The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-30
CUSTOMS.

CUSTOMS.
"A new game is being played By the
Hunt children which they named
Customs and this is how it came
about:
They had been travelling in Europe
all summer with their mother and fa-
Their, and among the numerous things
to interest them we're the custom Of
ficers. who investigated their bag
gage for goods on which to charge
duty. When they came back to
America they were detained a long
time in the Custom House waiting for
an officer to examine their trunks. Tt
was great fun for the children to fol-
low the officers about, and hear what
the people had to say, and how much
money they had to pay for the dress
goods and jewels and everything
they had brought from abroad. So
they Immediately invented this game.
One person is chosen as the "cus-
toms Officer the rest Of the company
being passengers. The officer holds
handkerchief knotted into ball
What has A in his trunk?" he
asked, throwing the handkerchief at
one of the passengers. AS he
throws it he must fix in his mind one
object commencing with A that can
be packed in trunk. The person at
whom the handkerchief is thrown
must answer some object commence
ing with A. If he answers the same
word that the officer has in mind he
must pay customs" or forfeit to be
redeemed later, or If he fails to an
swer quickly he must pay customs,
The fun lies in playing quickly.
and in keeping the passengers Won
dering whose baggage will be exam
ined next. Philadelphia Record.
A MISSIONARIES EXPERIENCE.
1t was one hour before shutdown
on cloudy, drizzly afternoon. / had
my double umbrella, black inside and
white outside, for Tending off both
sun and rain, but had it closed over
my hand without clasping it. to go
through narrow opening in the
bushes. / had crossed little open
grass plot of few rods. and was just
entering narrow footpath through
the mountain jungle, that would take
me down to the east foot of the
mountains, where I was to meet my
pony.
Suddenly tiger sprang into the
path and disputed passage. saw at
> H. fnd <y1x
ger impels these tigers to come out
during the day. He had had no
breakfast and wanted missionary
meat for supper. did not wish him
to have it.
1t is always best If scrimmage is
to take place to be the attacking par
ty. When 1 was boy had gone
out among an Indian tribe in Michi-
gan and learned their war whoop.
Springing forward raised this war
whoop, and at the same time sudden
ly opened my double umbrella.
Springing aside, over bush, into the
open ground, he made for the crest
of the hill. Straight as an arrow he
went through crevice in the hill,
About twenty feet down on the other
side | knew he would strike on grassy
ground, and the slope from there led
down to little stream. which my
path again crossed, less than a quar-
ter of mile below. l scrambled up
the hill to the crevice and saw the
tiger trotting down the slope evident
ly wondering whether he had done a
wise thing in running away.
Putting my head with its big, white
sun hat into the opening, once more
raised the war whoop. Down the
tiger dashed again with speed. When
his pace slackened repeated the OPP
Grafton and on he dashed, and so con-
tinued until ne entered the Gods on
the opposite side of the valley. Then
l turned and wendell my way, to the
foot of the hill. mounted my pony
and kept my appointment. DIR, Jacob
Chamberlaln's Story of Missionary
Life.