The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-19
Married Life
the Fourth Year
BY MABEL HERBERT URNER.


mo, no; you don't hold your stick
right instructed Warren, inpatient
ly. Here: catch hold further up. Now
stand more to the side. That's better!
Now, don't strike-shoye!"
Helen showed the disk with all her
strength, but it reached only the -
10" square on the chalked deck.
Minus ten" disappointedly. Il only
had twenty-seven-that leaves me
only seventeen. And you'll go out this
time"
We'll, you'll never learn to play suf-
tleboard till you hold your stick right.
Now, watch" and with an easy grace
Warren sent a disk spinning up the
deck to the IS" square. THAT puts
ME out" as he threw down his stick.
Hello! There's sail off there,
frowning over the sun-lit sea to faint
speck on the horizon.
Let's play just one more game
pleaded Helen.
No, I've had enough" with a yawn
You cant play Switchboard, anyway
Now, see here, you'd better go down
and make out your declaration. It's
not II yet; you can finish by lunch
Helen looked out over the clear blue
shimmering sea and longed to stay Oh
OS(h IL SSSHlCo lCdA NAV oAlp ~
have to spend this glorious morning
down in her StaterOOm making out {
list for the customs.
Dear, | hate to go down nOw-Ive
got all day tomorrow"
Now, don't put everything off til
the last minute. Do it now and ge
it off your mind. You've got all YOU
bills-well, make up your list from
them That's the best way"
With feeling of rebellion agains
the whole institution of customs, Hell
en- went down to her Stateroom an(
got out the official blue blank tina
the purser had sent each passenge
that morning.
Warren had insisted on her Saving
the bills of everything she had bought
but she had no intention of maxim.
her declaration from them. Instead
she went over the goods in her trunl
and hand-baggage and put down onl.
the articles that were obviously new
and unused.
TO keep her declaration as near a
possible within the hundred dolla
free limit, was Helen's intention
Ninety-nine women out of a hundred
who bring things from abroad ar
obessed with this same desire.
However honest or generous WON
an may be in every other way, she ha
the deep-rooted feminine aversion t
paying duty. She firmly believes a
long as she does not bring in any
thing to sell, she should not have t
pay on her own wearing apparel, or OF
d few presents for friends.
So Helen felt that she was bein
most honest when she added up he
list and found she had declared $12
worth. That would mean that sh
would have to pay on $26, and evel
that she considered an imposition.
The first bugle had blown for lunch
con as she was adding up the list, an
now Warren entered with a bris
How are you making out? Ready t
go up to lunch?"
THE DECLARATION.
Yes, dear. I'm just through" has
lily putting in her trunk the blue off
cial sheet.
Lets see," holding GU this han
for the paper.
Hadn't we better wait until afte
luncheon?' anXiously.
I'll take look at it now. Ho7
much did it add up?'
Warren frowned down the lis
which Helen reluctantly gave hin
Then with a non-commitaal grunt, b
rapidly added up the items.
Only S126? Hows that? You sper
almost $500 and you've declared onl