The Washington times., 1923-02-25
, "Holy Man" Rasputin
.s.:of His Pretended
, Black Magic and
Elixirs and the
IS e Conscience
AdVenturers
i Palace

unadorned! Besides, you must miss the gaudy
thingsy
"Of course, we threw them off our heads and
trampled upon them. The Car spoke
7@ ":Your contemplate insults are worthy Of your
contemplate self said Nicholas with dignity.
s, " 'Fiei' jeered the soldier, who are you
: to talk of insults? You'll have more insults,
Nicky, before all has happened to you that's 6
on the programmed!
ss AT another time they forced me to my
knees; Il was hard, Iliodor, very hard to
control myself. l longed to say things
even to do things-that might have ended
everything right there But in times such
these, Little Father must suffer much
for the sake of poor children. As
started to tell you, they pushed me to my
knees. Then one great brute thrust paper
into my hand az
! = There said he ask our pardon Our q
mothers and our fathers in the old days,
we're forced to their knees to pardon
pf your dogs And they weren't pardoned.
Now, woman Romanoff take your turn! It will be
good for you'll
Distressing, very, very distressing" said, and
trying to turn to pleasanter things, asked, "You
still have two of the old palace servants eft?"
Still one or two" said she. "They starve and
freeze together with u.s. poor things. Iliodor, on
many days there has been chicken in the kitchen for
the guards when dry bread was all that was served
to US. Many time the soldiers, who always dine
with US now, have had plenty, while the dishes of
simple rice they served have been snatched away
: before we could eat. And poor Nahornev-
The Czarina paused moment, overcome.
81 Nahorne was the Cossack bodyguard, to whom
the infant Czarevitch had been intrusted when
very little fellow Nahorne, faithful fellow, had
always called the child "My baby" At length the
eve lost that faithful servant" said she, seven
before we left Tobolsk, previous prison. 1t all
happened so suddenly, Father. If had known
would have tried to save him. You see, our little
Alexis had toy boat which he loved. One of the
Bolsheviks took it from him. The child was desc
late, and told Nahorne. He came running.
- Give my baby back his boatv he demanded of
. the guard: 1t belongs to my child. You mustn't
touch his thingsr
-. "'Who is young Romanoff that he needs such
acodding?' asked the Bolshevik soldier. He won't
get his boat
"Nahorne took the boat by force. The officer of
the guard sent for Nahorne; He was led off and
shot. By strange chance the boat which had cost
him so dearly was left with the child. You know,
since first we were imprisoned at our Alexander Pal
ace in Tsarskoe-Selo try to teach all children
that they must let much pass unnotced We must
try to proptiate our jailors much may. The
girls, of course, understand. But the baby
The Empress smiled. 1--WE waited long time for
him., she explained. "And-when he came-Pm
afrald-we spoiled him.
However, must acknowledge that think the
poor child is justified when he has given way to
grief. AS mother have sorrowed, even when
tried to laugh at his woes. You know, when they
took his epaulets was in despair. 1t seemed such
little courtesy to let him keep them
"You may not have known, Iodor how the
order went out time ago for all officers of the
old Russian army to surrender their epaulets. The
Gear gave his up cheerfuly enough. But our little
Alexis hid his in his pillow. His sister Tatana
sewed them up for him, and then one day soldier,
feeling through his bed, came upon something hard.
OF course, he ripped the pillow open and of course
j. he found the epaulets.
"That entire day the guard walked about before
US, epaulet strapped to each of his boot soles
Our poor little son cried all day.
! " He is running my epaulets! That soldier is