The Winslow mail., 1912-07-27
WIN your majesty delgn to TIDE this

WIN your majesty deign to tide this
AFTERNOON?
And suddenly the czar looked up.
Who art thou?" he asked In excel
lent English
Your physician, sir" answered.
At these words he fell to trembling
violently.
II will not ride he cried. 1T Is a
plot to murder me. have no physi-
clan. He is an assassin. Help mel"
The funkies fell back and the blue
lined sedan chair began to bob up and
down dismally in their midst 7 saw
soldiers without crane their heads
forward to peer into the apartment
Then little man came limping in and,
catching sight of me, cried in an affect
ed voice:
Nicolas! Nicolas. mon souveraine!
GU est-ce gu on fait, done, avec CO
monsieur-ci?" ("What Is this man do
ing here?'D 1t was Philippe, the char
latan. Seize him!" he cried in Rus
sian. / understood instinctively. Il
am his doctor!" l shouted in German.
hunkies rushed at me and seized me;
for several moments the czar's cham
ber was a confused medley of shouts
and scuff1iDg; then / was outside,
trussed and pinioned and helpless.
From within I heard the czar's shrill
tones in German:
II will not ride. / will not ride.
dreamed that you had put an assassin
in the coach with me-"
Suddenly the outer door was flung
open violently, and big, blackboard
ed man flew into the room as though
succession of running leaps. dashed
into the presence of the czar, heaving
the attendant servitors aside like nine
pins. 1t was the Grand Duke Alexis.
Following him, all a-glitter with orders.
came a man in uniform whom rightly
surmised to be General Kaulbars. The
general stopped to regard me as l lay
PROSTATE upon the floor. But inside /
heard the grand duke roaring at his
sovereign in his strong bass.
What the devils this?' he cried, in
English. won't drive, Nick? say
you shall drive. It's good for you to
drive. You shall drive to hell If
command 1t. Curse you, Nick, are you
going to make me lose my temper?"
The czar must have sprung at him.
for violent fight followed. Somebody
shut the door of the apartment with a
bang. / heard table overturned and
the cars voice shouting shril1y in
Russian. The guards sprang forward.
threateningly, but Ksulbars, standing
over me, shouted to them in volleying
Russian. Sullenly they withdrew. And
all at once the door opened and the
sedan chair came out. Inside, the czar
lay, trussed and bound and gagged,
only his eyes shining with futile malev-
olence. 1ne grand duke followed,
flushed but smiling.
Il said thou shouldst ride, Nicholas"
he cried. Take him to his carriage,
Philippe" he added, as the dapper
Frenchman came mincing out. He saw
me and stopped, twttte the cortege
went on through the apartment
and along the corridor who the devil
Is this?" he demanded,
"Just what I wished to know" said
Kaulbars. Speak up. fellow" he con-
tinued In English.
Il am his majesty's physician" an
swered boldly. why, these soldiers
saw me enter in his company"
Kaulbars translated and the soldiers
apparently confirmed my statement.
"Then why are you not with his ma
iesty?" the grand duke demanded.
because in his fit of madness he
refused to drive, and told his funkies
to seize me-or It was Phil-that little
Frenchman," ] cried angrily. II tried
to make him drive-as you did,
"But I succeeded" said the grand
duke, motioning to the men to unite
me. When ! had regained my feet he
continued amiably:
Herr Doctor, is 1t still your desire
that his majesty go driving?"
1T is," / answered.
''Then, II ! release you, you will
doubtless gladly ride after his coach
and see that he does not take too much
air?" he asked.
Besides" said Kaulbars, though
the equery who attends him has orders
to unbind him should the violence sub
side, he may fear to lay hands upon
his sovereign. VIII you not accept ten
thousand apologies. Herr Doctor, and
ride after your illustrious patient?"
and see tnat he returns before the
night air chills him." added the grand
duke.
Would 1? Let me but set eyes upon
the cars coach and I would warrant
that the autocrat should not return be-
fore the following evening. Rather
would | urge on the horses into the
depths of the forest of Finland. For,
1t. ~4xt1 y