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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-20
BOOK v.
What Happened in the Tower.
Like a Bird In the Air.
CHAPTER XIII.

Like a Bird In the Air.
Grafton sprang lightly to the shore, and
finding a suggestion of path up the
cliff. clambered slowly over the stones
until he stood on the narrow shelf Of rock
ut the foot Of the tower. He threw his
head far back and looked up alOng it's
slanting surface. The clouds had broken
now. and though the sky was still adrift
with them racing before the wind, he
could see. around the black edge Of the
crentllated top, star or two 10.
AS he gazed upward that peculiar
optical delusion which seizes people who
look up at the sheer pitch Of a lofty build
ing came upon him. It seemed to him as
though the castle were swaying toward
him; as though In another moment it
might fall and crush him. He lost all
sense Of the considerable inclination of the
tower, or If there were any variation from
the perpendicular: it seneed to him to
slope back over his head instead of away
from him. 1t was an appalling sight. He
stood at gaze a second or two with his
heart falling. Then he shook his head
and looked straight before him.
This will never do" he rnurmured, ''if
I hesitate longer I shall be lost
He leaned his forehead against the wall
and closed his eyes. breathing a prayer at
the same time, and having recovered his
tiously began the ascent. He put his foot
on the first projecting stone and reached
across the rough surface until his fingers
clutched another jutting block. Then he
swung himself into the air.
The place had grown strangely still. He
did not hear the roar of the breakers out
side, and the scream of the wind fell I'M
noticed upon his ear. Fortunately he was
sheltered from its force because he was
on the leeward side of the tower. He
could never have managed it if the wind
had blown upon him. Perhaps that ac-
counted for the strange absence Of sound.
But no, something, else filed the fearful
hollow Of his ear and shut out other
noises. A series Of blows like hammer
seemed to strike him. He was wonder
ingly conscious of the beating Of his
heart.
He looked neither up nor down, nor
sqewise, but stared straight at the wet
st&nes in front Of him as he monotonously
plo6ded up. He dared not look elsewhere,
in faet. He found the angle between the
towel and the wall presently and with
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"And would she give me up. think
| you?" s,-.. .@f :
mo"
''She loves me?" ...-.
| "Ah, monsieur! cried the girl, "you
can not know how she feels. If monsieur
could see her with her pale face and with
her eyes full Of tears! If monsieur could
hear her murmuring in her sleep his
name! She chose this tower for her
room because the window looked toward
Canada where she thought monsieur was
Alas, poor mademoiselle!' =
When Will she come back here?'
| After dinner Is served, I think, when
| the getlemen take their wine.''
"Josette, must be taken where can
see them at the dinner" s
lis not possible, monsieur!" cried the
girl -: -
1T must be; there must be some way,
some place where you can put me! 1 re-
member! Doesn't the ar1nory open from
the dining room?' - ... :" Z ;
~" Yes, but" ~, Pm 3D. .. - ~. t-s..-
| Take me there, then" =.
| But your uniform! If they see you as
you go through the hall?' " !:
Bring me your long cloak Josette,
We are about the same height are we
| not? Wrap that around me, I will draw
the hood over my head. You must 60
with me. Will any one question you % i
NO one, unless we meet jean Renaud
or the steward, and they are both likely
to be in the dining room"
| we will have to chance that, then
Come, no more objections! IT'S for the
Countess Anne's sal<s. 81 must see her.
will save her. Remember If YOU he
tray me, you break your mistresss
hearth $50 80
Very WELL monsieur, remain where Won
are" cried the girl, convinced at last
II will get the cloak. For Heavens sake.
sir. stay quietly In the room until I re-
| turn a
When she left him he stopped and
picked up the little slipper which Anne
had evidently carelessly left there when
she went in to her dressing room ia
make her toilet for the dinner He gazed
at it, covered it with kisses, and slipped
it hurriedly into the breast of his coat
as Josette returned.
/ AS he had said, they were about the
same height. Her cloak fitted him per-
! fectly. She wrapped it around him and II
completely concealed him. Laying aside
his cooked hat he drew the hood over his
head, hiding his face, and then
the two descended the stairs, passing
one or two servants who looked
at them curiously. Fortunate IA
| voured them. Jean-Renaud was in At
tendance upon the marquis. the steward
was busy supervising the Service of the
i dinner, and no one else presumed to lii
! terrogate so important person as the
| chatelaine's confidential maid and foster
sister. They gained the armory withou,
1! difficulty.
There Josette left him after exacting q
whispered promise from him not to leave
the room until she came for him The
A door opening into the dining room, and
i which was yelled by heavy hangings, hap
pened to be ajar. Through the opening
1 between the curtains Grafton had clear
i view Of the apartment beyond.
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more so because he appeared not to know
it. So slight he looked, so ancient. so
altogether untitled to take care of him.
self amid the rushing young life all
around. yet so clipper and so unconscious
of the odds against him, that a number
Of people bought trinkets for which they
would be unlikely to have use, out Of
pure compassion. The very triviality Of
the stuff he sold moved to pity.
Sure enough redwood pin cushions
here!' he piped. MADE from the bark
Of the Calforny redwood, which has to
be feared to pieces and prepared special
but you git EN- here fer only % cents!"
Are these cushions made from the bark
Of the famous big trees?" asked. think
ing that to show ignorance of, but inter-
est in. his stock might induce the vendor
to converse with me-
Now. them's made from the redwoods
Coast range trees, mostly. and not very
big. But I've saw the big trees-seen
the biggest one that ever growed guess.
Like to hear about 1t? Let's go into the
hotel. I've stood out here in the damp
all day and I'm purity, nigh tuckered,
but I've had a good business. N.Y."
here he bowed his head and shook with
mirth. Don't I fool 'em. though? They
think I'm pore-well, amt no Morgan,
but I won't live die on the county
and they think I'm old and weak, which
am. and it helps me to git along, with
my way OF workin' it. Let me give We
a pinter, young man: if We want to enj'y
a prof'tble old age, don't whine That
stunts wore out. It's the pore old man
what smiles though starvln' Gin their
minds) what gifts the coin. Say! s'pose
you buy me a good see-gar. Huh? This
here ire story's a good up; it'se with It,"
Possessed Of the cigar, he led the way to
chairs in the Nicollet lobby, took a few
good puffs at the cigar, smiled as if salts
fed with it's quality, then launched forth
into his tale after the manner Of one who
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decided to camp fer the night and go
back next day, when mebbe they wouldn't
be no fog. I went a-moseyin' down the
crick a piece. lookin' fer a good place
to camp, when all to onct sonlethin whiz-
zled by my head and lit on t'other bank
of the crick. 1t was an arrer! turned
round quick and seen some Of them dirty
Digger Injuns peekin' round the trees
clost by and some Of 'em gittin ready
to shoot more of their p'inted sticks. I
hadn't no weepon but old horse pistol,
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SO l run-yeS, SIT, 1
run and jumped that
thar crick whar I bet
she was up'ards of
twenty foot acrost.
The Injuns let a yell
and come on arter
me. Afore I'd run
fifty yards up the
mountain on t'other
side they'd swung
acrost on grape vines
and was follerin'.
1T don't take long
to war out a man in
a mountainous coun-
try (excuse me; got
a match? She's out,)
Specially when he's
tired already. : The
Injuns was .gainin'.
Their arrers begun
whizzin' by my ears
and one hit me in the
b a c k, but didn't
stick. I'd about de-
cided to make a
stand and fight it out
and was lookn' fer a
likely place, when
r i G h t afore me
doomed up the big.
gest tree I had ever
saw. The sides curv-
ed away gradual and
was lost in the fog;
the roots started out
SO high up that I
couldn't hardly see
the top of the one
that stuck out to-
wards me. An Idly
struck me; I'd climb
said tree! No soon
er thought Of than
begun. Up T. went
like a cat, and afore
them Diggers come
to the tree I was out
of sight in the fog.
But they knowed
whar I had went, fer
/ heered arrers hit
near me.
1.-THE bark was
powerful rough and
stuck out in Jumps as
big as a soap box,
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CHAPTER XIV.
Numbered-WeIg hed-DIvlde.

The great Gothic apartment was
ablaze with light from hundreds Of wax
candles in sconces set between the ban
ners on the wall, or in the massive cam
delabra standing upon the long table
which was glistening with a gorgeous SER
Vice Of rare and massive plate. Apcient
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q stood at the in.
t e r s e G tion Of
Washington a n d
Hennepin avenues
calling his wares as
stoutly as might be
with his thin, way
ering voice-an old
man, a very old
man and a very
little. ragged and
soiled but with a
cheerful expression
on his quaint face
which. as to It's
skin. resembled the
dark, heavy cream
on a pan Of milk
that has been al
lowed to sour I'M
molested. He was
q. nifi9 h1e Sipbf tho
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-03-21
NOT ENOUGH CONCESSION.


HAVANA, March Ex-Governor General
Wood left here early to-day on the Ka-
nawha for Miami on his way TO Washing
ton, where it is expected a final consulta-
ton Will be held with President-elect Pal
ma and other Cubans in regard to estab-
fishing a Cuban government.
1t is reported that before he left General
Wood expressed his disapproval of the bill
granting a tariff reduction Of 20 per cent.
on Cuban products imported into the United
States He takes this ground because a
reduction so small will do no good to Cuba.
He declared, il is said. that the economic
situation in the island demands more liberal
tariff concessions if they are to be OF any
avail, or that which all Cubans hope for
complete commercial reciprocity
An order has been issued to facilitate
the taking OF evidence under oath In the
Spanish claims cases. Commissioners and
other agents have been authorized to swear
in witnesses before judges OF the municipal
courts.
MIAMI, Fla, March 20.-General Wood
and party arrived this evening on the
United States steamer Kewanah from
Havana, Cuba, and left for Washington i'm
mediately afterWard.
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PLANS FOR JULY RACES
THREE DAYS OF HARNESS AMI RUN
ING EVENTS TO BE GIVEN.
indianapolis Racing Association Is
Formally Organized-Purses to
Be Onered-Oficers.

The Indianapolis men interested in the
race meeting TO be given at the State Fair
grounds in July met at the Grand Hotel
last night and formally completed the
organization Of the Indianapolis Racing
Association, with w. w. Baker, president;
Sterling r. Holt, vice president; w. A.
secretary; Samuel Pearson. treasurer, and
Hugh ]. MCGOWAN. Sterling Holt, W.. b.
Blair and NJ. H. Reardon and DR.. Z. o.
O'Rear, directors.
The race meeting will be given on July 8,
4 and 5, and it was decided to give three
harness and two running events each after
noon of the meet. The new half-mile track
will be opened at this meet, and short-dis-
tance running races will be held on the
new course. The only events decided upon
last night were a free-for-all trot, a free
for-all pace and a PIP trot, and a half-mile
and repeat, and one-and-one-eighth mile
running races. The purses to be offered
will be from $3.50 to $500, and the associa-
ton expects to have a large number of
entries, as the meet will be held before the
Grand Circuit opens and there will not be
many running tracks open at that time to
attract the bang tails" 1t is possible
that the purses may be increased in alu
Special purses will also be offered by the
mterurban companies, merchants and the
hotels.
The diving horses will be exhibited each
afternoon and the indianapolis Military
Band will furnish the music. AS there is
no other big attraction for July 4 in this
city the racing association expects to have
an enormous crowd, and IL has been de-
cided TO charge % cents admission and %
cents for the grand stand.
President MCGOWAN. Of the street-railway
company, has promised ample street-car
facilities for handling the crowds. Mem
bers of the association say that If this
years meet pays indianapolis will be rep
resented in the Grand Circuit next year.
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VALUE OF DISCIPLINE.
Inmates of n Burning Reform school
Aroused and Marched Out.

LEXINGTON, KY, March 2.-The Brad
ley dormitory at the State School of Re
form, near this city. was destroyed by fire
shortly after midnight, but all the inmates.
numbering 80 boys. were saved. All the
boys were asleep and the manner in which
they were saved was a marked instance of
the value of discipline. When the fire
started at 1854 o'clock the Waterman gave
the alarm and telephoned to Lexington for
an engine. The superintendent and the
guards promptly aroused the boys and, fol-
owing the requirements of the fire drill,
the last boy was marched out of the build
ing just before the roof fell in. There was
no panic and no disorder. The discipline
and the fire drill saved many lives.
Two boys. inmates of the school, escaped
during the fire, and nothing has been heard
of them. The management of the institu-
ton believe that the building was set on
fire by boys who desired to escape. They
cape also, but the night watchman's
prompt action prevented it. The nature of
the fire prevents ascertaining definitely yet
if it was set on fire.
Superintendent Doak will not say the fire
was incendiary. because complete investi-
cation has not been made, but w. p. Wal
ton, one of the board of directors, says he
has information as TO who are the guilty
ones and will go before the grand jury and
have them indicted. There has been no
confession except such as Mr.. Walton may
have. The boys who escaped were William
Bracken, of Lexington, and Grover Ruske.
of Covington, Ky. They have not been
recaptured. 1t is said the superintendent
called out the guards. and. arming them
with Winchesters and s~hOtguns, held the
unruly boys completely under control.
The burned building was erected in 1896
during the administration of former Gov
ernor w. o. Bradley. at a cost of So. 900,
and was insured for two-thirds of it's value.
1t was the only dormitory completed TO
this time. excepting the one occupied by
the girls, th~ree-quarters of a mile away
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SANT0S-DUM0NT'S PLANS
TALK WITH THE AERONAUT ON HIS
COMING VISIT TO AMERICA.
Proposes n Fifteen-MiI Aerial Track
Around st. Louis and n Race
Prize of 100000.

PARIS, March 20.-M. Santos-Dumont,
the aeronaut, in an interview here tonight
with the representative of the Associated
Press, appeared very enthusiastic concern
ing his approaching trip to the United
States, whittier he will go on his own init
alive. Nj. Santos-Dumont said:
Yes, after some negotiations l have de-
cided to go to st. Louis and assist in draw
ing UP the rules for the aerial contests OF
1903. 1 will be accompanied by my secre-
tary and my chief mechanic. 1 will take
with me as far as New York the forty-five
horsepower motor, the framework and the
two propellers of my balloon No. Z. From
New York 1 shall proceed TO st. Louis to
confer with the exposition authorities re-
garding the contest.
MY idea is to make a sort Of aerial track,
say fifteen miles in circumference, around
st. Louis, marked by captive balloons and
visible for the whole distance from the ex-
position grounds, which are to form the
starting and finishing points. There should
be a series of races. varying in distance
from one to several times around the track.
But / am strongly in favor of establishing
one big race, a sort of aerial Grand PrlX.
with a 800, GOO prize. This would be a great
stimulus TO competition ana SHOulu dlhIoCt
a number of the inventions OF the various
systems of dirigible balloons. / shall Ger
tainly participate in the contests, and L
hope to meet many rivals. =
Il have a number of other ideas which L
believe will contribute to the success OF the
tournament, but l reserve them for dis
cussion with the authorities. l expect 10
spend altogether about a fortnight in Amer
lea, during which time the mechanical part
of my balloon will be put together at New
York. | shall investigate the possibilities
of a contest at New York in the autumn,
and if / find the prize offered to be OF SUI
fcient amount Twill return and try to win
II, as 1 did the Deutsch prize"
When asked how large this prize should
be. Nj. Santos-Dumont replied. Il think 1t
ought to be about SOC, 900 francs, because
the expenses will be heavy; 1T Will cost
about 10O, 600 francs to build a balloon shed.
/ will not return to New York unless a
prize be offered for competitions The eX-
pense would be too heavy for me to go
simply to give displays, and i do not wish
to go at the expense of anybody else. If
no prize is offered ] will leave the mechan-
ical parts of my balloon at New York until
the ST. Louis exposition opens. If a prize
is promised ! shall return to London to
compete for the prize offered there for the
race to Birmingham with my No g. Then,
at the end of July, / will take the envelope
of my No. 7 balloon to New York and re-
main there a couple of months"
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PIANO FACTORY BURNED
OSS OF FULLY 100000 SUFFERED
by HARTHAN, PECK a co.
Fireman and Spectator Injured-Ken-
lucky Reform school Fire
Started by RebeIlious Boys.

NEW YORK, March 2O.-Hartman, Peck
& Co, piano manufacturers, suffered a loss
of 100000, possibly more, i'm the destruction
tonight by fire of their plant, located at
West Forty-eighth street and the North
river. The fire started from some unknown
cause in the packing room. which is in the
three-story part OF the big factory. There
it quickly spread throughout the entire
building. The roof of the building fell in
soon and gave rise to the re-
port that there had been an explosion. Just
west Of the three-story building stood a
frame stable. on the roof of this were a
number of firemen. When the walls fell a
lot of debris fell on the roof of the stable,
injuring one fireman and one spectator.
From the first mentioned building the fire
got into the firms fve-story structure and
wrecked the upper portion of il. The loss
was large because of the valuable machin-
cry and woods in the burned buildings.
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MADISON COUNTY TICKET.


Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
ANDERSON, Ind, March 20.-The Repub-
lieans of Madison county nominated a win
ming ticket in the largest delegate conven-
ton ever held in this county to-day. The
delegates did not assemble till almost IL
O'Clock. The convention was arranged for
by Chairman John Starr and Secretary T..
was filed to its capacity with delegates and
spectators. There were almOst four nun
dred votes, and, with the alternateS,
brought out a splendid showing of Repub-
lcan strength i'm the county.
The convention was called to order by
Chairman Starr. After the invocation by
the Rev. DIR. w. Fl. Bennett. of the First
Methodist Church, Charles l.. Henry was
elected permanent chairman. The cOnven-
O'Clock tonight. All the ballots were Sc
cret. The ticket follows:
Observation-Disclosures Jackley. Alexan-
dria: Edward Matthews, Richland town
sEip, a farmer. Judge of the Circuit Court
J. r. Mcclure. C~Ierk-GeOrge Sparker, An
oerson. RecorderoJames Davis. Elwood.
Auditor Joseph Kinnard, Pendleton.
Treasurer-ThOmas l.. DehOrity, ElwOOd
COroner-Dr. Charles Trueblood, Anderson.
The last four candidates were nominated by
reclamation. SurveyOr-M. III. Downey, An
derson. COmmissiOners-Charles Swain,
Pendleton; LATE j. Burr, Anderson. Messrs.
ii. c.. Galloway. George Lilly, y. H.. Harkn
and Harry Harry. members OF the County
Council. were again renomineted.
The ticket is we'll distributed and repre-
sents no factiOnal elements. despite the
sensational reports sent out concerning
various combination of candidates.
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Nation up TO an via position in the
world and has established. as never before,
prosperity at home and prestige abroad
MR.. LANDIS'S SPEECH.
Perhaps the most interested auditor In
the large crowd that filed the opera house
was a sweet-facsd woman who sat In a
box near the stage. Her hair was gray and
her eyes were b~lue-gray. Thsre was pride
in every lineament OF her fine face when
Representative Lands. responding 10 the
cheers for him. stepped on the stage to
thank the convention. In closing his re-
marks he said he was all the happier to-
day because OF the presence OF 'the dearest
woman IN the world" II was not every
one n the house who knew that he alluded
10 his mother, who sat In a box near the
stage.
In the course Of his talk Mr. Lands said
he brought greetings from the President at
Washington and the Fluctuations OF both
Indiana senator's. He said Senator Hanna
also wanted TO be remembered TO the con-
ventiOn. And speaking OF Mr.. Hanna,
said Mr.. Lands. Involuntary brings be-
fore the faces Of all Of US with the distinct
ness Of reality the splendid personality of
that man whom he loved and by whom he
was beloved. How wildly We recall the
presence Of the President in this very city
three years ago" Mr.. Lands went on TO
speak Of the late President. paying 10 his
memory a most eloquent tribute. Certain
"" said ne, the most bigOted OF our OPP
p1utHlS MuSb COuCtue SOHe Virtue u jul
party. which. in its life of four decades,
has given 10 immortality such men as Lin
coin. Grant. Garfield and Mckinley"
Mr.. lands talked OF the glowing record
OF the Republican party since ii took the
reins OF government from the feeble hands
OF a divided, distracted and Disguised De-
moeracy." He alluded to the Philippines.
recalling that Governor Taft has said that
the Instruction In these islands is prac-
tically a thing Of the past. II believe said
Mr.. Lands. that the American Republic
is to-day Gods favored nation. / believe
the American people are Gods chosen pso-
pie. / believe this Republic has a mission
both at home and abrOad-its mission at
home the happiness and prosperity OF all
who owe allegiance to its hag-its mission
abroad the bestOwal of the blessings OF law
and order and civilized society upon other
people. even upon those who live in the
uppermost parts OF the earth"
Mr. Baldwin said to-day after the con-
date for the congressional nomination In
the Ninth district two years from now.