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7 signs Of awakening life down the narrow
street. and then returned to the tap ROOM
night. landlord?" he vouchsafed. glancing
around the room and recalling the laughter
and shouts he had heard below until late
hour.
Noisy company" retorted the innkeeper.
"A goodly company that ate and drank
freely. Distinguished company that paid
freely. The kings own guards who are act
Ing as escort to Robert the Duke Of Fried
valid. and his bride, the princess. Noisy
company, forsooth.'
The young man started. THE king 8
guards" he said. What are they doing
here?'
The other vigorously rubbed the top of a
| table with damp cloth. Acting as escort
| to the duke. as l told you,' he replied.
THE duke is here alsO?'
Yes; at the chateau. The princess had
become weary of travel: besides. had
sprained her ankle. l heard. and would have
1t the cavalcade should tarry few days.
They cen stopped at my door," he went on
\ ostentatiously. and called for a glass of
it with frown. but the hardships Of Jour
| neying do not agree with grand folks"
These last words the Jester. absorbed in
| thought. did not hear. With his back to
! the man, he stood gazing through the high
| window. apparently across the street. But
| between the two houses on the other side
| of the thOroughfare was considerable
! open space. and through this. far away. on
| the mount could be seen the chateau. The
sunlight shone bright on turret and spire
! its walls were white and glistening. its
outlines. graceful and airy a fabric Of
| imagination.
And yet it was a handsome cavalcade,"
continued the proprietor. his prediction
| for pomp overcoming his churlishness. 1.-The
princess on steed with velvet housings set
! with precious stones. Her ladies attired in
| eastern silks. Behind the men of arms !:
| Francis troops In rich armOr: the duke s
soldiers more simply arrayed. At the
| head of the procession rode"
Have the horses brought out at once"
Thus brusquely interrupted, the innkeeper
stared blankly at his guest, who had left
the window and now stood In the center Of
the room confronting him. And the break
fast?' asked the man.
Il have changed my mind and do not
want It,. was the curt response.
The host shrugged his shoulders disagree
ably. - the PLEASANT turned and assembled
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have chung to Anticipated methods and out
fit. If they had been up to the times tho
committee believes that the catch would
have been sufficient. at least. to avert the
almost complete failure of the seasons
work. The committee suggests that better
appliances be at once introduced and also
that fishing be stopped on the banks that
are favorite resorts of the sardine during
the spawning season. The sardine fisheries
along the coasts of Spain and Portugal are
said to be yielding well. These sardines
are regarded as inferior to those Of the
French coast. but they may prove to be
very useful this year In eking out the
diminished supply OF the French and
American fisheries
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CHAPTER XIII.
The Dwarf Makes an Early Call.

From one Of the watch towers Of the town
rang the clear note of a trumpet. tribute
OF melody. occasioned by the awakening In
the east AS the last clarion tones re-
echoed over the sleeping village crimson
rim appeared above the horizon and soon
the entire wheel of the chariot OF the sun
god rolled UP out of the illimitable abyss
and began its daily race across the sky.
The stolid bugler yawned tucked his trum-
pet under his arm. and. having perfunctori-
ly performed the duties of his Office.
tramped downward with more alacrity than
he had toied upward.
About the same time the sleepy guard at
the town gate was relieved by an equally
drowsy-appearing trooper: here and there
windows were flung open, and around the
well In the small public square the maids
began to congregate. In the tap room of the
tavern the landlord moved about setting to
rights the tables and chairs. or sprinkling
fresh sand on the floor. The place had a
stale. close odor. as though not long since
vacated by an inabstinent company. a sup
position further borne out by the disorder of
the furniture. and the evidence the gather
ing had not been over-nice about spilIing
the contents of their toss-pots The host
had but opened the front door. permitting
tho fresh, invigorating air from without to
enter, when the dukes PLEASANT his cloak
over his arm. descended the STAIR and ad-
dressing the landlord. asked when he and
lis companion could be provided with
breakfast.
"Breakfast!' grumbled the proprietor
The maids are hardly up and the fires
must yet be started. 1t will be an hour or
more before you can be served"
hp
ned. but contented himself with requesting
the other to set about the meal at once.
You ride forth early" answered the man
in an aggrieved TONE ''
The PLEASANT made no reply as he STROBE
70 the door and looked out; noted sundry
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hand. Everywhere the tinkle of the tiny
bells
Poor service" she retorted. "A dis
"One I am minded for" he replied. a sud-
den flash In his eyes
She looked away; her lips curved
For how long? she said. half mOckingiy,
and touched her horse before he could re-
ply.
What words had her action checked on
his lips? A moment he disconnected
then riding after her he smiled thinking
how once he had carelessly passed her by:
how he had looked upon her but a will
full child.
A child. forsooth. His pulses throbbed
fast. Life had grown strangely sweet, as
though from her look. when she had stood
on the stairs, he had drawn new zest. To
serve her seemed a happiness that drowned
all other Ills: selfish bond OF subordina-
ton. Her msfortunes dignified her; her
worn gown was dearer In his eyes than
courtiy splendor; the disorder OF her hair
more becoming than nets Of gold and colts
of jewels He forgot their danger The
fore them; fairer in natural beauty than
Francis conventional parks.
And she. too. had ceased to remember the
dwarfs words: for the joy OF youth is
rarely intoxicating. There was stir
ring rhythm in the movement of the
steeds. Noiselessly their hoofs beat
upon the soft earth and tender
flooded the lowlands here but enliy-
ened the vernal freshness Of the scene The
afr was full of floating thistle-down: a
cloud of insects dancing in the light, parted
to let them pass.
At the sight of bush. white with flowers.
she uttered an exclamation of pleasure. and
broke Off a branch covered with fragrant
blossoms. as they rode by. Out of the
depths Of this storehouse of sweets a
plundering humming bird flashed and van
tshed. a jewel from natures crown She
held the branch to her face and he glanced
at her covertly; she was all jestress again
The cadence Of that measured motion
shaped itself to an ancient lyric In keeping
wild roses.
"Hark. bark!
Pretty lark,
Little heedest thou my pain"
He bent his head listening: he could
scarcely hear the words. Was 1t a sense
of new security that moved her; the reac-
ton of their narrow escape: the knowledge
they were leaving the chateau and all dam
ger behind them?
'Hark! bark.
Pretty lark
Boom. Far In the distance sounded tho
discharge of cannon-its iron voice the
antithesis to the poets dainty pastoral AS
the report reverberated over the valley.
from the grass innuIaerable insects arose:
the din died away: the disturbed earth
jewellers sank back to earth again. Tho
song ceased from the young girls lips, and,
gazing quickly back she could Just distin-
chateau. a wreath. already nearly dissolved
in the blue Of the sky. The Jester, who
had also turned in his saddle. met her look
of inquiry.
salute, perhaps" he said.
"Or call to arms?s she suggested, anf
he made no answer. "It means-pursuftl's
Go be continued tomorrow)
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French coast. The sardine fishermen or
the coasts Of Brittany and Vendee are in
great Distress and say that their industry
for this year is ruined When the first
news was sent through France on May II
that the sardine fishery of the year was
likely to prove a failure the chamber of
commerce Of Bordeux appointed commit
tee to inquire into the condition of the in
dustry. The committee has made a pre-
liminary report, In which, while confessing
its inability to explain the scarcity of sar-
dimes, 1t says that, in its opinion the sad
condition of the fishermen is partly due to
themselves.
They have never adopted improved mod
ern appliances for catching sardines. but
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SARDINES ARE SCARCE.
Unfavorable Report From the Maine
Fisheries and the French Coast.

From the New York Sun.
Reports just received from all along the
Maine coast show that the small herring
which we cure under the name Of sardines
are unusually scarce. The factories say
that not enough fish are caught daily to
supply the immediate demands of the trade.
Not case of sardines has yet been put
away for winter spring supplies.
Similar reports are coming from the
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gates of the chateau and leisurely vending
their way downward
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-14
BREAK TWO RECORDS
Tuxedos Make New Marks and Take
Two Out Of Three From
Turner's. Il, Il s
Inter FRATERNITY League Organized
Individual and Team
III Averages.

The Tuxedo bowling team got glory
enough in last nights league match with
the Turner's to last the season out. Not
only did the team take two out of three
from the Turner's. but it, broke the north
western team record, and Hughes, one of
the members of the quintet, established a
new individual high score record for the
city.
Last night was the first time the Tur-
ners lost a series for many long weeks,
Though defeated they rolled their GUS
tonary strong game. making a total Of
1883. The Tuxedos, however, were in
vincible, and smashed the northwestern
record with a total of 1904. The best pre-
vious score Of 1859 was made by the Tas-
mos in their last match with the Tuxedos.
In making this record, the Tuxedos
bowled steadily, and their total was not
due to a squirt in any one game. Their
best score was 1000. only 80 pins above
the average of the three games. Hughes
made high score with 200, beating the
hague record OF 254, held by Woolley of
the Tasmos.
The individual scores were exception
silly high. Three men averaged over 200,
and Parker. Ruge and Hoag were the
only men to fall below 100 in their av-
erages. Buehler was high average with
Gil. His best score was 243.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-14

Inc loaded ball will not be ruled out
by the National Bowling congress. This
is now a settled fact and the campa ign
against 1T that was threatened by the
eastern howlers will not materials g.
Is Inc entry list is now complete, and
shows that even though the fasteners
were. violently opposed to the ball, they
VIII not be here. in large enough numbers
to be factor In the contest.
S. Ihefe rs no assurance. however that
the eastern bowlers win oppose the
loaded ball. In fact. it is said by a NUNS
per OF prominent western bowlers that
the Fidelia team of Buffalo, N. Y, which
captured the championship at Buffalo last
year, used loader ball. but that the
western men knew nothing about it. So
Two five-men teams from Buffalo, one
from: syracuse, three from, Cleveland, and
Two Individual bowlers from New York
constitute the eastern contingent. There
are In all s52 entries. 50 that it can be
seen that the tournament will be prac-
t1cally a western affair, and western
bowlers are solidly in favor of the loaded
pail 1T Is prohab BILE, however. that it will
be limited to eighteen pounds u Is
The total list of entries is as follows
individuals, 254; two men teams, 149. and
eighty five men teams. The total amount
OF prize money is $4,34e.
:. The Indiana polls Tourna ment associa-
ton has announced it's prize list for the
national tourney. The prizes are cash and
are the largest ever offered for a bowling
contest. Each contestant will receive in
cash such amount as he may win as soon
as the winner of each series is decided.
There will be twenty prizes for five-men
teams. thirty-five Of two-men teams and
fifty for individuals. The high prize for
five-men teams is $275. and the low prize
$40. The high prize for two-men teams
is 500, and the six low prizes IS each.
The high individual prize is SIS and the
thirteen low prizes IS each.
The standing of the players for three
games in the Spears seven-up bowling
tournament follow. Smith. 215; Hellgren
POP; Belden. 1913; Frye. ISL: Edwards 1870;
Linday, 17S: Russell, ITS; Tellar. III; Mag
nuson, 1854; Moody, 1863: Jackson, 161;
Swartzts, 14S; Nelson. 146.
The Nemos and the Bon Amis of Still
water met in a series of tournament bowl
ing games at the Kenyon alleys, and the
Nemos took all three games by the larg-
est scores made in the present tourna-
ment. George L. Bancroft made the high
average.
The schedule of next weeks games in
in the Minneapolis league follows All
matches will be played at the Co. operat tive
alleys: - .:.'
Monday-Acme vs.. Tuxedo
Tuesday-Tasn1o VS.. Chamber of Com
merce.
Wednesday-City Statesmen vs. Buffalo
Thursday-Turners VS.. Olympia.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-14
IS LIMIT. REACHED?
Many Trainers Think All Possible
Theories in Breeding Trotters
Have Been Tried.
George Spear Says Records Can Only
Be Lowered by Improvement
in Track.

Among the trainers and breeders who
believe that the limit has been reached
IN the development Of the harness horse,
so lar as breeding and improvement in
sulkles and appliances goes, is G. Spears
formerly well-known Minnesota. horse
man. and now in charge of II. E. Smath-
ers string of fast steppers. Spears believes
that the process Of evolving the Cresceus
and Lord Derby of to-day from the Yam.
kee of 1906: record 1850, the first American
morse to trot officially faster than a three.
minute clip, has exhausted all the arts an6
.tneor1es OF breeders and the ingenuity OF
sulky builders and inventors of externa
appliances to conserve and increase the
speed Of trotters and PAGERS.
cannot conceive" said Mr.. Spear. ir
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-14
VARSITY SPORTS

The athletic hoard of Wisconsin university did
not elect second coach for the team Friday
night because of the high salaries asked by the
applicants. Both Mccarthy and Eddie Cochems
asked 81 ,0OO No vote taken to determine
which of the two would be elected. simply be
cause of the salary. Mccarthy still is the ia
vorite among the students and will doubtless be
elected If he will modify his terms.
Arrangements arc being made by the Har-
ward football management for game with
Princeton next fall. 1t is several years since
Harvard met PriCceton on the gridiron, but I'M
dergraduates anxious to have a resumption
of athletic relations between the two univer-
sites and the Harvard manager has opened ne
gotiations.
The big slump taken by Pennsylvania has oc.
casioned the Cambridge students to feel that
Princeton would be- n much worthier foe for
definite selection of date for the game, but
it is the impression it will be played at Prince
ton this fall and Cambridge next year.
Harvard met Columbia last night in their
first dual intercollegiate fencing match, and
Won, to :: Up to this time the Columbia
fencers had had q brilliant career, defeating
Annapolis among others easily.
Coach Andrew O'Dea returned to Madison from
the east yesterday and the varsity crew was
While at Cambridge O'Dea ordered a new shell
for the crew, but Cancelled the order for the two
four-oared boats. given some time ago, because
OF the lack of funds inthe boating department
Twenty -four men. enough for three crews, have
reported for the varsity crew. McComb. Steven
sen, Jordan and Coffin were the only old meu tt
report. Mofatt will be our next week.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-14
.GRIGGS FALLS DOWN
st. Paul Rink Loses Grand Challenge
Cup at Winnipeg by Four
Shots.
Skip in Grand Form, but Lead an
Vice Skip Away
Off.

Edward A. Griffith Of Glenboro. Man.,
won the grand challenge cup at the Win
nipeg bonspiel yesterday afternoon from
Theodore Griggs of ST. Paul, by the COM
Portable majority of four shots. The
game was not the best exhibition of CURL
ing seen at the present bonspiel and per-
haps the reflection that so much depended
on each shot had something to do with the
nervousness Of the ST. Paul men. The
fact remains that they failed to do them
| selves the commonest kind of justice
In their former games in Winnipeg the
americans have shown that they are firse.
class curriers', but yesterday they did not
| make good. Griggs himself was in grand
form. but as a general thing when he
came to play his rocks the end was SO well
plugged that the shots required of him
were we'll nigh impossible. AT that he
made the greater part of them, and played
| game which did credit to his nerve as
we'll as to his skill. Reese, his second
player, was in the game all the way, but
| Charley Barlow, who in other games has
| shown himself to be one of the best play
ers in attendance at the bonspieI, was
| away off, and failed to deliver the goods
Waih, the lead was inclined to be short
all the way through.
Griffith and his Canadian quartet played
a game which entitled to win any trophy
ever offered for competition. The skip
himself was right up to the notch, and
whether it was at running or drawing,
very seldom missed anything which was
on the cards. He was given the best of
support from the lead to his vice, Burgess.
Mcknight and Steele did all that could
have been asked of them. and their work
made things comparatively easy for the
skip.
| The galleries were crowded to their ut
most with a crowd which was nothing il
not partizan. The majority was in favor
Of the Americans. but the minority had
all the opportunity to enthuse, and used
it to the full.
Bob Dunbar of ST. Paul was knocked out
of the Tetley Tea semifnals by Barden of
| the Winnipeg ThiStles. Previous to his
defeat, Dunbar whitewas shed Anderson of
Sintahita The st. Paul men left for
home TODAY,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-14
DAK0TANS ARE VERY EASY
Varsity Basketball Team Defeats
Fargo College by a Score
:,.s of 60 to 6, .<-

The university basket ball team had a
merry time with the Fargo college quintet
last night, winning by score of Sc to 6.
The visitors put up a. ia st article Of basket
ball, but, We're handicapped somewhat by
the. slippery floor. Captain Deering sent
in the second team during the first half,
and the subs piled up "a points to for
the. visitors. The. regulars did even better
in the second period, and the game,
though so one-sided,, was interesting.
evening. throwing six baskets from the
field. Kiefter, was "a. close, second with
i've goals: es3llins''gg got four Ely three and
Leach ,shd McRae two each. The visitors
got all their points on fouls. The same
teams lined up this afternoon at 80 in
the university armory. Last night line
UP: ra@t" ~ ~ = !
Varco-Merril ..::right forward - sLadbury
n p 5McRae left forward Kinney
Leach-H: Leach. right guard. ........... Rice
Ki e left guard Francis
from Fied--Deering s, Kiefer 5, Collins 4. Varco
B. Ely 8, Leach 2, H. Leach 2. McRae 2. Tuck
McKae. 2, Ladburs, s, Minnesota 60,
Fargo s. TO X a ~
The Fargo high school basket ball team
will come to Minneapolis next week. They
play the university team and the Central
and North Side high school aggregations.
The team is the best in the Fargo league
and seems to have the pennant cinched.
/ The freshman, basket ball team of the
university has challenged the faculty team
to>a game, and the teams will play in the
university armory next Tuesday afternoon
at 2:30. .'
| The second team of the university
| basket ball squad defeated the Anoka
| team in Anoka Thursday evening by a
score Of 81 to 4. Anoka only made one
basket from thes,field; and scored twice
| from the foul line.
/ The North Side and South Side high
school girls basket ball teams met this
afternoon at Holy Rosary. hall.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-14
TEAM AVERAGES.

1,onrteen university fraternities have
so;ned the Inter Fraternity Bowling league
srd the tournament will start next week.
The schedule committee has arranged a
list Of games which will be played during
the next six weeks. The teams are olV1o-
I'd into three sets, and the winners In. each
.et will play a. round robin. the team
which gets first place in the tournament
will then play the Zeta Psi team Whlch
captured the university championship last
year. ~
All games will be played on the Co-Op,
erative alleys Many Of the members OF
the teams have been bowling all winter, and
a number of high-score men will take part
In the contests. Two prominent jewelers.
have offered cups for the winning teams.
and another firm has offered a gold cup
for the individual making the highest score
in any match game. The matches in the
first round follow: Sigma Chi and Phi
Kappa Psi; Delta Tau Delta and Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Sigma. Chi and Delta Ep-
silon; Theta Delta Chi and Zeta. Psi; Sig
ma Alpha Epsilon and Phi Gamma Delta;
Kappa Sigma and Zeta Psi; Beta Theta
ri and Alpha Tau Omega; Alpha, Delta Phi
and Phi Delta Theta.
A team representing the Powers Mer-
antile company defeated a quintet from
the Minneapolis Dry Goods company in a
match at the Cooperative alleys last
night. The Powers team took three
straight. Frank Brandt took high score
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-14

but before the season opened he was
taken i'll and did not go south with the
team. He pitched fourteen games for
various semi professional teams in Wau-
kesha county and won every one Of them
He has a, good~offer from the Los Angeles
club of the, California league and if un
able to catch on in Milwaukee will go to
the Pacific coast Blot claims to be a
hypnotist and a successful one, and he
also claims thatssfet uses this influence
while pitching a game of ball. 1t is not
known whether he lypnotizes the batters
as they come to the plate, or whether he
has speed enough to shoot the ball past
the plate SO fast that the batters i'm
agine, the ball is hypnotized.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-14
IN THE PRIZE RING

The latest proposition made to Champion Jim
Jeffries by James ]. Corbett is for a fight and
to give the entire proceeds to charity. COrbett
offers to meet the champion any time place,
the winners and losers shares alike to be given
to some public institution. If Jefries will
meet Corbett under these terms the match can
be arranged next week in Cincinnati
Jack McAuliffe, the former lightweight
champion pugilst, was arrested yesterday in a
raid on an alleged poolroom at Thirtieth street
and Sixth avenue, New York. McAuliffe is
charged with being the proprietor Of the place.
George Gardner of Lowell too good a
fighter for AL Weng of Buffalo at Boston last
night, winning the decision in the seventh round.
The referee stopped the bout to save Wing from
a knockout 49,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-14
WRESTLING

Fred Connors, the former detective, has been
matched with A. II. Felkey, wrestling instructor
Century hall Feb. "a. The contest will be catch
ascatch-can. best threeout of-ive falls, for
purse of $16o. Felkey weighs 1873 and Conner
145. Felkey challenges any man in the state
at 1873 pounds for any amount I'D to $500 u
side. fg
.'Americus" (G1us Schoenlein) Of Baltimore
defeated NJ. J. Dwyer of New Haven, Conn.,. last
night In their, resting. match. Americas got
the two falls in % and Is minutes. catch-as-
catch-can style. Dwyer sprained his right arm
in the first bout and remained on the defensive
throughout the second bout.