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be assassin. a prisoner, and, approach
ing him quietly. ordered ms removal
At that moment came the second ex
plosion, which shook the whole city. and
minute or two later when the Grand
Duke Michael bent over the mansled
| body Of his brother aud asked him ID
he wished TO be removed 20 q nearby
house. he caught these faint words
Quick. monetary 20 palacc-thcrc
| Iic"
Glars As HOME LOVERS AND HoNs
NAEERs
! IN these last words Of 4 great en-
peror stands revealed the latter DAY
Romanofs' love Of home and family
Historians unite in declaring that both
Alexander II and his son and successor,
the third Alexander, in their home life
were above reproach; and though Nich-
olas II IS being damned for many things
these days, even his bitterest enemies
credit him with being a good husband
and father. and an intense lover Of his
home.
The apple Of Alexander IFS eyes was
his son George I; was pathet.c to see
the father, a giant in stature, with tbs
strength Of an OK. with hands that could
crumple a plate of diver. tagging
around after aad doing the bidding Of
this delicate boy
One day the two went cut hunting
The lad shot a duck, which icu into
what looked to be shallow stretch Of
water. The boy plunged in after the
game, only 10 find himself swiftly sink
ing in a tfeacherous bog His cries
brought his father, whose great strength
enabled him to extrieate his son, even
after the latter had been swallowed By
the bog Up TO his neck
Both returned to the palace VIC;
through and chilled. and the boy in a
high fever In the middle Of the night
the father wished 20 90 to the boys |
room to see how be Was The C1arina,
thinking OF her husband. objected, say
ing that the trip through the long. windy |
corridors 20 the other end OF the palace
would be dangerous. especially as he
was still chilled from his experience Of
the afternoon The Gar had never been
able to stand up against the pleadings
Of his wife; he Jay back in bed. isigned
sleep, and she, thinking that she had ao-
oomphshed her object. returned TO her
room.
a little later the Gar. clad only in
a bathrobe and slippers. was quietly
slipping to bis boys room There he
for some time watching beside
The sleeping child before returning to
bed
4 day or two later the chill had set
led in the Cars vital organs. how i
anne 10 do so was brought out BY the
loctors questioning And a few weeks
lfter that the Gar was lying cold in
leath
'rHASK COD Dor woRoSzoFFv"
Another story Of this same Czar's
,arental tenderness has been told round
he world
When Alexander travelled BY rail his
rain was always divided in four sec
ions, that the Nihilists would not be
ihle 20 locate the section in which he
Vas secreted and thus blow il up. But.
lespite this preeaution, the bomb throw
rs did ascertain once on which section
he Gar would travel, and 1t was
promptly blown 10 bits
The Gar succeeded in eStrieating the
-zarina, his daughter and himself from
he wreckage, sirewn with dead and
lying guards. a little group. they stood,
and in the midst Of carnage.
N the barren sieppe. Suddenly the
ieves Of the child gave way; she flung
ierself into her fathers arms and
obbed out:
oh. papa. now they'll come and muir !
Ter us all"
And the Gar, Obvious to the prob
bic truth of his ehild's heart cry, com
orted her, and was discovered so en- 5
aged when protection arrived.
Alexander III was not without a sense :
4 humor; lis possession is a saving 5
race TO a Gar even. q
II was while he was Ctarevitch that
e assumed command Of the famous
'reobrajensh regiment, portion OF e
'hich recently reyolted against the
,zar Shortly after he had taken COM !.
land it became necessary for the names o.
{ the officers 10 be read to him. Ger
ian name after German name ,vas | II