The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-25
AFTER HHE TWO BURGLARS
CAME ALONG THE MAN FROM THE
CTS7OW tHOISE

And wanted TO Collect Duty ON the ch
Stresses the owner saved Out Of the
wreck -Uncle Sam Tries 30 Rub II Into
Amicted Publisher--WOman's Triumph.
II any one is soeptiosl concerning The
sleepless vigilance Of the New York customs
officers a publisher OF this city will be glad
TO dispel his doubts. '
The publisher lives in O suburban town.
Recently while he and his family we're away
two burglars drove up in an express wagon
In broad daylight, ransacked tho hous"
and carried on their booty. openly with.
out exciting suspicion among the neigh
bors who watched their operations.
After the burglary was discovered thr
newspapers printed pieoes about 1t and gave
lists Of the imported gowns, laccs. lingerie
and creations IN millinery belonging TO the
wife Of the publisher. which formed part
Of the plumber. Some Of these articles
we're traced TO pawnbrokers' shops and
recovered. 3
A day or two later the Publisher wss sit
ting in his privats ofsoe when. q GARD vas
brought to him and q tall. dignifed man
was ushered In.
Il understand your houss was robbed a
"Ahtts tts1C 49, MO &ao
Yes replied the publisher. tsntasively.
Tho visitor took . notebook from his
pocket and examined II carefully.
'You lost . large amount Of valuable
clothing he pursued.
more or Les valuahas.s odd The pub-
Usher . tnns i~mpatintly. suppostng his
Quesuonse Wa . Ashpct4vs who wishsd 70
ga IN On the cass. - I really have Ill
the asaistanoe l.
Tho othsr waved bis hand dsAr,o.ssnesy.
there wore In an ahout . DON euNns
| from various Paris md Wanna firms vure
| thsrs ncti' be Continued. again ounsutAus
his notebook. sas well - Two oasss Of hanl
sm~hrutdsvsd lingerie from b Nilsson
de-
May I ssk In vhas vsvaAssnsessr osu,
osrns ycuS' inssrrupesd &hs psblhAs1
IDLY. !
'Csrtainly.' responded the vssasos,
bAndly. sr am from Tho Cossouy HousA
We found upon consulting the records thsA
you arrived from Liverpool about fpuf
months ago. bus w found I'm ehe tDa ef
articles bTOuShtin by you. ontythrsseownA
One OF our women employees tails ~ thAA
tho descriptions Of an these costumes sss
forth in the papers % having been taken
from your house tally with tho very latest
Partisan styles. We are therefore forced
10 the conclusion that they must have been
He paused. then added impressfvsly,
A I said before. We have no record Of
them.'
The publisher. despite his consciousness
then psied bsnss.h the psnssrssinS r ane
Of tho Government ~ofacial. Visions Of
trial for smuggling hoated through his
mind: His fancy pictured the dignifed
board OF directors Of the COMPANY Of which
he u president requesting his resignation
He didn't remember paying any specially
largo dressmaker's bills during his last
hurried trip to the Continent. Did his wife
really have o many new articles Of finery;
II 90 he had no recollection Of her wearing
4 them. Perhaps his dull masculine percep-
ton had omitted to note them.
The mar with III notebook observing.
and interpreting correctly his expression OF
0'-1ias !7s sos ,s s% aS;1tT P oSs' Fssn 60. that.
he said with q shrewd wink.
Il don't understand you." said the pub
Usher. partially recovering himself.
do you mean to insinuate-'
Il mean to i~neinuate nothing replied
the OFFICIAL calmly. Il nm here TO gain in
formation, not to impart It. I simply want
to see how y Is that our records don't cor
With whatt' interrupted the publisher
heatedly.. with some yellow journal
story. printed without my authority or
even my knowledget.
What an idiot he had been! Here of
course was the solution Of the mystery.
h magnificent costumes didn't exist at
all except in some one's overactive i'm
We'll. you'll nave to prove that" was the
| quick response.
prove III How can If'
well. I see by last nights papers that
you've got most Of your things back
well. what IL / have7"
Why. the only thing to do 10 for US 70
look them over
you mean7"
why. I mean that we'll have to search
the premises. Sorry. but it's the rule. you
know"
The publisher sasped and then heaveda
II suppose there 10 no other way" h
began.
the house was searched from attic to cellar,
and the customs people didn't send word
whom they were coming. either, and the
callers in the drawing room while she ac-
inspection.
They looked on every shelf OF every
closet. and opened every bureau drawer
and every trunk, and tossed about the con-
tents OF the linen chests. and even inquired
whether there was a secret drawer in the
~Chippendale cabinet.
But she trumphantly informed a
group OF sympathizing friends the next
morning. they didn't find q thing but
what we could prove we'd paid duty on
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