Show THE CZARS LAST GIFT an instance of alio of alexander the late czar of russia may have pursued a mistaken and somewhat caruol government policy but in liis domestic relations he was all and affection says a foreign exchange it is told eliat last summer the czar and empress visited a great shop in st petersburg to buy jewel for their sons future bride tho empress greatly admired a beautiful bracelet and told tha czar that she wished to possess it on their return one of the serious attacks to which lie was subject came upon him imd the empress forgot the bracelet the czar died and to the empress in the early days of her came november 11 the first birthday she must pass alone on her other birthdays alic czar biad been wont to place a bouquet in the morning room of the empress inside tho flowers was found some rich rare aft chosen months beforehand the empress had avoided tha room as too full of painful memories lut aliis morning the morning of his wedding day nicholas requested his mother to go there as a favor to him the first thing she saw was the bouquet in the usual place and inside the flowers was a case fastened and sealed by the azars czars own fiands it contained the bracelet lie biad ordered it on the same day that alie empress saw it and on liis deathbed biad given instructions for alie birthday slit bidding liis son to be near to comfort her when she received it |