. In joyful Russia. and the other at the palace of the Grand DukeSerge, which may be spoken of as the central point of thedisplay. I had arranged to drive to the station, see thecortege pass that point, and then by a detour reach myplace in the pavilion that had been erected in the squarefacing the Grand Duke Serges palace. I found, by com-paring notes ^^dth others afterward, that I could not havehit upon a better plan for viewing the spectacle in its en-tirety. Of course the procession was a bit late in starting. Isuppose none ever did, or ever will, start quite on after waiting pati
. In joyful Russia. and the other at the palace of the Grand DukeSerge, which may be spoken of as the central point of thedisplay. I had arranged to drive to the station, see thecortege pass that point, and then by a detour reach myplace in the pavilion that had been erected in the squarefacing the Grand Duke Serges palace. I found, by com-paring notes ^^dth others afterward, that I could not havehit upon a better plan for viewing the spectacle in its en-tirety. Of course the procession was a bit late in starting. Isuppose none ever did, or ever will, start quite on after waiting patiently for a little time three gunswere heard in quick succession, announcing that Nicholashad mounted his snow-white horse and, attended by hisliegemen from all his mighty Empire, was about to enterin state the Holy City of which he is the supreme the station I could look down the wide boulevardthat stretches between this building and the PetrovskiPalace, and see the procession approaching long before it. c Chapel of the Iberian Mother of God. THEN THE TSAR CAME. 99 came abreast of me. And now all was excitement, as itis at a race meeting when the word passes, Theyre ofE!theyre oflE! First came a body of gendarmes under thecontrol of the chief of police, followed by the splendidbodyguard of the Emperor. Then came a squadron ofthose wild and fearless soldiers of whom one hears so con-stantly in Eussia—the Cossacks of the Guard. These men,with their swarthy faces, black hair, and piercing eyes,made a fine appearance as they passed. Their uniformconsists of a scarlet tunic with silver facings and broadsilver epaulettes and blue breeches tucked into knee-bootsof black leather. They wear small round caps of blackastrachan with scarlet tops, faced with the arms of formed a fitting vanguard for the splendid body ofAsiatic princes which followed—a body of men as variousin face and figure as they were brilliant in garb, and dis-playing by their differences th
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