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~ Ms as4s is my number. It's very
Kind OF you to attend to my luggage
% I promptly. The last tineI arrived q
rom nuropesI had 70 welt until ! was g
perfectly tired out and B M exhauasF' g ,aF
ted. sy.. .a,
yes those four !; dress trunk the he
steamer trunks. the hat-box and the
three bags are mine: OF course. i did, y L
mt buy anything 70 speak Of abroad. !:
one doesn't dare to nowadays. On ao-
count Of the duty. "a.
How many pieces Of luggage did I. I
take over? Why. / don't see what con-
carn that is Of the Custom House. !.
Well, ii you insist upon knowing, !
,toor5 nv. .steamer-trunk and one other
and a bag. q. !. .ls.s
No, ] have not bought three large
trunks full OF foreign goods. My things
were horribly crowded going oyer. and
i have merely spread them out little.
why. Of course I bought some
things. Haven't you seen my ,declaras
ton?
Now. please don't muss up that chtf-s
fon waist! OF course It's not Of any
value. q bought it on q 5bargatn-coun-
ter in Paris, but i do4want to get IT
home In good condition: ".
Dear me, are you going to pull out
that Irish.lace coat !? Cant you look at
|it where 1t is? The dressmaker pack
ed it in 80 carefully. FL
oh, do stop! Don't you see that you
are dropping my. things all over this
dirty dock? really never -
- Why. Of course I put Q few things
INSIDE the coat-just some gloves and
searfs and handkerchiefs, and q few
yards. Of Venetian lace. You shouldn't
have held 1t UP and shaken It that
You don't see any mention OF these
in the declarat ion? Why. my dear sir.
II you will look on the last line you
viii notice that i have allowed fifteen
dollars for sundries. -. a5
Fifteen dollars wouldn't cover
quarter Of those thingsi Really. I
don't wish to seem rude. but 1t 10 quite
evident that you have never shopped
I'm Europe, Or -------- i-Sl 4 #
Yes. bought those embroide
dresses In Switzerland. but you see:
they have all been laundered; besides.
they are only meant to wear in the;
morning. SO didn't think 1t was worth
while putting them on my list. ri.
Yes, Ibid get. this simple little ruby
and. diamond brooch in Italy, but you
surely don't expect me to pay duty
on something that I've worn, every
day for SIX weeks! cannot help
thinking that you are exceeding your
authority when you make such aSsug-
gestion. ss. II 1.
Ah, that velvet dress is dutiable, Of
course. Here Is the dressmaker,s bill.
No, she did not make out one bill
for me and another for the Custom
House. although l don't blame people
who resort to any means at their COM
mand to save themselves from being
robbed and plnnd 81
You are quite mistaken! All those
hats are not new. The quill on that
blue straw. and the inside band Of the q
large black one with feathers. i took
over from America. 81 ss; ,.s...:g5-
E I forget just what / did pay for the 4
other four. butt know 1t was not
much. You should have travelled and
learned something about the; absurd
" prices on the other side before &C
oepting the position which you. occu-
py. You see, so many. people over
there go without hats that the demand
Is not as great as 1t is here, SO one can
get them for almost nothing.
Presents Good gracious. onl L
haven't brought a thing for anybody.
OF course j am not going to. wear
those mems gloves and neckties my.
SELF. What q silly question: They are
Tor my husband. ). S n { 3.3 rs.
You expect me to pay on those? |?
This sts too much! Even you must
have heard that according to every
law, human and divine, husband and
wits are one. II !. II. ID i;5 .3;s,
Well. all / can say is that IL they.
are legally two, the fact is- another
proof Of the decadent state Of our
country / don't care to discuss this
delicate matter with you any further:J
besides. It IL quite, probable that YOU
are an atheist, in which case nothing
IcouM say would make ana Inference:
! have tried very hard to keep my tenn;
per during this abominable persecu.
ton TO which you have subjected me.
but the Limit Of my endurance has
haen reached II .xoY. sttempt to dis
Grace j