The Prescott daily news., 1910-03-17
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 And the Woman Who Would
 Try to Do a Little Smuggling. By A. S. CROCKETT. C Copyright. 1910. by American Press ] Association. Y
By A. s. CROCKETT.
upright. 1910. by American Press
 Association.


 her husbands letter. ito declare ev- erything The customs inspectors are on the alert. The new collector Is car rying out the law to the letter. and there is no chance of getting free en- try this year 1 spoke to Senator Jones about it, and he assured me that. while he would be glad to give me the same sort of letter as last year. it would be worthless.
 Let's see," she reflected. "Of course l can wear the travelling dress ashore. and then I can also wear that dear little turban. I must muss both up q bit. and l can break the feather in the turban. so that the hat will not look new
 "HeloiSe" she called. "Oui. madame" answered her maid. Have you bought much in Paris for yourself:
 Non. ma,'ame; jus leetle lace" Then 7. must take one of my trunk f"r yourself and pack some of nl. il '~S .n it. will tell you which later
 Left 10 herself, Mrs Jeffreys re- sumeS her addition, subtraction and division
 Let's see, $100 for each passenger. That makes S20O for Heloise and my self That black silk alone cost that much, while the other dresses cost let's see-400 francs plus 800. plus 750. That's 1.6J0. Five into sixteen goes three times. carry one Why, 330 plus POO equals S530, and, merciful heav- ems. that doesn't count lingerie or stockings or''- And her glance en- countered two beautiful Sevres vases standing on the mantel She gave scream that brought Heloise to the door
 It is nothing I--I thought saw mouse"
 Heloise picked up her skirts and fed
 "Ah. those vasesr' Mrs. Jeffrogs re- Sumcd. How on earth am I ever go- ing to get them in? The . them alone would be more than SlUU Let me think Mo-" after pause. "I could not conceal them We'll let me make the best 1 can out of the other things Let's see l can put the black silk down at. say, $50. The materials did not cost more than $50. am sure; the other dresses $3O, $35 and $40, not counting the one I shall wear. That makes S155 altogether. The lingerie well. we can change the appearance of most of that by rubbing 1t on the carpet, and the rest l can divide be- tween Heloise and myself in such e way that l can list the hats and the stockings for $40"
 Then she thought of the vases again.
 Mrs Jeffreys was still thinking of the vases when the steamship left Cherbourg. and she thought of little else for the first three days Women homeward bound are sometimes a lit tie taIkative when it comes to discuss ing great bargains they have picked up, but Mrs. Jeffreys maintained a strict silence on this topic. even when her friend Mrs Burroughs confessed that she had bought lots of things. in- cluding yards and yards of lace. and. as for simply paying duty. she would see congress and the president in very hot regions before she would give up | a cent. "i shall conceal the lace on | my person." she confided. II have a dress that am taking home to moth ] CT. who. you know. is larger than l, and on the morning we land you will sec an extremely matronly person go- ing down the gangplank if you watch me, my dear"
 Mrs. Jeffreys sighed Ah, if she had not bought those vases! A thought struck her. Why not car ry those vases ashore, after all? She excused herself and went to her state room, where. after locking the door, she took the two exquisite ornaments from a travelling bag. She removed her skirts Then she took a strap from the bag and fas- tened one end to vase and the other to belt. The other she fastened sim- ilarly. so that one hung from the front and the other from the back Then about the room.
 'I have it at last" she exclaimed joyfully. "only must be careful about walking"
 That day she ate the first hearty luncheon of her voyage, and when in the afternoon the declarations were 1 passed about to be filled by the pas sengers she made hers out in the fash ion she had planned in Paris.
 Mrs. leffreys did not complete her 1 toilet on the morning the ship ar | rived until the vessel was coming up from quarantine. Then she went be-