The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-03-02

The Right
Of Search
And the Woman Who Would
Try to Do Little Smuggling.
By A. s. CROCKETT.
i, Copyright. 1910. by American Press
Association.
By A. 5. CROCKETT.

BE sure" Mrs. Jeffreys read from
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. spoke to Senator
Jones about 1t. 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.
Lets see." she reflected. "Of course
can wear the travelling dress ashore,
and then | can also wear that dear
little turban. | must muss both up a
bit. and can break the feather in the
turban. so that the hat will not look
new
"Heloise." she called.
"Oui. madame" answered her maid.
"Haye you bought much in Paris for
yourself?'
mon. madame; JUS leetle lace"
''Then you must take one of my
trunks for yourself and pack some of
my things In 1t. will tell You which
later"
Left to herself. Mrs. Jeffreys re-
sumes her addition, subtraction and
division.
Lets see. 500 for each passenger
That makes 5000 for Heloise and my
self That black silk alone cost that
much. while the other dresses cost
let's see-400 francs plus 500. plus 750.
That's 1850, Five into sixteen goes
three times. carry one. Why. $50 plus
200 equals $3.50. 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 a
scream that brought Heloise to the
door.
1T is nothing. Ii thought saw a
mouse"
Heloise picked up her skirts and fed
"Ah, those vases!' Mrs. Jeffreys re-
sumed "IIow on earth am | ever 60
ing to get them in? The duty on them
alone would be more than $100 Let
me think. No. after pause. Il could
not conceal them. Well. let me make
the best can out of the other things
Let's see. can put the black silk
down at, say. $50. The materials did
not cost more than $50, am sure;
the other dresses $50. $35 and $40. not
counting the one shall wear. That
makes S155 altogether The lingerie
oh
of most of that by rubbing 1t on the
carpet. and the rest | can divide be-
tween Heloise and myself I'm such a
way that can list the hats and the
stockings for $40"
Then she thought of the vases again.
the vases when the steamship left
Cherbourg. and she thought of little
else for the first three days Women
homeward bound are sometimes lit
tie laxative when 1t 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
Guiding 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
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dress that am taking home to moth
er, who. you know. Is larger than l,
GOO an evtromo,n notron,n norson ~" 30
inc dow, tha oonon,anL :, ron m'oto,
mo INV dear. ~
Mrs Jefrreys siohod An - che ho,
No, haraht ,hoso ,osos, ""'
tho,,oh, s,,,,o,. No. ,vhu ~. 40.
rv tboso rosas oshoro of,or oma Sho
aycusod herself and went 70 her s,ato-
room wher. aftor ,ocLino Tho door
che tool, Tho ,n,o ova,,,s,,n 49,,
Prom a traro,ino hoo =
she romored hor sL,r,o Thon sha
tool stran from rho hoo ona tos
tened ono end IN a vosa and tho other
70 a holt TIC o,hor sho ,os.onaa cir,
iI,rlv co tbot ono huno from Tho from,
ond tbo other from Tho hanL Than
Che mt on hor sL,r.s aao,n and ,ro,,,oa
ohont Tho rom
81 have ~ Of ,ostp chm ovo,o,moa
fovfuIly "onIv 7 rust he caref,,, n out
woItingn
That dov sbe ato tho fret boortv
,,pcheon ~ bor yovooo and whom IN
the afternoon tho decIarotions ,vera
nassed about 70 no fIled Inv tho nae
sengers she made hers out In the fash
ion she had planned in Paris.
Mrs. Jeffreys did not complete her
toilet on the morning the ship ar
rived until the vessel was coming up
from quarantine. Then she went be-
low. locked her door and slipped into
the harness she had invented.
She went down the gangway so
carefully that her husband. who was
at the foot. asked In great concern:
what Is the matter? Hurt yourself?
You seem lame"
1T is nothing she assured him.
Just touch OF rheumatism"
While they we're waiting under the