Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-11-16
CARS SWEETS.

"doycn" of the St Petersburg secret Pc
lice bureau, an institution dedicated to
the service of the car of all the Russias.
1t was therefore with feeling of intense
satisfaction not unminglcd with awe that
I hung upon the uttcranccs of my old
friend as he (he occasion being coy
dinner at my house in St Petersburg)
cnressngly turned over the closely written
pages of little volume.
As a trusted agent of tho car, his life
tcemed with incidents tuich too sgnh-
cant to bc committed to any diary, so that
the data carefully tabulatcd within the
covers of the little volume he held in his
hand, while Of inthrnling interest to a
mystery and ploU loving public, were aS
nothing compared to the astounding facts
stored up in his rctcntive memory.
l took il rs ~ great compliment to my
countrymcn that he should cunlldc i'm me,
an alien. "Ah," he said, you are an
Englishman was Scotch, but that is
dctail-'and are to be trusted ] should
not dare to unbosom myself to a Russian. "
Now that the brave Dcmitrtof is no
more, having all too soon followed his
royal master to the grave, and being my
self well out of the reach of the "dOublc
eagle | have no compuncton in re
counting here, at the risk of the columns
being oblitcratcd by the Russian press
censor few Of the experiences as related
by my friend.
y feature Of his character was the grim
humOr hc would infuSe into the remius
ccncos with which lie from time to time
favored me. well remember the first If
these, which, under the above heading
and with assumed names, will compro-
mise nobody.
Yes, he missed, Pctrus Tritrcff, quiet,
deep young man that was now one of the
most DANGEROUS kind, mark you Did h.
belong to any nihilist society or associate
himself with the advanced socialist party?
Not hc He was too clever for that. Hi,
Erudgc against thu Little Father as we
affectiounteiy call him-and l speak now
of the father of the present czar-was a
private one. A medical student. his bosom
friend and collegiate, Janos Smirtsky
had been condemned to Siberia on a
trump,d up charge, for such cases do hap
pen even in civilized Russia, of conspir-
ing asalnst the life and well being Of the
czai Ii Was only too apparent at the
trial HAT pressure had hccn brought to
bear frouI headquarters, and for some rca-
son i.iitsG lot it into hi, head that his
friend vito was wcll connected, was be
ing n..l,ilna,iy prosecuted at the instance
of the palace autocrats. if not of the cm-
peroI himself
80 when Fatru. heard JauoS condcmn-
ed for life a. the mines and in due timo
saw him --ar. uur or that wr.tchod gang.
on his long journey me eWOrc to HNcn-,o
him.
Now, pctrua was "A youth Of parts. He
had ideas, and it would not be his fault il
some OF the residents of the winter pal
ace, preferably the car himself, did not
realize that even on this planet vengeance
was sure
Accordingly Pctrus said not u word to
any one, avoided those clubs ana supposed
secret societies which sought to compass
collectively the fail Of the monarchy and
duly completed his studies. Mingled with
these studies was the ever prevailing
thought of how best to effect his purpose.
At length he made up his mind. Learn
ing in quite a casual way fact not gen
orally known-that the car had great
weakness for special kind Of chocolate
bonbon-hc determined that through this
apparently harmless medium should his
friend be avenged.
A little patient inquiry elected the fact
that "a box of these special chocolates found
its way regularly every week TO that part
of the empire which the ear happened to
honor with his presence, and also that the
makers of the precious sweets were well
known house in St Petersburg famed for
its CONNECTIONS The death of his father
at this juncture furnished him with an
excuse Tor earning his own livelihood, and
on the pretonse that he was left penniless
and consequently unable without capital
to benefit by his medical studies he made
IL his business to get recommended by a
few friends to this highly respectable
confectiOncr as an inexperienced but very
willing volunteer To such lengths will
the feeling of revenge bring "A man.
After careful inquiry-and you may be
quite sure the investigation by the police,
who are always interested in such clSlnges,
were most minutc-the services of Petrus
were accepted, and he set to with "a will
10 master his new trade.
The privilege of making the czar''
sweets was accorded to "A man who haC
been in the firm 5 employ for many years
and who was considered above suspicion
1t was to this post that Petrus aimed tt
he appointed Not till then could he pu
In practice the pretty little plan he haC
matured for changing the course of event
III the winter palace.
To the ordinary mind bent on destruc
ton accessibility to the manufacture o
the royal cumtts under such circunl
stances would suggest IA strong dose O
poison concealed under the chocolate en-
hmel. Not 80 did Petrus view the mat
ter The useful arsenic the strong ant
scrviccablc strychnine, did not commen
themselves to the young mans fancy. BE
sides the chance of "A promptly administer
ed emotic saving the sufferer and destroy
ing the would be assassn's hopes, Their
was a lack of scnsatiunalism in the al
tempt by such means.
There must be no confusing the issu
with that Of a temporary indispositio
with which the public might be misled. y
tho result must be something deadly, W
electrifying; appalling yet far remuve
from the commonplace, ard in this spir
did the genial Petrus strive TO improy
the shining nour. The bomb was Tri
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