The daily progressive-miner., 1917-09-06
THE GLOOMY PATHS
 THAT LED TO END
 OF THE R0MAN0FFS

widow ot : Russian rooiemAn. gives he following behind he scenes sl!-.pSe q The tragedy oi the last of s1e Rom2noE dynasty:
 G4ye,y did 10; mark inc reign Of Alexander HI Shadows et pale fear sa,loRe3 -Ae heavy CHAT and ooscared Ass fife and that Of Maria FeOtoryua. ne Danish princess Her whole hope 14S i2 ths fortune. and with the ali y.s- .: queens who mixed po:Soas for .as.r A2sb2n5s she dreamed ot her own 4a;eerzcy.
 With ne terrible ambition q ruling RuS<.z he c1Ariua id ao. prevent her 1asoaa3 from he2yy drinking. The s.aa:.s hsA-: sas weak
 C.-c2ns.zaces favored tha hopes ot Maria Fso5o-y1a- Secretly she form
 : Ter pzrtr. tas ezZz-ill2 Q: Maria Fso6orvaa- Her soas were f-au l,- ..s 1oys win al kinds Q: inherited diseases The c1arsvi.ch. she sub born l:.le Nicholas. was 10 obstacle . her. Her sons became uea, and Alexander. notwithstanding his heart disease. .lrai longer -2a he phTsic- t2.s prop1esie5 Maria Feo5oroTaa became restless
 II ne cz2-.1z-s schemes developed rapidly. Aisxzade-'z enormous tody s%s.2ed and sve.let Day and night 14 sz. ' his big armchair. tortured by sz=ocz.:o- and worrying about Nicho- las 7ao ~zz 9 poo- 2 czarevitch.
 Maria Feo3o-vua smiled or he ezz-eri.ca's pseudo eou-; She Ter her eanz-.Ilz aoarish and support his idea q nz-ry.ag 2 dancer Then. she was sure. his iig1, zs czz- would never t-rl. and Michael @1o <as sick and Eoo4 aacgrsd. would be oa,y too glad 70 ,=4r= me re;1s Q: tha government .n me hands q his mother
 The ministers revealed D the eza- ne dangerous ideas O the czarevi-eh and ne uzcAi.z.;oas J. Maria Feodo-- or14's cznzr!l,z- He was still .he car. though he dying car He sum -o-st Nicao.zs and forced oa him z:s marriage .o .he Princess -AAx Of E=ss=
 A.=xz1d=- III expired The pomp ot -As .aaaTai vas over The czarina mother took ID her residence at he An1t-zcaEot palace, -1e residence Of he ~ido~z ,: ch= czzrs-
 T1= czz-:az's hopa wzs il the child s1= ~zz expecting Her 6-s-born was z princess. and -he poor czarina be- czn= -inid b@tore sinister tats. She sz~ herself and -1s czz- drifting apart za6=- -1e inr-=ace ot -he czariaa- no-a=r. Her second child. So anxious Y longet :9- came. Again little g.r:
 Tae morning came ~hea th= sound :: al -ae bells. to.lg1s1 by t1e wen = oae gun salute, announced 70 all Russia ta= b;-ta q zn heir.
 The czz-i1z mother. Maria Feodo- -oTaz- had 70 cz--y ,he child, the m w=.cone grandson vho annihilzted all ae- 4so--s and her ambitions for her zoa Michael she aeld The little bit os potential manhood ia her arms. oFsztaing oa The babe wordless curs- =s Poor lirtle bog so ardencly longed for and then persecuted at his en- trance .1to The world.
 The czzrioa -remb=id for her new happiness. Her little treasure had 70 04 ratcasd. and eyen then she was n=rer s1-e which ot all The nurses or ladies II ~al.ing bought 5y the czarina mother. might betray her. The czmarillz never hesitated at zzseszi1z-icn- Positively true is the s.o-y thz- one morning when -he ear sTi-ch was pu. into hia bath The car lnz. in 2 neighbo-ing room. heard the child ut.er z -erri5Ie scream. followed by helplezz whining She rushed into -hs nursery ro find the boy lying h his tub with blue face and desperate 3 Iy struggling -o get out 2, this death bringing danger. The czzrina snatch e6 her son out Q, the ice water. The -s-ysb.e mistake 1zz attributed to the agrse
 All that was not plotted by the an z-c1iztz tae cruel, fantastic cAmarilla invented. The little freedoms 2. the young soTerignG were under terrible espionage. For eYerT theatre party, E for sTery entertainment. they proYid- . aG ciereriT arranged and dramatically discovered 2sEzesins.
 The cznar.ila worked well Terror creot through the palace. crept through