, 1880-01-03
THE CARS CHARMED LIFE.

the Gar stood at the uoor of the Kasan
cathedral, AID giving his, hand to the
officials of the empire. said :nnsThiss1s
the third time thas God has saved me-"
Exactly ,thirtee, lars Before, onthe same
day of the monte, he bad knelt in that
cathedral and had given thanks to the
.fHoly Mother e God Of Kasaao. that
through the agency OF 9 peasant, one Osip
Ivapovitch Kommissarof, be had been
saved from the assassin's knife. Osip
Kommissaroff was a young man of TWEEN
ty-fve. born 10 a village belonging to
Baron Kuster, to whom kommlssaroi
stood in the relation of a liberated, annul-
ty paying serf. Having been allowed to
go to st. Petersburg and work IN matters
shop he rose in bis calling, became fore
man aud married a peasant girl. He was
celebrating his birthday On April Il, 1865,
and went to say his prayers in a chapel
near the house OF Peter the Great. Com
ing to the river side close to the marble
palace, he perceived that the bridge was
removed aud the passage temporarily
interrupted. Retracing his steps be made
his way to the summer garden, at the
gate of which o crowd was assembling
=. around 90 imperial equipage. Knowing
the carriage to be the Emperor's he
Joined the throng waiting for the
monatch's arrival. Presently there was
a. sii; and animation in the crowd
ard he saw His Majesty in an
overco t. The Gar approached the
carriage and was putting on bis cloak
when a young man who had been stand
ing behind Kommissarof tried to push
him aside. This individual had repeated
ly attempted to make his way through
the surrounding crowd and get nearer the
carriage but Kommissarof, wishing 10
Soc the Emperor, would not suffer him
to pass. At last. the Individual succeeded
in squeezing through. Kommissarot fol-
lowed him closely. Hardly had the assas-
sin got 10 the irons ranks when, drawing
u pistol from under his overcoat, he level
led il at the Emperor. Kommissarof,
who had noticed the movement. caught
up his arm, and turning the pistol from
its aim, caused it to discharge in the air.
La another insts1t tho assassin, a student
named Karakasoff. was arrested, aud Kom-
missaroff was lost in the surging crowd.
The Gear at once drove to the Kasan
Cathedral. In the evening all generals,
officers, aud persons having access at court
assembled in the Winter Palace. The
Gar was greeted with tumultuous enthu-
siasm. He at once sent for Kommissa-
rolf. The peasant was brought before him.
He was a youth of middle size and boorsh
in bis manner. The Gar advanced and
told him that he was raised to the rank
and dignity Of nobleman. Then all pre-
sent repaired to the Preobrakhewski
Cathedral. The town was Illuminated,
and an immense concourse thronged round
the palace. 1t was the first murderous
attempt on a Car that was ever known
in Russian history.
The second was made at the grand
review given at Paris in honor of the En-
peror of Russia and the King of Prussia.
The Gar had been riding down the Bots
de Boulogne beside the Emperor Napoleon.
On his..breast was the grand Gordon Of the
Legion of Honor and many other dscora-
tons. Instead Of the rich saddle cloth,
such as the other sovereigns rode on, he
had simple bear skin under his saddle,
the spoil Of one of bis hunts 10 the wilds
near st. Petersburg. Tall. we'll formed
aud Of graceful carriage. the Gar had not
biz equal 90 horseback in the entire field,