The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-06-07
DIAMOND CUT
DIAMOND
BY LEONARD MAILOY
Copyright. 1910, by American Press
Association

vi saw jenkins the 9tNeA NH4f e1td
Brown to the old customs Inspector
who bad exposed more smugglers than
any other man ID the department
sand be told me 10 ask you the next
time / saw You 20 ten me the romance
Of your marriage"
sOh. be did, did hep replied the in
spector. scowllng. but in spite Of him
self pickering UP the corners Of bis
mouth IN a smile.
eyes. TIE said there was quite
story connected with your courtship"
"Courtship be hanged"
"Oh. 60 onip
Brown offered the inspector cigar
telling him TO light up. The bride was
accepted and the story given.
lyon know that tradosmen abroad
are Interested n learning ways by
which their customers may evade pay.
ing duties 90 goods because II the
goods can be got ID free of duty it's
very much easier for the tradesmen TO
sell them. Some Of these people know
more ingenious tricks for evading dn-
ties than the regular smugglers.
"Well. one day the boss called me
into his private Office and taking up q
letter friend d bis had received.
read It to me. II was an offer Of
Jeweier ia London to deliver goods IN
America free of duty.
How 40 you suppose Its doneT
10 asked me
4 4 don't know ! replied.
81 fell You what you do Go over
there get IN with the ieweler and find
out. I'll get you a letter Of inwoduc.
ton from his correspondent 50 that
he'll feel Obliged TO show you some Mt
tenhon-perhaps invite You 70 bis
house. You can't find out ANYTHING ia
his shop. but you may run across
something at home that win give away
the trick
"The result was that took the next
/ outgoing liner and within week was
IN London. we had a good many
trunks IN storage held for some reason
or other that had been al over Eu-
rome and were covered with hotel la
hels. ] had taken OF a dozen Of these
labels aud pasted them on my own
trunk. 1 did this because intended 20
I appear as having been travelling on the
/ continent ] delivered my letter to the
/ ieweler an elderly man named Hicks.
+ He received me very kindly and, as Il
was stated In the letter that / wished
10 bring home with me some jewels
I for my sister. offered 70 show nae his
stock AZ once. 10 this replied that
was Ia no hurry and ! would like to
+ nee something of london before my re-
turn. As / expected. he offered %
show me around
"He took me to thaaters, the Tower,
I The abbey and All that but didn't see
4 the inside 81 hia home. Then I began
to ask him about hts family-we bad
got pretty thick Is this time-and be
asked me t. dine with him and his
family. / met ii this way bis niece.
I who lived with him. and Il wasn't long
after that when / dispensed with the
services Of the 5eweier for guide and
I took the niece. / was getting e that
age when a man feels battered by a
Young womau's attentions, and the
first thing that knew I was dead set
on taking her hack with me 10 Amer.
4 lea English girls. you know, have a
very pleasant accent. ard many Of
them can show the finest compilations
/ ia the world. Emily Robinson was one
Of that kind, and her kittenish ways
were Just the thing to catch an old
bachelor like myself She was glad
enough to get a husband who would
make her independent. and before
left London We were not only engaged
I but married
s0f course / felt guilty at trying e
end ont how her uncle got goods free
81 duty into America, but anyway
could only stop his doing IT, could
not punish hin. he being az English
man and Id London. So ] added matri
mony with Ills niece to d detective
ruse with him we were married q
few days before the steamer sailed
I aud ! bought about the same time
\ $4,000 worth az diamonds, which ray