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The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1911-05-05
The WeRatChee World and National Game

In his account of the game between
Wenatche and our own team, played
here last Sunday afternoon, the reporter
for that paper showed himself to be q
cheap, chippy patron Of that most pop
ular Of all athletic sports, baseball. The
rivalry between the two teams-we
might say between the patrons OF the
game in the two TOWNSHIPS SO far been
keen but friendly; just the kind Of III
valry that is necessary to keep up a
heakhy interest. Until the World OF
Monday appeared not a word OF harsh
criticism OF charge Of unfairness came
from either side, SO far as this paper Is
informed. The rivalry between the
young men Of the two towns who take
delight and have diversion in the ma
tional game extends back Tor several
years. They have played back and
forth, won and lost with that decent
grace which one might expect IRON
chivalrous lovers Of the game who go
into it for the pure love Of the sport.
The writer makes no pretentions to ex-
pert knowledge, but from observation
knows there are abundant opportunities
in every game for difference Of opinion
over the umpire S rulings without charg-
ing that gentleman with willful and de-
hberate unfairness. Our boys have lost
to Wenatchee, but to their credit be II
sad they were never SO ungenerous, SO
lacking in the true character of sports
men, as to come back home and charge
their defeat to the decisions Of the UNI
pire. And yet, doubtless, there have
been occasions when they thought the
rulings of the umpire should have been
different.
In his reference TO the regrettable
incident in which one Of the Wenat-
chez boys was quite severely hurt by g
Leavenworth player, the reporter showed
exceeding bad taste, not to say mali
cious spirit, when he made It appear
that Souder, with premeditated intent,
jumped on Conner and crippled him tc
get him out Of the game. The writer
was not permitted to witness the game,
but is assured by some Of the pest PEG
pie in Wenatchee that by no stretch d
the imagination was the unfortunate in
cident capable Of such an Interpretation
as the World reporter put upon it.
The readers pardon is craved for re-
peating that only a cheap, chippy sport
will go back home and whine about the
umpire's decisions. The true sport will
take his licking manfuly and bide an
other day. 1t would be regrettable il
out Of this World story grew determin-
alton 10 no longer have meets with We
uatchee
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al he settled and the long wait
sE.1s9S ing and uncertainty were ter
sS2sSS rible. When darkness came
lights were brought, slow burning
torches, which were fixed in rings in
the wall, and more food and wine,
which caused O'RyaD to say good
word for our captors hospitality
could not eat ] was too anxiously
listening for steps approaching our
prison.
81 don't like all this commotion, Yer
RAIL-" Organ said, stopping suddenly
in front Of me.
you think it q bad sign"
81 know no more than you do, but
it's all well to be prepared"
What can we do?"
Little enough, but when they come
up stop them before the room is full
Hold up your arm in commanding
manner and ask their decision. Look
as if you had the power to call thuD-
der and lightning down upon them"
"And them" ! asked.
IF they have decided against you
Wen go for them. Seize torch dash
it in their faces, get hold Of sword if
possible; but, anyway, fight Like de
mons let LOOSEN fact, get killed this
way rather than get tied up to die in
the square there later on"
Right" ] said Hush! They are
coming"
took up my position close TO one
torch. and O'Ryan stood by another
The doors were thrown open, and the
priests were on the threshold armed
men and servants carrying lights be
hind them. ] assumed as commanding
an attitude as ! could and said In q
loud voice:
you have been long in coming.
What has your study taught youg'
One priest, q chief among them, but
not the one who had questioned me
yesterday, stepped forward.
Through the night and through the
day have we studied, and we know
that you are the true knight"
! bowed. and O'Ryan whispered
Good business" as he bent his knee
before me. II sounded a strange sole
cism and nearly upset my gravity.
Tonight is q vigil" continued the
priest Tomorrow the most valorous
in deeds shall buckle on your harness
and your sword See you be faithful
knight Attend your master" be add
ed to Organ.
We formed in procession, and as we
left the hall the priests began 10 chant
q weird melody. We went down a
long wide corridor which was lined
with soldiers and al the end, descend
ing q fight of steps, entered a chapel
Organ was not allowed 10 follow me.
] went in with the priests alone. and
the doors were closed
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Bought the ThoIin Stock of Goods

S. G. DAILY bought the stock Of goods
and fixtures in the King building this
week from Mrs. Fred Reeves and will,
as soon as the stock arrives, open q
frst-class confectionery store, keeping
all the best class Of goods in this line
as well as soft drinks, ice cream and
smokers goods. He means 10 make
il the most attractive place in town.
He viii also keep a line Of electrical
fixtures, and have his office for the
transaction Of business in connection
with his electrical wiring and plumb
ing business in the same building.
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where warriors rest and sunset comes


where warriors rest and sunset comes
not"
All night long / knelt before the al
tar, keeping my vigil. ] welcomed the
first light of dawn that erept into the
chapel and began to listen for coming
footsteps
| At last Il flourish of trumpets sound
ed. The doors We're opened. and ! was
led by the priests into the council hail
where the knights were assembled
They welcomed me with a salute of
drawn swords, and those who had
been chosen beforehand, all men val
liant in arms, buckled on my harness
until / stood clothed in complete steel
| On my breast was a raised device, d
star in silver and a like star was upon
my helmet With a shout the knights
accepted me as a comrade in arms.
This ceremony over. we left the hall
and in the courtyard horses We're be
ing led by pages. O'RyaD stood beside
mine, and ] noticed that he had a serv-
lceable sword at his side
"AIl goes well" he whispered as
mounted. and look of relief came into
his face when he saw that ] knew bow
to manage a horse.
Through the gates we went to the
camp. A lurge body of soldiers was
drawn up in an open space. evidently
awaiting our coming, and as we ap-
preached Princess Daria came toward
us Being instructed by one Of my
comrades, ] dismouuted and went to
meet her, and, drawing my sword.
gave it to her, holding it by the blade
and presenting to her the hilt She
took it from me and as ] knelt laid ii
lightly across my left shoulder. saying:
Rise. Sir Knight, Knight Of the Sill
yer Star. Thrice welcome are you. See
you be q faithful knight"
She returned me the sword. and al
though ] had not been told TO do SO ]
kissed II before ] sheatbed it. She
smiled, and Count Yasca. who stood
beside her, frowned What did his
frown signify now? We We're both
Knights
II was day Of rejoicing in the town
and in the camp. Much feasting was
there, and in q great han the knights
sat down to revelry. The comrade
who had instructed me in the morning
sat beside me, and I sooD found that
I be hated the counter, as he called
him, Yasca, Knight Of the Red Cloud.
Each knight had some such distinctive
title, my comrades being Walen.
knight Of the Black Stone.
''Yasca rules the feast" he said. He
would like to rule the land"
You do not love himY7 ! asked.
II know him for a valiant soldier"
was the careful answer.
And are there many who love him Y'
I'VE are equally divided. else Vasca
would not rule the feast as be does
tonight"
The count had risen not too steadily
10 propose new toast. when without
any warning, the doors were thrown
open, and the princess entered The
knights stood up in surprise. Never
before, so ] learned. had she honored
such banquet
She advanced to the head Of the
table, and, calling for a cup Of wine.
held IT at arms length.
Your princess gives you toast.
To the knight Of the Silver Star.
Every cup was drained. and the prip-
cess left the hall. The count resumed
his seat black scowl upon his face
and the feast was ended The two
nRrties were more distinct than ever
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hoofs, and u troop Of knights, headeu
by Count vasca, appeared. ] looked
among them TO find the princess, but
she was not there. There wns snv-
age satisfaction In the counts face as
ne glanced up at our windows We
i--.4t, ss..-.-s- t,anE
"That man viii be our greatest enc
my" said O'Ryan. Better that ne
should not see us watching"
Ills looks augur us no good" an
swered at may be that the priests
have decided against me"
"No There is no audience until after
sunset You heard the command yes
terduy."
1.-THE count may know beforehand"
~ don't think the old priests would
make q confidant Of him, In their en-
nifty lies our sufety."
The doings in the square prevented
me from asking further questions.
a company of soldiers marched out
from the building below us, having in
their midst three men, naked almost,
with their urms bound tightly behind
them. They were followed by priests
walking two and two.
Each prisoner was hound between
two stakes. his arms and legs out
stretched. Before each man stood q
soldier. q drawn sword in his hand,
and behind stood the priests. The si-
lence was intense; ] could hear my
own heart beat
"Three prisoners! Your followers"
whispered.
Suddenly ! remembered the words OF
the priest that tomorrow khrym
should be appeased. This was what he
meant Great heavens, 1t was too nor
rible!
! opened my mouth TO speak and
Organs heavy hand was on my arm.
A flourish Of trumpets rang out;
three swords like lightning strokes
flashed in the sunlight; three bodies
quivered for moment and then hung
motionless upon the stakes.
My blood was boiling. Such cold
blooded murder was appalling, sick
ening and I longed for freedom to
dash into the midst of those fiends and
avenge the victims.
O'Ryan did not give me time TO be
angry.
you'll know that / was right when
you're able to think quietly" he said
you must forget that you have lived
in the nineteenth century After all, it
was o quick death, merciful to many
deaths have heard Of"
as there no way out Of this internal
country" ! said-''now. before 1t is too
lateT"
Steadily, Sir Knight. Yonder in
Yadasara are your enemies. You'll find
even worse blackguards there"
81 dare swear that Count VRscR rev
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FRIDAY, MAY D, 1911
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IAI answered w re l''''-''' ''=''
hEzSsss of course he is. l don't
@szJ doubt your pluck, verran
but you've had no practice"
Therefore there can be no dis
honor"
Sure. it's not the honor or dishonoI
I'm thinking Of; its the result A
knight sent from Kh-ym has got no
right to bite the dust At his first en-
counter, and as sure as you do you
won't have a friend among the lot of
them"
a cheerful outlook ! said, with a
forced laugh. what shall we fight
witb-swords?
'Lances-a fierce charge across tie
arena. and then
Dust, Lsting,' suggested.
Its no jesting matter. This Vasca,
I hear, has never been worsted, and
its no light game hen play at this tour
nament. / warrant # he can put an
end to your adventure my boy, he
viii Have you ever used a lance?"
q have learned how to handle one
since ] came here"
But have you ever charged at any
thing with it?"
mo"
''Then you don't know what devils
toy it is to play with. There's only
one thing to be done-we must get out
Of il somehow"
when is this tournament to be?''
at once, tomorrow or the next day.
1t is only for the princess to decide"
.'There is a court tonight"
O'Ryan nodded.
Come, man, tighten your heart a
little. We're not tied TO the posts in
the square yet"
Its a question of time. I'm think
ing. I'd feel a deal safer in Yada-
sara.
To say that ! had no plan in my
mind when I attended court that night
would be untrue.
] was late arrival upon q more
than usually brilliant scene. Here in
Drussenland it was much the same as
at home, more color and freedom than
there would be at such a function in
the old country, perhaps, but the same
foundation to both-political intrigue
and personal interest.
The first man ! encountered was
Walen
I have been waiting for you" he
said. There is mischief brewing. It
hangs in the air tonight Vasca and
some Of his party have been pressing
round the princess ever since she came
in"
And she is pleased with such at
tentionr' ! asked
y could read neither pleasure nor
displeasure in her face. Few can read
her, Nerrall if she chooses that they
shall not"
THAT is true Even q princess can
moi help being q woman"
"Easca has persuasive tongue, and
he is her kinsman. That counts for
something"
For much, my dear Walen. It is
difficult TO refuse a kinsman. and kins-
men, knowing this, take ADVANTAGE
and ask hard things. I win learn
more Of this intrigue"
And speak carefully" he cautioned.
''Much depends upon your caution
Who could know that better than
did, We're confirmation needed il
came in the many glances directed to-
ward me as / made my way to the
top Of the hall where Princess Daria
was
"Sir Nerrallt"
n was woman who called me as !
was making my way through the
crowd, and ! could not refuse 10 an
swer her reckoning finger. She was
standing one Of a little group Of
danes and cavaliers, tricked out most
tastefnly. leaders Of fashion in the
fro BE CONTINUED
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eied in this murderous exhibition"
said after u pause.

every likely"
'And the princess?" ] said question
ingly.
"She must rule according to her PEG
pies law" said O'Ryan.
"She must have known of it." went
on, speaking rather TO myself than to
my companion. "Such thing could
not be possible without her knowing
it. What deviltry can lie at the heart
of q beautiful woman"
AYE, from Adams time even until
now" said O'Ryan.
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CHAPTER VI.

n he is probably right" ]
answered
of course he is. ! don't
doubt your pluck. Verran
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CHAPTER Y.

1FTER sunset was my fate to
he settled, and the long wait
s ing and uncertainty We're ter
y rible. When darkness came
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-11-16
BLAME JACK JOHNSON.
II Boxing Game is Killed in England
Champion is Responsible.

London, England, Nov. 16-If they
finally succeed in closing the boxing
sport in England the blame will rest
solely upon the round head of Jack
Johnson present champion Of the
world.
This, at least, is the opinion express
ed here last night and this morning
I'm the several editorials that have APP
pearcd in the papers in commenting on
the injunction granted in birmingham
against the proposed glove contest be-
tween owen Moran and Jem DriseolL
set December 2.
In casting about for the cause OF
thus bringing the wrath of the courts
upon one Of Great Britian's Oldest and
staunchest Of sports the papers gem
orally pick out Johnson as the shin
ing mark.
The claim is made that II Johnson
had not been so persistent in forcing
himself and his title upon the British
public and had kept more i'm the back
ground whom the match with Bam-
bardicr Wells was first proposed tho
present trouble would not have taken
place at all.
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NOVEL FIGHT RULES.
Boxers Must Weigh in 27 Hours Be-
fore the Contest at Pittsburgh.

Chicago, Nov. 16.-Pittsburgh in
tends TO keep the fight game going.
The police have made a sensational
ruling on the weight question, rul-
ing absolutely new in modern pugilism.
It is this Fighters must weigh in
twenty hours before the hour
the contest is billed TO start. This or
der is absolute unless two men are
carded TO go on at catch weights.
The idea is that men who weigh in
the day before a battle have plenty
of time to gain their fun strength II
they happen to scale at a notch which
IS low for them. Pittsburgh does not
want boxers whose strength has been
undermined by making ringside
weight to appear there. The police
figure the chances of injury to con-
testants are reduced to a minimum by
such a precaution.
The city of Pittsburgh appoints ply
sicians TO examine boxers at O'CLOCK
in the evening Of the day before figh
The clubs pay the physician $3.50 fol
each examination. Any boxer wh'
shows up at examination time unh
10 fight is barred from competition II
Pittsburgh henceforth The men ar
weighed at the same time the docto
/ looks them over.
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LAURiUM BREVITlES

John Zerotti of Laurium was arrested
on the charge Of being drunk and dis
orderly yesterday and was discharged
upon payment of costs by Justice Ar
nit.
Mrs. Joseph Williams is recovering
from her recent Illness.
The ladies Of the German Reform
cd church will serve a Dutch supper in
the parlors of the church Tuesday
and Wednesday evenings.
Preparations are already being made
for the Christmas exercises at tho
Laurium NJ e. church. Special music
will be rendered by the choir
The examinations Of William Ken
and Edward j. Dunn, changed with vi
olations Of the liquor law viii be hei'
before Justice David Armit Tuesda!
morning.
A chicken pie supper will be servcC
| by the Ladies' Aid of the Laurium n
Il. church on Friday evening. Nov. "A
Mr. and Mrs. G. l. Bashore of Laur
ium are the parents Of daughte
which arrived this morning.
| Local frebs
John Dillon, representing Pitkin
| and Brooks, of Chicago. is i'm town.
William Grose of Aliouez is one q
! this years successful hunters havin
shot two deer at Even.
The twenty-hrst annual party {
Red Jacket Lodge No. 367, Brother
hood of Railroad Trainmen, will b
held at the Light Guard armory, De,
%.
At meeting of the directors Of tn
Centennial Heights Water compan
last week. dividend of per cen
payable Dec. %. was declared.
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BAT NELSON IN DEMAND.
Former Champion Gets Engagements
Without Difficulty.

Chicago, H.. Nov. 16.-Battling Mel
son. former lightweight champion, who
insists that he is going to be the title
holder again before he quits the ring,
"blcw into town" yesterday He came
from Buffalo, whore his last achieve
ment was the stopping of Tommy
Moore i'm nine rounds.
Bat intends TO spend few days at
Hegewisch, then will hurry back east
where he has more engagements.
Nelson said that the report that he
won from Moore on a foul was UNI
true and that it was a couple of punch
es well above the belt that did the
trick. The Danes next battle will be
against DePonthieu, the French fight
er. who is being chaperoned by Frank
Erne. former lightweight champion.
The bout is to be staged at Buffalo on
November % at ten rounds.
on November % Bat tackles Frank
Carroll at Tom Flanagan's club at To-
ronto in a twenty round bout, and II
he wins he viii be matched for a bout
with Billy Allen. who holds the Cam
adian championship belt Nelson also
has bout scheduled with one of the
Bezenah boys of Cincinnati or Tommy
Devlin for Jefferson, Ind, on December
4. lust whom he will meet hasn't been
definately decided by the promoters
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WILL PROTEST STARS.
Badgers Claim Pickering and Stevens
Arc Professionals.


Madison, Wis. Nov 16.-Armed with
aHidavits tending to show profess
sionalism on the part of Capt Picker
ing, Stevens and one other member'
Of the Minnesota football team, Direc-
tor George w. Ehler of the Wisconsin
university athletic department start
ed for Minneapolis today for the pur-
pose, It is understood, of protesting
the men on the ground that they have
taken part i'm professional baseball. 1t
is also said that Coach Stagg filed
the same protest prior TO the recent
Minnesota battle, but that it arrived
too late to have any effect.
1t is rumored here that Minnesota
contemplates protesting Mon, Wiscon-
sins crack quarterback, on the ground
that he played professional bali some
years ago.
Not a single detail in instruction and
training is being overlooked in prim-
| ing the Badgers to meet the powerful
! Minnesota machine which will battle
them on Camp Randall next Saturday
Coach Richards has the daily assistance
Of Assistant Coach Driver DR.. Charles
Mccarthy, Germany" Schultz (Mich-
igan), ISLAM" Anderson, Jimmy
Bush. Bunker, DR.. Joseph Dean, Emi
Haumerson, Prof f A. Pyre and Other
stars.
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UP TO COMMISSION.
Date For Civil Service Examination
Not Yet Announced.


Application blanks for the cXamina-
ton TO be conducted in connection
with the establishment Of the free de-
livery system at the Laurium post Of
fee have not been received from the
civil service commission so far and no
date can be set for the examination
until these arrive. The details con-
nected with the arrangement Of dates
and the marking of examination pa
pers upon which appointments will be
passed, probably will occupy fully
month. and it seems improbable that
the free delivery service will be start
cd before January I.
A large number of inquiries have al
ready been received at the Lauriun
post Office concerning the examina-
ton. and it is probable that fully 9
dozen applicants will take the test.
Postal Inspector otto, of Marquette
| is still i'm the copper country and prob
ably viii do considerable work il
lLaurium as soon as the application
blanks are received.