New-York tribune., 1901-04-29

about u.s. and were given as many conflicting state
in an hour: his neghbor contradicted him, and as
sured us no one would be admitted today tIo Am
this same Kapee, while still fourth tchin inS!sie
for the ee Emperor 10 come out This last fired
with zeal If there was any chance 1t Oh, Stes at
So for half or three-quarters of an hour we STOOD
with the of the crowd that was nonlsntaay ny
pressing its way TO the other side of the court
II s sn % orderR der and extremely quiet
Every once in a while carriage would dash out
FSm pndeP and an oca and time
hoped the Emperor Of of All III Isdr Austra hm nm
between whiIes were sitting against one of the
the crowd saped and murmured This sort OF
thing however, was scarcely the excitement we
had seemed to understand my German rather bet
ter than the others had belabored with questions
high cockalorums who went driving by. EN-
by her IF te rs Of he San S
ply her for more information She scorned the idea
she Also doubted If the Burg Kapce would be open
to the public But she told us that if We would go
haps. we might be admitted Movement of any
kind was decidedly more attractive than standing
we followed our sef-elected guide Out Of the
S one side t Of the th eo1T sre by b e rsed
BY that time my faith was beginning to waver
and other offlcials, and before each the .wom
an who knew it all as one Of our party had had
Her German sounded like dialect to me, and i;
wasn't m she got us way up the street saad ana nad
resentative of his country's might that | made
ferveWns shS myself W only to be told positively
We could see no Emperor. and that the Burg
n5sas wopS not s turned wrath
fully our leader. Ny German is not rich in nS eS
She was pretending to do with US ANYWAY didn't didn't
Isted II nto E English Without directly
ing. she bent watery blue eye upon me ana ana ASKED
after that she informed us in burst of confidence
that she mad arrived but two hours earlier ranI lpTn
quite as ignorant guide as we should have been
ourselves. And that was the person we had given
up front rank I'm the court for!
END OF A LONG WAIT.
Relying at length wholly upon landlady's
advice. and ignoring every official. We got back to
the crowd. worked our way up as far as squirming
would avail and found by that time that there was
decided advance being made ahead of us. The
result OF 1t all was that. after hour and half
of waiting. We were admitted at a door which led
walled. vaulted hall This was lighted here and
there on one side by small windows; and on the
sionally opened by brilliantly dressed officers. We
at a time. went rushing through this intermnable
corridor it seemed for miles without finding any
closed doors suggested nothing much a prison
or fortress Nobody appeared to know exactly
why where were going and wasn't sure
but we were all to be dumped into an iron cell at
open space pace and through it glimmering Of red
light As We got nearer the crowd grew appalling
o. out " to be the enrance to the royal Chapel. and
while one mob was showing and pushing to get
to get out. Between the two parties we were so
that before the finish we resigned hopes of escap-
ing with anything less solid than bones.
the very back of the little church, there were too
many of us to make sitting possible but @ at least
gression Only the first @ half Of the place was
Ing, dirty humanity all about which made the
atmosphere of the unventilated chapel nearly un-
erer saw Huge @ in build % dressed from top to
toe in glorious white, their faces were nearly all
peror's own bodyguard and they kept the crowd
royal y @ househod a OF course ours by the time We were
admitted, The Em7eror and his immediate family
ievotions and departed All we saw were a few
officers of lower rank and some of the household
only by a few tapers that fckered the altar.
afd a we s9T was oa rea % en-
priest knel in front Of white but decidedly mod,
this was hgure,either in marble ma or pasteTmoGaf
All day, without minutes intermission. in all
e If on I priest G groWs too Weary
silently takes his place and the wordless service
S55 Sren ni til fhsShs the day fFo&%s done aO0''
1t was w0rse trying to g. scraPe out tt through tRe
saved our lives and pieces Of our clothing. ana
to 1 leave ave- at home all jeweIry: Watches and money
sundry pickpockets would probably have been
SO much the richer For fear that afterward we
should be reyed for having missed something s we
churches. But there practically just the same
service The Grave" in these two was arranged
in one of their side chapels. and in both cases
there was figure representing the dead Lord being
laid to rest by angels and Mary and John. There
was no doubt about the reverence of the multi
tides assembled before these shrines They were
affected as deeply as people who need something
tangible to see and feel before they believe must
ever be affected by pictured and scuptured repre-
sentations Of religious themes.
THE ELLIOTT POISONING CASE