The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-11-14

the infant heir to the throne Of Rus
[sis. steps out Of his crib in the morn
ing until his curly head snuggles
again on the pillow at sunset his
|1ynx-eyed general. q tall. handsome
Imam, who wears . gorgeous uniform.
sparkling with stars and. medals. In
Echarge OF special regiment Of Co.'S
sachs.
When the young princs IL indoors.
! In the vast palace. his bodyguard 10
! there also. The soldiers stand like
statues In the corridors, seeing and
hearing everything. but never by word
'is ,1, sssf,y1ns tns f .so ss.t .sss
( Into the great garden. here the soldiers
/ also are stationed In the dark
shadows Of the pine trees stand fur.
clad Cossacks with fixed bayonsts.
silent ana motionless. A. the curly
hesded younestsrs. enveloped In price
less fstFs, romps by in his games. build
/ 1ng snow houses or shcwbailing his
nurse. the nearest men preent arms.
the garden are zsalously guarded BY
more sentinels, and none may enter
without the password.
No other little boy In the world 10
guarded % assidiously against lurking
perils. BY the express wishes Of both
the Czar and czarina. this military
protection Of the czarowitch must be
constant but not onerous to him. The
responsibility weighs heavily upon
General Vladimir Dedtuhn. Governor
Of the Peterhof Palace. and 1t Is min
gisd with an ever present danger.
DeJjulin knows that he will be as
ssssinatsd II any one Of the terrorists
can reach him In an unguarded
moment He IL aware that his three
predecessors In this responsible posi-
fion met with ugly deaths. and the
harboring Of these memories causes
him to exercise unreiaxing vigilance.
which only can save him from . sini-
lar fate.
Hard to watch.
Hut this Russian general boasts .
stout heart, and would gladly lay
down his life TO save that OF his mag
Ter. the Car. or that Of the heir to the
throne. HIS own duty Is to protect
them. The Car is q comparatively
easy man to guard, for he is always
surrounded by soldiers; he has Z great
\ ana pistois. but me babv cxarowitch,
not vet 1 wears old. must be watched
over IN his bed. at play in the nursery
and thu snow. He ana his sisters must
have perfect freedom to play their
esmes ride their shetland ponies.
buf1d snow fnrfs ana slide down hills
on the bobsieds. ana they must never
realize that the silent soldiers who
, follow m their footsteps from morn
All nirht do 40 for their safety.
And vet on one ocea sion 9 man got
through. II happened when Alexis
was seven months old The plot was
hatched in vienna. and there is no
doubt that at that period had II been
the cause OF the death Of the Czaro-
witch II would have led to the over
throw Of the Russian dynasty. One OF
the palace carts came in one day
bringing forage as usual. and exactly
how II was that a man came TO be
concealed In that Eart among the
straw will probably never be known;
but II was thus concealed that he came
= to the imperial premises and was found
4 wondering about susptciously near the
lawn where the royal children nave
ftheir playground. In vain ne protest.
cd that he was one OF the Imperial
/ tredesmen who had lost MS way. the
i Russian police, VINO can ue - astnte
AZ any N the world whsn they ike.
.lhad wind Of PLOT IN course 81 pre-.
,paration, ana. though they hAd missed
their man, u dia NOT IeSe tAew tohs 70
Put two ana Two sokstbsr When lnes
found him again.
Most Trustea Oossaeks.
the regiment Wnicn os ns
. al fiftv of the most loyal and trust