The acme magazine . The Great Bell of Moscow. but I had no opportunity to put thistheory in practice. Once, within thewalls of the Kremlin, I was somewhatopen in making a picture of St. Saviors,thinking at the time I was outside theprohibited grounds. The Kremlin is notonly sacred ground, but a fortress aswell; so when I saw an officer approach-ing and eyeing my camera suspiciously,I felt that retribution was coming. Buthis air was apologetic when he pointedto the camera and then to me and thenmade as if to scribble on an imaginarypiece of paper, which I understood as. The Nicholas Gate. 32 GL
The acme magazine . The Great Bell of Moscow. but I had no opportunity to put thistheory in practice. Once, within thewalls of the Kremlin, I was somewhatopen in making a picture of St. Saviors,thinking at the time I was outside theprohibited grounds. The Kremlin is notonly sacred ground, but a fortress aswell; so when I saw an officer approach-ing and eyeing my camera suspiciously,I felt that retribution was coming. Buthis air was apologetic when he pointedto the camera and then to me and thenmade as if to scribble on an imaginarypiece of paper, which I understood as. The Nicholas Gate. 32 GLIMPSES OF RUSSIA. asking if I had the necessary permit. Ishook my head and shrugged my should-ers deprecatingly. I could make no de-fense. Did this minion of an iniquitousdespotism howl and jump on me andrun me off to a dungeon? Not at all. He seemed really sorry
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