latter having dice
without any direct bcir) would succeed tt
the throne. But Constantine had some years
previously resigned his claim in favor o
Nicholas. the fact being only known to thu
Empress-Mother.
Before the news OF Alexander S death wa
hrulted in the streets OF st. Petersburgh
Nicholas obtained brief interview with th'
Lmpress-Mother. What passed mt the inter
view is not known. Immediately afterwards
Nicholas repaired to the Senate Palace t.
take the oath OF allegiance to his brothe
Constantine. The State Council replied b.
appealing to scaled packets deposited b,
Alexander with the Senate to b. opened aite
his death. The packet was found to be tn
resignation of Constantine addressed t
Alexander, letter Of Alexander assentin
thereto, and II decree which gave the thron
: to Nicholas.
Nicholas received the news of his brother
refusal Of the throne, and on the 2lth Of De
cemhcr 1925, he formally accepted the gov
crnment. lie fixed. however. December LIST
the day on which Alexander died, as the CON
) mencement of his reign. a conspiracy wa
the first greeting which Nicholas received a
the very moment he seated himself on tn
: throne, and the promptncss, daring, an
energy, with which he met and quclled il
a shadowed forth the determined characte
which he has since exhibited. We need n,
t repeat the detais-a portion Of the army r,
g yolted and refused allegiance. Nicholas use
. mild measures at first, but when they WEI
found to he Of no avail, few shots of Il
G cannon did the rest, and throwing down the
o arms the rebclliuus who had survived the FIR,
begged tor mercy. Some OF the leaders wei
c hung, some sent to Siberia, while the punisl
}, ments of few were OF lighter character.