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Show Mighty Csar Ceuld Find Ne One In ; His Demlnlens That Would Tell Him the Truth. A dramatic Httie story that tun. mines In a flash the strangely unwholesome un-wholesome life that the csar of Russia Rus-sia had to live in the old days Is to be found In Mr. James L. Ford's book, "Forty-Odd Tears In the Literary Shop." Mr. Ford had an intimate acquaintance ac-quaintance with Baron de Grimm, whose father had been the tutor of Alexander II of Russia, and who himself him-self had been an Intimate friend of the csarevltch. From De Grimm, he writes, I gained an idea of the Isolation of an autocrat and the atmosphere of dread, suspicion suspi-cion and uncertainty that surrounds an autocratic court When the Czar Alexander II sent his son to the Riviera for the sake of his health he received from the young man's attendants at-tendants only vague reports In regard to his condition, although couriers arrived ar-rived dally with letters. On one occasion occa-sion the soldier who brought the post bag was ushered Into the presence of the ctar, who after a hasty glance at u'. correspondence exclaimed: "There is no letter from my son, and it is some days since I have heard from him!" "But, aire," exclaimed the soldier, "he is no longer able to write I" . "Not able to write 1" exclaimed the sovereign of alt the Russlas. "Will nobody ever tell me anything?" And It may be remembered that Nicholas n tittered a like despairing cry when the news of the January massacre, which his courtiers had sedulously kept from htm, finally reached his ears. Youth's Companion. ' |