The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-04-01
GREEN GRAPES
AND DIAMONDS:
A Novel Plan, but 1t Does
Not Work
By CLARISSA nACkIE
BY CLARISSA MACkIE
,,opyrisht by Annex IN Press Asso-
alton. MI

III / fer myers IN n stream OF pur-
biz ana mr. lie gathered them into
ATE te-ai'. seraped them up ana
poured Them inlo small chamois
iaatliei nug
.s+ sure 10 declare these. Eleanor.
II Viii be cn-afxr In the end. Ieie-
y,hon. me- al the office and will send
!. cheek down 10 the customs mmedi-
afeiv Aou better let ME take them
,,,nt tomorrow You are rather care
lssS. NJ. dear
40 indeed. John Freer.. shall
earry them back to New York myself.
und | viii show YOU that. athougn
uay sometimes be careless IN llttle
things when there Is really something
worth Wilt. 10 be taken care OF
shall not fail As for declaring them.
the duty will be frishtfui. They are
werIh xl01n0, you said.
"Al OF that. and the duty viii bring
Nj the cost. bit | can AFFORD 10 pay IT,
The turin afforded me protection when
wis II manufacturer Certainly
would not dream of cheating in the
LGtiItI Suld ltt-t-t WY - '''-'S
cara. ut the diamonds until | sail to-
MORROW Then you may take care or
them but | warn you against Trying
TO smuggle them in shall meet you
nj the boat ~ your arrival ana se'''f
the matter NJ once.
Very we'll dear said Mrs Freer
mepkiv. vet with sparkle In her eye
M. of ipHui-
gem husband New. as this Is your
,asr night IN Paris shall we not try the
opern:'
with pleasure I'm going out now,
pu III he Ia before dinner VIII you
have Armand pack my things? | must
catch that Chrrhourg express without
fail II I'm 10 make my boat in the
morning Mr. t'reer kissed his wire
tipntiy and left the room ana ihter
the hotel
Mrs t'rrpr looked thoughtfully at
her rings as her husband left the room,
and little smile curved her lips Mt
III. daring thought thnt entered her
pretty mead After nm unusually long
silence she tossed u kiss toward the
silver framed photograph OF her hus
haud ana spoke aloud:
..With all due respect to your judy
mpiI. dear John. Ugh. Fancy payin,
MI thai duty besides Riffan's bill 70
setting the stones in my platinum
chni No, SIR With which expires
sivp and mysterious remark she dane
I'd ont OF the room.
The next morning found her alon,
IN f.nris. whii.. her husband WIS prob
ably homewnrd hound across the AT
innfic II.. had been summoned &c
New York by Important business mat
rers. ana Eleanor. with her shopping
halt done. had decided TO remain and
finish II. going home by the boat on
which they had engaged passage for
the return trip
Now that she was alone she poured
The STONES through her slender fingers.
Geiirh'ute III their sparkle and bril-
flame, aud the purity OF their color
Then ~he hid Them IL her bosom and
went furth Ia attend to her neglected
shopriug
tiotarwHrd bound on the Leonore,
Mrs reer wore proud and trium
phani smile that would have aroused
her husbands suspicious had he seen
il Mhlt+ little groups of the women
nouTHrd over the duties that would
have Ia be paid on their purchases.
Eleanor tres,t smiled contentedly aud
aaid Sue intended to declare every
gown She had bought
When the port OF New York was
matte III last Mrs. Freer was among
those Who were first on deck becoIn
inely powaed with quite II marvel
Gus liiie hat trimmed with green wax
grapes on her lovely hair.
Hen first disappointment came when
she did NOT discern her devoted hus-
band ou the pier, and afterward she
WIS conscious OF II distinct feeling or
reliet Il was quite as well. she cal
ruIut+d II ioEn should not appear for
an nunf or so
As Eleanor waited patiently for her
trunks To- be examined Ii fellow voy
ueer approached her with Il worried
look
Dear Mrs. Freer." she whispered.
I'm so nervous | don't know what TO
do Did you ever smuggle anything
through
Mrs freer looked properly shocked.
lis II quite the right thing to doT she
asked virruously.
-On uoth..r.' said Mrs Foster i'm
patiently The government is rich
enough without taking toll OF my poor
little purchases I'm wondering - look
III that Is there anything unusual
about NJ She held forth silk I'm
brella with n knob handle OF silver
plain ana practical looking
no Why: You haven't rea lyY
Airs. Fr-er's eyebrows went up in sur
prise.
The other nodded emphatically. Il
had II nads TO order she whispered
''rh- stick Is larger than Is ordinary
aud nuIiow string Of pearls for Dor
athy i'he handle screws on. The
ciev-rrst artisan In the Rue de Hi
iairr made II for me- and | bribed him
TO secrecy The whole thing. umbrei
la penrls and bride. cost-guess how
many thousand francs"
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