The daily Alaskan., 1911-06-08

Mrs Foster whispered in her ear and the otber smiled internationally
 Why that must equal tbe amount of thg duty on y0ur ponrIs.' she hoz- arde3
 My dear ues mcre than Jhe duty would be. and SO ve simply got Co Eet them thwugb Au. U ls ny turn nowr' She bastcusd awaY 60 give np thp key Co her trunks and Eleanor beard her shHH treble rising Ia approximation against fae quick deri~.ve tones of the customs oE'rlul
 And aitrr awhile Ihr odirial con- suited uurruuos and rrHd something IHerefrum rn Mrs Poster. WIh hlD ter ery she gave up Der uu,brella. and with n quick turn 8f bis wrist The of Geia compelled ihal carefully manu aauruI article Co dIsgurEp the pearls. After the confusion surrounding tbis Incident had died away Mrs f'reer found herself growing quite nervous, as the other passengers iu the ''l'' sec ton quickly made their declarations and were promptly released. Al last she alone was left and she came re- Iuctauuy forward with her keys One by one the trunks were thrown open and her dainty belongings tossed about for Inspection. Memorandum was made of her duu8bIe articles and Che trunks closed Then her band luggage was gone over carefully with ont result
 At 'ast fhc official straiEhtened him self and looked her calmly ln the eye
 "That Is al you have Co declare, uadamg" he asked
 "Ihayc given you my keys-you see what is there returned Mrs. Freer haughdIv
 "uow about the dIamondsy he ask. ej unpIeas7nrly
 aDmmuuds" Easncd Mrs Freer
 He nodded aud consulted the same notebook tHat had been the undoinE of little Mrs Foster
 "Our agents report that you purrhas- cd diamonds to tbe value of Sl0m0 when you were In Paris, be ann0unc- ed. "Whera are fbcyT
 This Is an outrage stammered Eleanor tcarlu..y
 "Itjs rhr rHv. madam" he corrected steruly and then. "I trust you will not make a personal search neCessary." " . Mrs. Freer hcs.rated. and then pride came t1 hcr aid To admit that she had tried Co smurc.c diamonds through the customs was loo mortifying Co en- durc She would face it out They wouId never guess where she bad hid- den tnrm-i was ber own idea and so clever
 "You may make tbe personal senrch if you wish" she said swegrly And chen she was conducted Co a small room and placed iu the hands Of a . sharp eyed woman, who consulted with Che oHicIa. in low tones before she turned Co Mrs Freer.
 "WU you please remove your hat madamE she asked cautiously "Cara.nLv." returned Eleanor, with a little hrNeriral laugh. "l suppose you believe ! have diamonds concealed In my hair
 "I have heard of stranger cases" re turned tho woman grimly No, madam, you needn't take down your hair think ! can locate them with out
 She took the charming hat from . Eleanors shaking hands and held it under a strong drop light Then she drew forth pair Of sharp scissors and deliberately shipped one of The green grapes from its stem. tore it open and pulled out n stuflng Of cotton wool from which dropped a EliseniuE gem While Mrs Frpcr suffered mild hys tories tue woman calmly denuded tbe . hat Of its green grapes, and from each one she produced a stone. which she n5d ina tray. She counted them care CuHy aud then called in the official
 "Wual do ynu musc Of themF' she asked
 He smiled broadly and nodded ap- nrova' at Mrs Freer Pretty clever trick madam be said. and she felt ! grain or comfort iu the knowledge that . her dishonesty was of high degree.
 "How did yoU ruessT % she faltered
 "No cuesswors about it" be said checrru0Iy. The man who made your . grapes to order. wasn't It2-bappened to be one Of our spies: tbats all" . He was examining the stones with a strong glass. Then he turned to Flea. no. once more Why did you take . pains to smugrle through false stones, madamy he demanded.
 "FalseTr she Fosped. "Why, my husband paid S1o00O for themw
 Then he was badly bitten. They're not worth S1o0"
 ] It was at this moment that John ! Freer chose to arrive. admitted by the magic or his card and coin of the re. ] public
 ] His sharp eyes took in the sltuation 1 at a glance-his fearful wife Der de nuded bat and the heap of imitation ! diamonds
 "EIeauor," he chlded gently, "what did ! warn you2 Tell me what sort of trouble you're in that | may help ! you out of it"