The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1892-02-05

ate the whole place."
Of course the two officials were furious,
but there was no help for them; Ambrose
too powerful. When the car ar
rived the governor gave orders to tho
archbishop to come with all his clergy
and receive the emperor at the front en-
trance o tho cathedral; that. was
just what he would not do. He massed
his clergy with all their banners at side
door on the southern side. To the re-
monstrances of the governor he replied,
~ am the archbishop, and / alone give
orders here.n
YANKING THE CZAR UPSTAIRS.
{ The civil authorities were grouped at
.ne front entrance. The czar, naturally
enough, went to the place where the
banners were. There were some rather
steep steps in front of the side door and
the czar complained that his legs were
weak and that he would prefer to enter
the church through some other door.
.Nonsensel" the bishop exclaimed
The weakness of your legs doesn't pre-
vent you from dancing Comet"
Selling him by the arm the powerful
bishop yanked his majesty up the steps.
At the threshold the czar bent down to
kiss the image that the priest presented
to him, but to the utter establishment of
the crowd, the bishop, still holding him
by the arm, forced him to bow down al
most to the ground. The czar thought
that was enough, 80 he again attempted
to kiss the image. "No! three timesl"
said the bishop. The car had to obey
and bow twice more before he was per-
mitted to kiss the holy image.
That. however, was only the beginning
of his troubles. After having heard tho
TIE Deum in the cathedral, the car re-
tired to the apartments that had been
carefully prepared for him by the COVER
nor, and was about to enjoy his first nap
when all the bells of the churches burst
out with q terrific clangor. The arch
bishop, accompanied by his chapter ard.
an immense crowd, all chanting loud
enough to take the roof off, presented
himself before the governors residence
and announced his intention to purify
the rooms occupied by the czar by
sprinkiing them with holy water. Alex
ander l sent his adjutant to the terrible
prelate to tell him that his majesty was
fatigued and was unable to receive him.
you are the adjutant of the czar of
this earth, the bishop said, "but am.
the adjutant of the car of heaven"
sPRINKL1Na THE czAR
The young man refused to admit him,
and the mighty bishop grabbed him by
the collar. tossed him back thirty feet in
the e and walked majestically into
the cars room.
81 will have you arrested" the gov
ernor shouted, in a furious rage.
There is not power enough in the
whole world" the bishop responded, .'to
arrest the cross Of God"
Alexander had to submit. His rooms
were thoroughly sprinkled, after which
he was compelled to listen to an inter-
minable sermon on the evils of self love
and the passion for luxury. On leaving
the-emperor the archbishop proceeded
: n more to the cathedral for the even
ing office. At 10 o'clock the bells rang
out a second time. Then the car sent
word to the archbishop to stop the ring
ing Of the bells for the third time, which
was the old Russian custom; but Am
broise would not yield an inch. He was
the adjutant Of the car of heaven, and
he would take no orders from a lesser
p~otentate. So an hour later the bells be-
gan a dreadful racket for the thisd time.
The next morniag his majesty had to
review his troops, and, as he wished to
hear mass first, he dispatched his ad-
jutant to the bishop with an order to
celebrate mass at 8 o'clock and make
the SERVICES as brief az possible.
Tell the czar," AMBROSE said to the
adiutant, .tAat service will be at
o'clock, as usual, and that it will be
neither longer nor shorter than usual,
but strictly according to the laws Of the
church,
He kept his word. The czar and hif
troops had to wait. OF course his ma,
jesty had his revenge. Ambrose wa
dismissed from his Office and retired tx
q monastery, but that did not trouble
him, for he had lived while archbishop
like the poorest monk in all Russia
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