The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-11-08
GUARDING Gar.
Everything and Everybody Must
Give Way TO Troops--An
American Wuman's Story.

IL
The attempt OF Nihilists 90 assassinate
the Czar by blowing up tho train on
which he was travelling was read with
much interest by one gentlemen whose
wife was compelled to forego her dinner
few weeks ago on account OF the prep
srations made 10 guard the railroad track
over which the Car was shortly 10 pass.
The gentleman told of the incident re-
Gently as his wife described IL in letter
just received.
"In July last" said the gentleman my
sister I'm Poland. After spending a few
weeks with her sister she set out on
journey, $50 miles farther north, to visit
other relations.
Her sister and brother-in-law took her
in their carriage Is miles from their home
to the large town OF Bjestok. on the
railroad between Warsaw and st. Peters
burg, where she was to take the train.
They intended TO have a pleasant after
noon of IT, and to reach Bjelostok an
hour and a half before the train arrived
so that they might have a good dinner
together.
but before they reached the town an
incident occurred that illustrates the
practice of scattering soldiers along the
Track when the Czar Is about TO pass IN
his special train on any OF the railroads
I'm the Russian domain. as was mentioned
in the account OF the plot 10 kill the Car.
HELD UP BY TROOPS.
my friends were bussfully ignorant Of
the fact that his imperial majesty was on
his way from St. petersburg 10 his hunt
ing forest about 20 miles south of their
home This vast estate known as the
Bjelovej forest. is one OF the finest game
preserves of Europe.
1T is filled with every sort OF game
known i'm Russia. and is the only place
i'm Europe where a few specimens OF the
American bison are kept. The forest was
formerly owned by a wealthy citizen OF
Russia, but was purchased by the present
Cars father and is kept exclusively as
a hunting ground for the members of
the imperial family.
"Well,my friends had arrived at the out
skirts OF Bielostok when they suddenly
saw a great scurrying of cavalry and in
fsntry on both sides of the track and
within a few rods Of II. As they APP
preached the soldiers an officer saw them
and trotted toward the carriage with
hand uplifted, crying stop!
What's the matter?' asked our
brother-in-law.
His majesty is coming and you must
stay here till his train passes
'Whens the train due"
Don't know. Stay where you are.
'It'll be along presently
Can't you let us cross over to the
station?
No. sir
There was nothing 10 do but to wait.
and IL was hungry and uncomfortable
hour and a half that they spent there,
nursing their ath inwardly. but out
wardly patient and composed as became
two subjects and one ex-subject of the
ruler OF Russia.
HER BUSINESS IMPORTANT.
There were no special privileges for
residents of America, and my dIsmayed
wife saw the prospects OF dinner vanish
ing, for there was no eating house with
IN reach, as the track and the lines OF
soIuIers extended just outside the town.
Just as they began TO wonder If his
imperial majesty would ever come. there
was sudden roar up the track the sol
diers became all alert, and the special
train with its precious freight sped by on
the wings of the wind. Then the agony
was over the Czar had had safe transit
as far as my wife's party were concerned
and they whipped up 10 the station just
as the north-bound train drew i'm.
There was not minute 10 lose, and
my wife started on her way with few
sandwiches in her lap, though she would
have given the Cars hunting forest for
hot dinner and big one
81 was amused by our sisters rather
conclusive reply 10 a gentle moan from
my wife during that tedious time OF wait
ing.
We'll, all I've got to say unused my
wife, Is that the business that calls me
north Is just as important TO mo az the
business that calls the Czar south is to
him
oh, yes. that's all very well. but
still. think that the sword is more pow
erful that your argument