The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1895-07-27
selcrt Storn.
A RUSSIAN TRAGEDY.


[ Na> / : YEAR uli and wa, alp-siy tar
tyu year. an ensign ia the r..siiavui 81
rauloy,ky. The regiment wa- yuaHep'I
iu the great buillme ihs, -tilI exists on ,iir
other side # ibe Champ jc Man, frmsIng
the summer aar,l,u The Emprr Paul
was then rsssuiu. apd had l,-en t,.5 thrp,.
year, tie psiied 10 ,he Rel falaee
which had jas, 81 thai time ievu event..
ple,cd
une nizht after don Remember vhat
,-salad,.. the l,ake og absence which
had a-kei ter IN order e. jDin few c,'u-
r,,de- va> refused as,d ! remained IN the
barragks almost alone was sp'a~ei
fu,m ,sy ,L,ep by veiec thar sh,sIercd
in n,y ear. piruiiyi Alsxanduei,ch.
wake uV and ioIIos ms op~ucl nay
evc. \ nssn was hr;ore nsc. who ne-
p.asei 10 me the invitation which be gave
me vhas va. half .,lrrp.
Follow yoas ,.lii l. WhrB
cannot sea ygn Ha, take aosioe
thas the orleg osmg. ir.m ;hc EmisFur
s,vmlisd Frsm the Emp.,rr What
ia lise worli could be waat with me a
yaog ensign. 81 a good family uo doubt
but Gar ,,.p distant insu ,he ,hruae io a.
las ths uan,r g. reach ghc imperial ears
recalled the .susl,cg Russian pr,ygEh thar
camo into existence in the da}s cf Ivan
the Terrible Il,sse e. ,hr Car cls~y To
death
Boa thcre vas n, help iaT it. jampsd
cut u bc,l and irt-Sci myself Then !
lsoked vith z.nc attru5I1a a; the uian
she had cssse 20 arssu-e me Al wrapped
va, as be was 10 hi, orcFca,, ihoa1hl
ree,,snit,,i IN him an old Turkish dave.
AZ tr>s the barber aud finally the tsyorite
II the EmJ~fur This examination, ln,.se-
over wss brief Il might rcrhaIe ha,e
been dangerous o. prsloug IT,
4 ana ready. said at the ead ol ;i,e
minutes, and ! bucklod ,,n niy sword ,ar.-
l,-,zls. Ms Nervousness, increased vhen
found that my guide, instead VI taking the
usual doar 81 thc barrark, dy-erad,,l
through little winding -tairysse into the
gower puriun Of the immrn-e building
lie lighted ,4,e way wi,h s,Et If dark
lantern After several turns aud leioar,
fuuIHl myself froaJiug a little de-ar the
existence oi' which / bad uos known hs-,urc
During al fhr riutc We me; nusssiy
tine would Imagine that the hulldine was
deserted Certainly / fancied tha, | ,aa
one - tuU shadow, pas, hal they di,ap
peared or rather. yanishel ia ,he ub-
security.
The door ia lr.n, of which We -to,.d
was eles,,d Ny guide knocked in q Ger
tain fashion, and !, opened evidently put
In nIutior by man who wa- waiting on
the uther side " mat,eror fact when
sc passed through SAW distinctly not
withsianding the darkness. q man who
elo.ed the door again and followed u>
The passage in which We entered was
a sort Of ,ubterrane about eight feet wide
running through the sill. whose humidity
onzed through the brick walls.
At the end Of aboat 500 pace- this pass
age wl> closed by aa lran gate. Ms guido
took key from his packet, opened the
gate and closed it behind Us. We con
tinued our route just then commenced
20 recall the tradition according to which
q subterraneous gallery existed between
the Red palace and the barack, Of the
grenadiers of Pauloysky, | knew that We
were ia this gallery, and that iuasmuch
As we had left the barracks, we were on
our way to the palace We arrived in
front Of another door similar to the one
through which We had passed in the first
instance. My guide knocked at this door
in the same manner that he had knocked
at the other one. and it opened Ike the
other, set in motion by a man on the in
side Here We found ourselves at the i'not
Of staircase, which we mounted.
1t led TO the lower apartment Of build
ing but from the atmosphere 1t was easy
To discover that we were entering a well
warmed establishment This building
soon revealed the proportions Of palace
Then all my doubts ceased They were
bringing me into the presence of the En-
peror who sent for me, an obscure ensign
almost hidden in the lower ranks Of the
guard remembered the story of the
young ensign whom he had noticed in the
street and placed behind him in his
coinage appointing him successively in
less than quarter Of an hour lieuten
ant. captain, major, colonel and general
but l had no hope that he sent for me
with the same intention However, we
arrived at last before another door in
front of which q sentinel was pacing up
and down My guide put his hand upon
my shoulder and said to me. Keep up
your courage, You are going into the
presence of the Emperor Then he
Whispered something in The ear of the