The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-09-02
nearest the old mans heart. He be-
gan to make inquiries about the Gus

examination? ?" he asked. He was
told that they were. s.. -. = .S.s-
/ / What amount is allowed. duty
free?'' he inquired, and his question
was answered courteously. .5s n s{
Forty-eightl hours later we had
arrived at, Sandy Hook, and were fast |
approaching quarantine when some
thing called me from the bridge, and
| went on deck. % ~ ~ -. -..~g~
There, standing by the railing,
looking off : toward a Staten island, i
were the members of this strange
family. But what q changed /
thought of Cinderella and her
magical transformation. @<
The day was one of the hottest
OF September, yet the old lady was
wrapped in an elegant sealskin gar
ment that reached nearly to her feet.
Under this saw: the folds OF "a hand
some black satin dress. A rich
bonnet on her head and light kid
gloves completed her costume. : -
The old man. looked as if he had
just come from the hands of one of
the most fashionable London tailors.
He was dressed in c1noplete new
suit of clothes, costly overcoat and
q silk hat. -+7>> :
But the greatest change in ap-
pearance was in the four daughters.
Hitherto they had been long, slim
girls; now they were quite round and
plump. Their dresses were plain but
rich; and, handsome hats shaded
their: FACES, which were, however,
thin and, if anything, still paler than
before. ::
As soon as the ship was in her
berth and every thing was made
secure, l came down from the brid ge,
and standing near the. gangway,
watched the baggage as it was car
ried on the dock. It so happened
that it was piled up not far from the
foot of the gangway, SO that had a
good opportunity to see the result OF
the examination. -t.s''' T..
The mysterious family had already
gone ashore with the other passen-
gers. and now stood near collection
Of trunks, bags and bundles of rugs,
waiting an officer to examine their
luggage: $500 :*r. -, ,ses
Twas well acquainted with the
senior Inspector, who was stationed
but q few steps. from the gangway.
Occasionally he looked up and smiled
as the men came to him with the re-
port of their work. .x~ ~:,,. .s;;s% ~..,
A few, moments later an official ap-
proached 1.-The strange family : and
asked for the keys of their trunks,
which the old man had not produced.
He thrust his hand into his pocket
and drew out the keys. The officer
took them, fitted them to the trunks,
threw open the lid of, one after an
other, lifted the contents, ran his
hand through them; in short, made
the usual examination. - "''
| In the meantime the attention of
the senior officer had been drawn in
that direction. He turned and faced
the group, carefully scrutinizing its
members while the examination was
in progress. ... =. ,<&.s,:.
When all. had been, opened, the
lids were closed and marked by the
Inspector, who then reported that
nothing contraband or dutiable had
been found. smiled as heard the
report. At that moment the eyes of
the senior officer met mine. + no
ticed a peculiar expression on his
face.
|. ! Advancing toward the party, the
Inspector told the old :, man TO-. go
to the office occupied by the custom
house. officials. MY curiosity was
excited. LEFT the ship, went down
the gangWay, and stood few steps
distant, Watching the proceedings.l:
s@Ihe old mans countenance turned
a greenish-white as he looked in the
direction indicated. The old lady
trem bled and seemed scarcely able to
stand; while the four girls were white
and terror-stricken. They followed
the. superintendent into the office,
and the door closed behind the whole
party. *: ,.>z : : -. ..s:a>,.:s.l
The old man was requested to step
into one of the examining rooms
while the mother and daugh hters were
taken in charge by a female searcher
and conducted into another.
T. After about half an hour the trem-
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turned to the main Office. = The fe-
male searcher followed. and, going
up to the table in the center Of the
room, placed a small valise upon it
in front of the appraiser. -. - = Z.
T. AT almost the same moment the
old man appeared, accompanied by
an officer. The officer placed Oh the
/ table small package inclosed in
brown paper. - ? 80 =, -: , = a.. g.,
| The office was now filled with pee, peo-
Pile, many Of whom were passengers
from the ship. They had perceived
that the queer family were suspected.
4 and had remained behind to see the
| s't.fun. : = The appraiser rose from his.
chair, went up to the table and
opened the valise. Every eye was
| upon him as he drew forth its gilt.
tering contents and spread them out
before it. IA. IS s... sss s7ys z.
Swiss. French and Eng glish watches,
chains, both long and short, brace.
lets, rings and jewelry of every de-
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