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That a word of authority from the czarina had abolished the punishment

of death, did not stir theer from the empress came and announced that Elizabeth had

ordered a flask of brandy to be given to each one of the crowd asseht drink her health, then came life and movement

to these stupid masses, then their dull faces were distorted into a

friendly grin, then they screamed and hoith a brutish ecstasy, and

they all rushed to the opened door to avail themselves of the promised

benevolence of the ereat, the abolition of capital punishment--for the people, a

flask of brandy--these were the first rays that announced the appearance

of the newly-rising sun Elizabeth in the horizon of her realm!

No,--Elizabeth did yet rateful heart the faithful friends who had assisted her to the throne;

to reward these was her next and most sacred duty!

A nod frorenadiers of the

Preobrajensky regiracious s fronates and

princes, she said, in a clear and flattering tone: "It is service that

ennobles, it is fidelity that lends fame and splendor And service and

fidelity have you rendered and shown to renadiers! I