The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1855-01-05

| am, Csthsrine' SAID he a. they walked to-
gethsr awsy.
mo; but you said yeu wished 70 be ny
husband
True; but doYou know my rsnk in the
arnyi
IL matters not,' said Cstbarine; you can.
not suppose, am proud-s child without
family, without name
You are content, then, to link your desti.
ny with mine taking her by the hand.
yes. replied Cstharine, like you because
you have been kind to me, poor child that I
am."
The soldier stepped before atent mere ee-
waited than the rest. "This is the tent of
the Car said he; remain where you are. It
is right that | should ask his permission to
marry YOU
Catharne had waited but a few minutes
when young officer, advancing, said. The
Gar wishes to ses YOU
~On entering the tent, she saw large
| number of officers, in the center Of whom
she immediately recognised the .yonng sol
dier, her companion. Where is the Carl
inquired Catharine OF the officer.
'There!' said he, pointing to the soldier
who was seated.
'Therel That is my husbandl
He is thy husband and the Car likewise,
Cathorine,' said the Emperor of Russia -
How as,onished you appear! Does the news
grieve you' Does my title prevent you from
loving me!'
81 sotJ;ar r,id sb1. ALL
also love you as an Emperor The Gar
arose and taking the hand os the young Or
phan, presented her to his officers as the fu-
ture Empress of Russia.
Here closes the thread Of fciioF IN our sto-
ry. After their marriage, the Empe Or p!a-
ced her in private dwelling in the ciiy Of
Moscow, where she received every attention
becoming her position. She was lovely and
beautiful. She loved to do good, and to
make other. happy around her. She was in
telligent, cheerfw,,-~.~i and benev oent.
me doubt Peter the Great saw that she was
precisely the woman who could share his en-
thusiasm and sympathizs in his plans. The
obscurity Of her birth was no obstacle to him;
he had absolute power to raise her to the lol-
tiesl condition in his empire.
Though surrounded with the hsnors Of roy
atty, she die not forget the pastor Of Marien-
berg She loved him still, and did what she
could to cheer his last hours. He never re-
covered from his wounds, aud survived but a
very short time. His end was peace. Cath
arine mourned over his departure, and sighed
that one she had loved most of all on earth
was now no mere.
She often accompanied the Emperor in his
journeys through his empire. and frequently
attended him in military campaigns. In
I'LL, when Peter was at war with the Turks
by her extraordinary, skin and superior jufg-
mens, she saved the life OF the Emperor, and
saved the army from being destroyed or ta-
ken prisoners. Peter caused the event to
be commemor,ted by display o. magnif-
cence Unusual for him. and in the declara.
ton he issued we find these words. She has
been Of the creates: assistance to us in ou!
dangers, and particularly in the battle o
| Pruth.'
| She was blessed with two children, one o
| which--a son-ded when a child. The 9TH
er-a duughter-became Empress ol Russia
On the eighteenth of May, 1922, Peter
the Great placed the crown with great PomF
upon the head of Catharine. His health was
now rapidly declining. Catharine attended
him constantly. January 2sth, l725 he
breathed his lasi, being only in his forty
fourth year.
| Catharine sustained the title of Empress
with great dignity, and was greatly beloved
by her subjects. Her reign was short. She
survived her husband about two years, and
expired May 81, 1927, at the age OF thirty
| eight.-BlackWood