Connecticut western news., 1910-04-21
 1.-The Right ,
 gf Search ] And the Woman Who Would
 Try to Do a Little Smuggling.
 By A. s. CROCKETT. ( Copyright. 1910. by American Press
 Association.
By A. s. CROCKETT.
Copyright. 1910. by American Press
 Association.

there is no chance of getting d free en- try this year. l 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 can wear the travelling dress ashore. and then I can also wear that dear little turban. I must muss both up 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.
 Have you bought much in Paris for yourself?"
 "Non, madame; jus a leetle lace"
 "Then you must take one of my trunks for yourself and pack some of my things in it. will tell you which later."
 Left to. herself. Mrs. Jeffreys re- sumes her addition. subtraction and division.
 Let's see. $1OO for each passenger. That makes S20O for Heloise and my self. That black silk alone cost that
 much. while the other dresses cost i let's see-4OO francs plus 800, plus 750. That's 1850 Five into sixteen goes three times. carry one. Why, 330 plus POO equals $530. 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. #.4
 Tt is nothing. I-I thought saw a mousse .E..
 Heloise picked up her skirts and fled.
 "Ah. those vases." Mrs. Jeffreys re- stunned. How on earth am ever go- ing to get them in? The duty on them alone would be more than $100. Let me think No" after pause. 'I could not conceal them. We'll, let me make the best 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. 1 am sure; the other dresses $50, S35 and $40. not counting the one I shall wear. That
 makes $155 altogether The lingerie well. we can change the appearance
 of most of that by rubbing it on the carpet, and the rest 1 can divide be- tween Heloise and myself in such a
 way that | can list the hats and the stockings for $40.' .s .s+.. s}as
 Then she thought of the vases again. Mrs. Jeffreys was still thinking of
 the vases when the steamship left j Cherbourg. and she thought of little
 else for the first three days. Women
 homeward bound are sometimes lit tie talkative 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. II shall conceal the lace on
 my person." she conided. II have a , dress that l am taking home to moth CT. who. you know. is larger than I. , and on the morning we land you will
 see an extremely matronly person go- ing down the gangplank if you watch
 me. my dear"
 Mrs. Jeffreys sighed. An, 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 a vase and the other to a belt. The other she fastened sim } ilarly, so that one hung from the front and the other from the back. Then } she put on her skirts again and walked about the room.
 q have it at last" she exclaimed joyfully, 'only I must be careful about walking" @
 That day she ate the first hearty luncheon of her voyage. and when in the afternoon the declarations were passed about to be filled by the pas 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"
 Tt is nothing." she assured him. 'Just touch of rheumatism While they were waiting under the letter ''J' for their baggage to be as-
 sembled her husband solicitously urged } her to sit on a trunk and spread a
 steamer rug for her.
 "No," she said; "I feel much better standing." At the same time she felt } as if she must sink, for the two vases. really light, now weighed a hundred pounds each.
 It was an as' before the trunks and