The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1896-05-07

e ihongbt cf II We arrived 10 Paris . II
y lie aft, O'Clock 10 the evening, and %,
b tram left Tor Berpe from = station 90 th'
i other side Of The city Al $50, go there va
: Just time enough to get = comfortable dir
ner aud c.b /, sctoss Paris from one sii
i 100 TO the other, but II sllosed no gres
D msIein Ter ouslou examination.
i Whea tho ylllsln sho scts Tor the French
} sovetoment ssksd me II had snytbiog tC
? declare, said | didn't tr ,ctly know
e hsd some tobacco, bot II Was not Intended
. for nee in France | was going 10 take
the pisht train TO Berne II coul dset The
: luggage across Paris In time. opened
the trunk and showed him the packages
! Of tobacco He shook bis head. and ss,h
J ering e packages in his hsnds be de
} parted, leaving me there With tbe open
trunk. He returned after awhile With 3
man who vas evidently higher oi,icisl
and behind the higher otiisi came sno,h
er OF the same rank as the first.
4 Why didn't you declare this toblccoY
said the oliisisl to me.
did declare il. answered. | told
him was yoing through 10 Ssitzsrland
With II aud none OF II WAS to be opened in
France.
The official ssi ! nothing, but the two
uoderstrsppers attacked the box and turn
ed ont every mortal thing that was 10 IT,
| don't carry much luggage when travel
alone, but this trunk confined the various
articles Of wearing sppsred that belonged
to my family. II had been packed With
mnch care, and the heap II made on the
bench where they examine luggage in Par
is was something appalling II didnt
seem to me possible that any human being
could ever get al those things back 10 the
trunk sssil. They found 20 more tobsc
90. bat they all retired to an Cllice and
seemed to consult about the matter. Then
the main Official came ont and said
that THIS was case for the chief iuspec
tor
Very we'll, then, get the chief inspector
here rs que ly AS possible.
Bat he has gone Tor the night, said the |
official
Do you mem TO tell me, said, that
you are going TO make me miss my tram
for Berne all on account Of a tswpssksees
of tobscco2 Keep them. for heavens sake
and present them with my compliments
to the inspector tomorrow. bat let
me pass through Paris and catch my
train.
He shook bis head. and the two under
strsppers began putting tho things heller
skelter back 10 the trunk, and finding
they could not squeeze down the lid again
they took the trunk and the rest OF my
baggage and locked it up for the night. ]
learned that the inspector would not be
there until 10 O'Clock 10 the morning, and
that would make me miss the morning
train for Switzerland also slsin offered
the pompous official the tobacco, but he
said that it was not question OF the to
bsoco at oil, but of fne. | should be
probably 6ned 1000 francs, he added. A
man who had concealed two boxes OF ci
gsrs. Cuban, had that week been tIed
2. 600 francs, and prob,bly my fate would
be the same as his, Ii oil would depend
on the inspector.
Bat urged. ! did no. conceal the to
bscco at all. told the man it was there
before the trunk was opened.
The official shook his head.
You did not declare il. he said.
There was nothing for it, then. but to 4
20 to q hotel. which we did. ] consulted
The hotel proprietor. who advised me to
curb my naturally ugly temper and TO be
exceedingly deierertisl 10 the morning. /
He said that il the inspector oh ose TO pnt
, 2 900 franc doe upon me should have
lc pay 1t or leave my baggage there for =
syer.
10 the mornlng WAS taken before very
1igniti "a official, who scrutlniz, "a me With
some severity. He listened 10 wBst had
10 say, and. luckly for me, the fret lnspec ,
.or did not tell any lies about T., bat nd 4
nitted that | had sol had tobacco and -,
mad said that was going through to Sglt
rlsnd and mentioned that the tob eco
vas not conceale :. but lay ou the top OF I,
the truuk. The tiiloisl then asked me TO
show my ticket TO Swiz.rlsnd, which !
al. He finally came 10 decision, which /,
was that ! should pay for man TO 60 +;
,cross Paris with me aud see my trunk
.egi tered through to Berne. aud that
bould pay 10 irsncs duty on the tobscoo.
md that should remember | wss getting !,
ii very essily. =.