Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-11-27
THE CARS SWEETS.


 lice bureau, an institution dedicated to the service of the czar of all the Russias. It was therefore with a feeling of intense satisfaction not unmingled with awe that I hung upon the uttcranccs of my old friend as he Ghe occasion being Cozy dinner at my house in St. Pctcrsburg) carcssingly turned over the closely written pages of little volume.
 As trusted agent of the czar, his life tcCncd with incidents much too signifi- cant 10 bc committed to any diary, so that the data carefully tabuIatcd within the covers of the little volume he held in his hand, while of inthralling interest to a mystery and plot loving public, were as nothin. compared tO the astounding facts Stor,d up in his retcntivc memory.
 t"ok il as q great compliment to my Cotlrtrynlcn that he should confidc in me, m alien. '--Nh," he said, you arc an Encli~hmau - was Scotch, but that is q ClCtail---and are 10 bC trusted. l should not Garc to unbOSom myself tn a Russian
 Now that the brave Dcmitriton is no morc, having all too soon followed his royal master to the grave, and being my self well out of tho reach of the double caglc.' I have no cOmpunction in re counting herr, at the risk of the columns being oblitcratvd by the Russian press censor. a few of the experiences as related by Iny friend.
 \ feature of his character was the grim huncr he would inIusc into the reminiS- ccncCS with which hc from time to timo favored n". i we'll remember the first of thc-,. which. under tho above heading and with assumed names. will compro- mise nobody.
 Yr>. hr unused, PctruS Tritrcff, quiet, deep young man that was, now one of the most dangerous kind, mark you. Did hc belong Ia any nihilist society or associate | himself with the advanced socialist party? | Not he. He was too clever for that. His ! ..rud-c against the Little Father. as we afTcctionatCly call him-and I speak now of tine father of thc present czar-was n | private one. \ medical student. his bosom l friend and collegiate. .IanOS Smirtsky, 1 had ICCn condemned to siberia on a | trumpcd up charge, for such cases do hap pen even i'll civilized Russia, of conspir- ing against the life and well being of the | CZar. It Was only too apparent at the | trial that prt -~ilc,. had hCcn brought to | b,,sr fr.'I" hylslquartcr$. and for some req | ssn Tslii. T get il iItn his head that his l frle2d. W.J WIS well connected, was be- | ing luc-s!lC~>ly !,'rsrcutctl at the instance | If thu palace aUtOCratS. if not of the Cm- 1 pruT himsCli.
 | -o when PttrUS heard .TanoS condemn ] ,d for life to the mines and in due time ! SAW him start. utl, of that wrCtchcd gang. au lis long journey h" sworc to avcnGc ! hir.
 \ .|.. pytTu~ Wl~ a youth of Fart~. He | ... lens, and il would Hot be his fault if l s..:.- ol th" [, ,-idcnts of the winter pal 1 ace. preferably the CZar himself, did not r~alizv that even on this planet vengeance l was Surc,
 Accordingly PctruS said not a word to any onc. avoided thU-,' clubs and supposed secret socicti,~ which sought to compass collectively the fall of the monarchy and duly cumpItt'd his studies. Mingled with these studies was the ever prevailing though; of how I"sI [" effect his purpose l At Ivn;sh he made up his mind. Learn l ing i'll quite q casual way fact not gen crafty SnUwu-thar the CZar had a great weakness for a Spccial kind of chocolate bonbOn-hc determined that through this apparrntly harmless medium should his friC nd l.>' avV.:-,,d.
 | \ little patient inquiry Clicitcd the fact that :. tox of these special chocolates found its way regularly every week To that part If the c:uIirS which the ear happened to honor with his presence. and also that the 1 makers uf the precious sweets were a well known huu<o. in St. PctCrsburg famed for its confcctiou~. The death of his father 1T this juucturc furnished him with an l excuse EtIulllE I4.- tbN II 4lNtlllOONl on the prctgu$c that hg was left pcnnilCsS and consequently unable without capital tO bcnCtit Ivy his medical studies he made l il his business To got recommended by a few fri"nuS to this highly respectable conicctiuuvr d an inexperienced but very willing volunteer. To such lengths will the feeling of revenge bring man. After carvful inquiry-und you may bc quite sure the investigation by the police,
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 were most minutc-thc services of PctruS were accepted, and he set to with q will
 to master his new trade.
 The privilege of making the Czar's
 sweets was accorded to man who had
 been in the firms employ for many years
 and who was considered above suspicion
 Ir was to this post that Potrus aimed tC
 bc appointed. Not till then could ho put
 in practice the pretty little plan he haC I maturcd for changing the course of event: | kt the winter palace.
 To the ordinary mind bent on dcstTuc tion accessibility to the manufacture O
 the royal cumtiTS under such Circum
 stances would suggest a strong dose O
 poison concealed under the chocolate cn , amcl- Not so did Pctrus view the mat ter Tho useful arsenic, the strong anC
 scryiceablc strychninc, did not commcnC - themselves to the young man : fancy. Be
 sides the chance of a promptly administer
 ed cInctic saving the sufferer and destroy
 ing the would bc aSSasSin'S hopes, ther :, was a lack Of scnsatiOnalism in tho at D tempt by such means.
 e There must bc To confusing the issu q with that of a temporary indispositiol v with which the public might be mislcd. N n the result must be something deadly, ye
 elccrrifyiSg: appalling, yet far rcmOvc - from the commonplace, and in this spiri
 did the genial pvtruS strive to inprOV ,, rhc shining hour. The bomb was Trit , TcfT's iiOl-nOt the ordinary article wit
 the fuse attached or the clumsy mechal
 ism which requires to be thrown at u
 subject signaled out for destruction. x 'a something much more dainty and orig 1t nal. Not even the met up to date mini
 ist had so far aspircd to fame by contri
 ing a bomb which could be eaten, aI
 which in the act would destroy forever Il
 partaker's : taste for the sweets of life.
 was to be left to Petrus Trtrrii to ina - guratc the chocolate boInh by means ] which the head of Alexander II would blown of his shoulders in the midst
 his courtiers and guards ere q hand cOu be raised to save him.
 to Two years had passed in his employer
 service before Petrus considered that
 opportunity had come In those two yea
 his expertncSs and assiduity had gain .s him his masters favor, and suspicion, - any existed (and where does it not eN |, in Russia:D, had been lulled. Petrus W J, now competent to take the place of [
 master workman who continued to ma
 weekly fresh supply of the royal swe,
 meat should he by any accident be unal
 to attend to the important duty.
 Needless to say, there came a day wh
 the faithful workman was absent fro q, his post. Found ill in bed after an eve