The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-12-17
GUARDING THE CAR.
Tedious Experience of an American
Woman in Poland.

Tedious Experience of an American
Woman in Poland.
The attempt of nihilists to assassin
ate the Car by blowing up the train
on which he was travelling was read
with much interest by one gentleman
whose Wife was compelled to forego
her dinner a few weeks ago on account
of the preparations made to guard the
railroad track over which the Car
was shortly to pass. The gentleman
told of the incident yesterday as his
wife described IL in letter just re-
ceived.
I'm July last" said the gentleman,
my wife sailed from New York to
Visit her sister in Poland. After spend
ing 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 fifteen miles from their
home to the large town of Bjelostok,
, on the railroad between Warsaw and
st. Petersburg, where she was to take
the train. They intended to have
pleasant afternoon of II and to reach
Bjelostok an hour and half before
the train arrived, so that they might
: have a good dinner together. But be-
: fore they reached the town an incident
; occurred that illustrates the practice
of scattering soldiers along the track
when the Car Is about to pass in his
special train on any of the railroads
in the Russian domain, as was men
toned in the account of the plot to
kill the Gar.
"My friends were blissfully ignorant
: of the fact that his imperial majesty
. was on his way from st. Petersburg to
his hunting forest about twenty miles
: south of their home. This vast estate,
: known as the Bjelovej forest, Is one of
4 the finest game preserves OF Europe.
n IL is filed with every sort of game
Z known in Russia. and is the only place
: in Europe where few specimens OF
4 American bison are kept. The forest
was formerly owned by wealthy citi-
e zen of Russia, but was purchased by
g 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
y outskirts of Bjelostok when they sud
p denly saw great scurrying OF cavalry
r and infantry on both sides OF the tract
Is and within a few rods OF it. AS the!
IS approached the soldiers an officer saw
~ them and trotted toward the carriag
~ with hand uplifted, crying: 'Stop!
What's the natter asked gu
brother-in-law.
re "'His majesty Is coming and yo
at must stay here till his train passes.
gu nf when the train due?
Don't know. Stay where you arr
"a It'll be along presently
II. Cant you let us cross over to tn
re- station?
To- "'No. sir
There was nothing to do but
~. ~, wait. and IL was hungry and uncon
IA Portable hour and a half they spe
there. nursing their wrath inwardl
Is but outwardly patient and composed
nal became two subjects and one ex-su
the feet OF the ruler of Russia. There we
no special privileges for residents
na America, and my dismayed wife SO
VS. the prospects of dinner vanishing,
the there was no eating house with
nd reach. as the track and the lines
Frie soldiers extended just outside I
he town. Just as they began to wond
III II his imperial majesty would eN
The come there was q sudden roar up
ua- track. the soldiers became all ale
and the special train with its precic
has freight sped by on the wings of
ID. wind. Then the agony was over,
Gar had had safe transit as far
una nv wife's party were concerned, a
they whipped up to the station just
ac- the north-bound train drew in. Tn
The was not a minute to lose, and my
SAT- started on her way with few sal
her witches in her lap, though she wo
nirg have given the Cars hunting for
ss. for a hot dinner and big one.
,hus 81 was amused by our sisters "a
, ON er conclusive reply to a gentle. mt
= OF from my wife during that tedious Il
de- of waiting:
ths well ALL I've got to saw mu
win 10 d. that the business [
~, calls me north is just as important
much me as the business tnaI 0diiS inc
v In south Is to him.
"'Oh. yes; that's all very well. b'
still / think that the sword Is m
8. powerful than your argument.