Evening star., 1920-06-27

enlarged heart. tired and headache. :.
Il 80. The others got soup and
eggs brought. l had some good bread.
Marie read to me from the Bible.
80. Tea. bread and malt extract.
Marie read to me. Nicholas sat at
his writing table. also in our bed
room, reading and writing.
'S:45. Tea. Wrote to the children.
Our commissar is Avdeyev (accom-
pa lied US from Tobolsk. it seems).
his aid Ukraintzev (former soldier.
was a bushbeater when Misha went
shooting near Borjom. AS little
boy Olga played with him at Gagri
fifteen years ago.. He works in a
fabric factory, receives 800 a month,
has large family.
Nicholas Reads job.
April 19-May 2, Thursday.
Beautiful warm sunny. but windy
Nicholas read the gospels for the
day to US. Soldiers drank up all the
water out of the samovar.
10. Brought water for tea. Heart
less enlarged. Wrote post cards
Marie did my hair. Remained on my
bed in teagown.
"2. Brought luncheon from res
taurant The others walked for an
hour in the tiny garden. Marie read
$50. Tea. Nicholas read to me
Job. Arranged our images on table
in the sitting room for reading. Later
supper. We all sat together and
Nicholas and Eugene Sergeievitch
change about. read gospels. Wrote
to the children"
Routine Life Develops.
For a while the life of the czar
and the czarina in Ekaterinburg be-
came one of routine. Daily the
czarina wrote to the children in To-
bolsk. Easter was approaching,
which in 1918 in Russia was on April
% MAY 81. On Saturday, May 4, the
czarina tells of an evening mass at
tended also by the soldiers of the
guard. The entry of Easter Sunday,
which follows, contains the interest
ing information of an hours CONVEX
sation with Ukraintzev, the guard
who was once in the service of the
Romanoffs:
"Marie read to me religious writ
ings, and Nicholas the gospel and
French book.
Il. sideyev prepared us luncheon.
warmed up yesterdays food. l was
up too and then lay down again.
Wrote to the children. The others
walked little. Had cocoa.
IS. Tea-sun came out. Nicholas
read the evening gospel to us.
IS. Supper. had it with them We
sat in Eugene Sergeievitch's room for
an hour, ldlkeu with y Ai elAN Wv "
Early to bed again.
Readings From Maeterlink.
On Tuesday, May Z. the czarina tells
of Nicholas reading Maeterlink to her.
The following day she entered this:
sSnowed a little. Wrote to the chill
dren. Lay with shut eyes as head
continued to ache" In the evening of
the same day there was recorded a
cheerful event. Got first wire from
children" the imprisoned czarina set
down in her diary That the regime
in which the former czar and czarina
were kept was that of prison is dis
closed by the entry of Thursday, May
9. which reads as follows:
Wrote fourteenth time to children.
Sun and clouds. Continue sleeping
badly and having headache. Mich
olas read the gospel to US and lesson
for the day.
every morning have to get out of
bed for the commander of the guard
and the commissar, who come to see
if we are there.
"Sideyev prepared my vermicelli.
'2:1o. At last brought the others
their food Marie and Niuta washed
NV hair. Slightly showing and then
sun appeared.
"a 80. The others went out.
"5:15. Tea, Marie read to me re-
Iigious writings. Nicholas read to US.
IS. Supper which 1 took with the
others. Then played cards in Eugene
Sergeievitch's room."
(To be continued tomorrow)
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