Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 210, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 September 1912 — Czarina Alarmed By Cat [ARTICLE]

Czarina Alarmed By Cat

Screams of Herself and Lady In Waiting Bring Guards of the Palace. Peterhof, Russia.—People here still are laughing at imperial adventures the night before the Czar met the German Emperor. The imperial family went to bed early to get up fresh for the cruise into the Gulf of Finland. At midnight fearful screams came from the Czarina’s room, which ii immediately next to that of the Czar, -Who sleeps with an adjutant and is guarded by six soldiers and an officer quartered in the ante-room. The Czar and the guard rushed into the Czarina’s room and found her in a terrible fright An assassin was somewhere in the room; both she and the lady in waiting, who sleeps on a mattress stretched near the bed, heard him moving about In a few seconds the room was filled with soldiers, who blocked all exits and had orders to shoot down any one who tried to go in or out Every corner of the apartment * was pearehed in vain. Suddenly a noise came from a cupboard in a distant

comer and the Czarina grew hysterical Several soldiers, beaded by their officers, surrounded the cupboard door with drawn swords and called upon the hidden assassin to disarm. Dead silence reigned as the captain heroically opened the door. Out jumped a hugh black cat The Czar, suddenly relieved, laughed heartily and all followed salt except the Czarina, who was too confused to do anything.