Zanetto was a miserably poor but decidedly beautiful traveling musician, who, in the medieval days, lived by way of hand to mouth, making himself useful with his song and melody at receptions of all kinds and subsisting on what little money they paid him for his tuneful services. One evening as he had fallen asleep from exhaustion underneath a large window of a castle, Zanetto had a vision in which the most beautiful young woman was pictured to be his wife. At the departure of the stars and the early fall of the morning dew, Zanetto's dream was rudely interrupted, but to the height of his delight did he notice a sedan chair with a sleeping valet on each shaft. He began to realize that this equipage was the property of the wealthy Marquis who lived in the castle under the windows of which he had passed the night. Spurred on by the vision that dazzled his dreams, Zanetto decides to play a trick and get inside the sedan chair. He pulls the string which makes known the fact that the occupant desires to be conducted to his morning's destination. As fortune would have it the poor poet musician is conducted to the home of the beautiful Phyllis. As he alights from the equipage the valets realize their mistake, but it is too late inasmuch as the beautiful creature before them refuses to allow Zanetto to leave her presence. The young maker of melodies sings and plays his way to the lady's heart, much to the discomfiture of the old Marquis, who, after discovering the loss of his equipage, made all haste to reach the side of the fair Phyllis before his rival could reach there. Seeing that he is very likely to be outwitted, the Marquis offers his fortune and his title if she will be his wife. However, Phyllis has taken a deep fancy to Zanetto, and responds as follows: "What means fortune and title when compared with youth. No, no, I shall marry my minstrel love." Written by Moving Picture World synopsis

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