The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-13
:, MABEL HERBERT URNER.

RE they through now"
ss "A asked Helen, as the two
II s,,,,,,,,. customs inspectors ,s,. walked ,.ssl
Ing the open trunks with
.,,vs out and everything upset.
usy. syes that's all. Now you straight
:, tbinus back and lock UP the trunks
shile ] pay this duty, Here, | won't
VA tbis-put IT in with the steamer
r,,ss." and Warren, throwing down
his overcoat, hurried OF.
Helen put things back as best she
.onId her checks still burning with
comment at the way the inspectors
Nd roughly turned over and pulled
n"crvthIne out Even her dainty lin
ssric. that she had packed with such
care. had not escaped their ruthless
Inspection.
Secretly, Helen had no respect fer n
law that allowed strange men TO 20
through ones most Intimate posses
sions And. like almost every other
won1an. she would have evaded or
,rickod that law. Ii she could. To her
Il seemed an outrage that you could
not bring home few things for your
seK and friends without being sub
iected to this lndignity.
But Warren did not share these
views. The customs wcfc for the sup
mort OF the country, and he had Il
mans respect for law as law So nc
had insisted on her making an accu-
rate lISi nf every article she had
bought. And now that there was
$3.50 duty 10 pay she was fierceiy
indignant
All over the dock trunks and bags
were being opened up and subjected
10 the same inspection Under the
next letter ID a woman was eN-
ctedly arguing with one of the Off
GERS about some lace. And further
down, under C." Mrs Gorham
whose stateroom had adjoined theirs.
was almost crying over some evening
gowns which she bad evidently un-
deryaued.
Warren S Maxim.
Warren came up now With por-
ter. who put their baggage on a
truck wheeled II down the dock and
loaded Il on j cab. Mr. and Mrs,
Walters. who had sat at their table,
we're getting into taxi Just ahead.
II ls curious how close one feels
70 fellow travellers on board ship and
how as soon as they land they be-
come almost strangers again. And
now. as Helen bowed ana smiled an
Indifferent good bye 10 the Walters,
she realized how transient such
friendships are.
well We got through that pretty
easy commented Warren as they
drove off, Tho hest way Is TO de-
clare everything. Show en- you're
square and you won't have any trou-
bIs."
'But. Warren. thought those men
we're HoRRlD-the way they aged
everything out. And they insisted I
had bought that dress over there,
just because it had Paris label
wall
crooked women to deal with they've
sot 10 be careful, Women are al
ways smuggling things in They're
lot worse than men
But can never sec why YOU
shouldn't be allowed to bring in what
YOU want for your own use de-
cIsred Helen.
"0i course you can't. You wom-
en- are all allkc-,here' not one Of
YOU that wouldn't smusSle if you got
The chance"
Helen flushed. and adroitly changed
Che subject.
"oh, dear, do you realize well he
home in Just a few minutes? Oh, !
feel we've been away for years.
The cab stopped now at crowded
crossing. and Warren beckoned to
newsboy on the corner
Lets see what the papers look
IKE" as he opened one and threw.
another into Helens lap.
She glanced over the headings oil
The various graft and scandal cases
that had developed since they lett.
There is nothing that so emphasizes
few months absence as the unfa-
miliar names in the newspaper head
ings. Warren had turned To the
stock reports.
Nearing Home,
Huh. pretty strong market
steers up-Union Pacific. too. Elec-
ton doesn't seem 10 have affected
things much,
But Helen was too excited TO read.
IN a. few moments they would be
home-and that evening they would
70 for Winfred She had tcle-
phoned 10 NNarIer.E mother. from the