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Detectives were everywhere and half of the people exiled to Siberia had no idea what they had committed. One of the secret service men might visit a peasant home disguised as a tramp or agent. DETECTIVES WERE EVERYWHERE AND HALF OF THE PEOPLE EXILED TO SIBERIA HAD NO IDEA WHAT THEY HAD COMMITTED ONE OF THE SECRET SERVICE MEN MIGHT VISIT A PEASANT HOME DISGUISED AS A TRAMP OR AGENT
rode on camels, some on deer, others were drawn by oxen, dogs and swine. The bridal couple were borne in a cage on an elephant's back. A palace was built entirely of ice for their reception. It was ornamented with ice pillars and statues, and lighted by panes of thin ice. The door and window posts were painted to represent green marble: droll pictures on linen were placed in ice frames. All the furniture, the chairs, the mirrors, even the bridal couch, were ice. By an ingenious use of naphtha the ice chandeliers were lighted and the ice logs on the ice grates were made to burn! At the gates two dolphins of ice poured forth fountains of flame: vessels filled with frosty flowers, trees with foliage and birds, and a life-sized elephant with a frozen Persian on its back adorned the yard. Ice cannon and mortars guarded the doors and fired a salute. The bride and groom had to spend the night in their glacial palace." For centuries the common people of Russia were afraid to open their mouths.  MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS SOME RODE ON CAMELS SOME ON DEER OTHERS WERE DRAWN BY OXEN DOGS AND SWINE THE BRIDAL COUPLE WERE BORNE IN A CAGE ON AN ELEPHANT'S BACK A PALACE WAS BUILT ENTIRELY OF ICE FOR THEIR RECEPTION IT WAS ORNAMENTED WITH ICE PILLARS AND STATUES AND LIGHTED BY PANES OF THIN ICE THE DOOR AND WINDOWPOST WERE PAINTED TO REPRESENT GREEN MARBLE DROLL PICTURES ON LINEN WERE PLACED IN ICE FRAMES ALL THE FURNITURE THE CHAIRS THE MIRRORS EVEN THE BRIDAL COUCH WERE ICE BY AN INGENIOUS USE OF NAPHTHA THE ICE CHANDELIERS WERE LIGHTED AND THE ICE LOGS ON THE ICE GRATES WERE MADE TO BURN AT THE GATES TWO DOLPHINS OF ICE POURED FORTH FOUNTAINS OF FLAME VESSELS FILLED WITH FROSTY FLOWERS TREES WITH FOLIAGE AND BIRDS AND A LIFE SIZED ELEPHANT WITH A FROZEN PERSIAN ON HIS BACK ADORNED THE YARD ICE CANNON AND MORTARS GUARDED THE DOORS AND FIRED A SALUTE THE BRIDE AND GROOM HAD TO SPEND THE NIGHT IN THEIR GLACIAL PALACE FOR CENTURIES THE COMMON PEOPLE OF RUSSIA WERE AFRAID TO OPEN THEIR MOUTHS
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