Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-07-20
Tl9 Stout Passenger.

IN tie city OF Brussels a great
Deal of very pretty lace is ex.
u posed fjr sale. English women
d nire this lace ard bpy it. If
they 60 straight from Belgium to
England they can take II home
without having to pay any duty,
bat it they pass through France
they have TO pay on all their new
Brussels lace at the French Gas.
tom House. aud many English
women pass through France on
their way from Belgium to England,
because they prefer the short pas
s lge from Cllais to DIVER to the
longer cue from OStend.
The Misses Wylie were charm
lug middle-aged ladies, fond Oi
travel, fond of dress, fond OF lace
aud very bad sailors. They had
been excurSiCnlng IN Germany, I'd
come down the Rhine and had spent
a week in Brlsse'S. More attract.Y
than the field cf Waterloo aud more
fascinating than the Musee Wlertz
was the Galt.ic 5. Hubert. Miss
Melissa Nylle colid rot resist the
white Brussels lace; Hiss AnnOra
Wylie could not resist the black.
Each OF the ladies bought; led on
10y the tempter, IN the shape OF a
seductive shop woman, the Misses
Wy|ie bought lace llchus, lace col
llrettes, lace by the meter. Day
by day they added 10 their stock.
At leHeth it was necessary to
make for England and TO pass
through that dreadful France, with
its protective duties. Then they
realized their position. How about
the Iacc9
We cannot cOuScientiOusly say
remarked Miss Melissa, that we
have 'rien a dtclarel' (nothing to
dec'arO, because this lace IS duti-
able
'And we dare not risk packing
it, returned Miss Annora, because
they night tOke it into their heads
to examine our boxes
'now can We get it through
mused the elder sister.
We must get it through de-
clared the younger sister.
Presently Anuora exclaimed; Il
have T. We will wear it No duty
is paid on what one is wearing
yes, yes said Melissa, 'but how
can We wear it? The white will get
soiled aud the black torn IN tralel-
ing. Besides if 1t looks unnGtnral,
as it would en- our dresses and
NANTES, the officials will be sure
to notice it,
Ii would not look unnatural on
oar bOnnetS,' said AnuOre.
They set to work to decorate their
bOnn3ts with the lac4. They
miagled white aud black, Gchu and
6ouucc, in the most sklliul manner.
aud though the bOunets looked
somewhat oyerdone, yet they ca.-
ried tie lace, and it was probable
that the male eyes Of the Custom
House officials would not notice
anything abnormal.
The Misses Wyle rej Ice.l IN their
Gle, eruess. They sat in the train
on their way to France with Gear
consclences and light hearts. They
had lien a declarer-uOthing dHli
able. In the compartment with
them vas only one other passenger,
a stout man, Of gOod-humOred as.
pect, evidently from his extreme
flabby stoutness and lis extreme
good humor, a middle class Ger
man. Now, Germans who under
stand English are very sOclable
with their Eaglsh fellow travellers.
AS this German cid not address
tue Misses WylIe, they felt sure
that be did notunderstand English,
and they talked freely to each
other.
Il SUPPOSE said Melisse, that
my bonnet looks all right 1t does
not strike the eyes as being too
much trimmed, eh, AnnoraP
We'll, said A1nora, laughing, ut
is too much trimmed for good taste,
but then on this occasion you have
bad taste. What about minep
'Oh, quite artistic, "a study in