South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-01-14

y. Here. catch hold further uD.
Vow stand more TO the side. That's
letter. Now don't strike. Shovel"
Helen showed the disk with all her
Itrength. but # reached only the
10" square OF the chalked deck.
Minus tent disappointedly. / only
bad 2I-that leaves me only Il. And
|ou'll go out this time"
well. you'll never learn To play
|huffieboard till YOU hold your stick
Fight. Now watch" and with an easy
race Warren sent a disk spinning up
|he deck 70 the 60" square THAT
|uts me out" as he threw down the
|ick. Hello, there's a sail off there.
downing over the sun-lit sea TO a faint
peck on the horizon.
Lets play just one more game
Headed Helen.
mo. I've had enough" with a yawn.
You can't play Switchboard anyway.
Tow see here, you'd better go down
bad make out your declaration. It's
lot II yet-yOu can finish by lunch"
Helen looked out over the clear blue
sea and longed TO stay on
|eck. IT seemed 81 real hardship to
lave 20 spend this glorious morning
iOwn in her staterOOm making out a
/ b for the customs.
| Dear. ] hate 10 go down nOW-I've
. Dt all day tomorrow
Now. don't put everything of till
a = last minute. DO it now and get 1t
III your mind. You've got all your
! lls--well. make up your list from
EN- That's the best way
4 With n feeling of rebellion against
e whole institution OF customs,
i ellen went down 10 her stateroOm
ld got out the official blue blank that
= purser had sent each passenger
<at morning.
Warren had insisted on her saving
e bills of everything she had bought
II she had no intention of making
r declaration from them. Instead
q went over the goods in her trunk
4 hand-baggage and put down only
i . articles that were obviously new
q d unused
To keep her declaration as near as
ssible within the hundred dollar
- limit. was Helen's intention.
nety-uine women out of a hundred
4no bring things from abroad are
sessed with the same idea.
j However honest or generous a Wo-
an may be in every other way. she
$ the deep-roOted feminine aversion
paving duty. She firmly believes as
Xng as she does not bring in anything
sell. she should not have to pay on
|r own wearing apparel OF on a few
esents for friends
SO Helen felt that she was being
Dst honest when she added up her
Id and found she had declared $l26
birth. That would mean that she
build have 10 pay on $26 and even
at she considered an imposition.
The first bugle had blown for lunch
M as she was adding up her list
8 n now warren entered with brisk,
Iow are you making out? Ready to
TO lunch"
The Declaration.
yes. dear. I'm just through,
Silly putting in her trunk the blue
cial sheet
Lets see" holding out his hand
the paper. lr
Hadn't we better wait until after
lcheon ," anXiously.
IN take a look at il now. HOW
sh did it add up2'
Warren frowned down the list which
hen reluctantly gave him. Then
n non-cOmmittal grunt, he rap
added uD the items.
only 1925? HOw's that? You
mt almost $500 and you've declared
81 S126i Why, you haven't got hair
stuff down"
Pot / didn't spend $500 on pur-
sesn excitedlv. Think of all I
mt on cabs. buses, luncheOns-and
ngs like that"
Humph. YOU spent mighty blamed
e on cabs. Outside OF what you've
ght. I'll wager YOU dfdn't spend 500
the time we were there. You've
over 500 worth of stuff ali right.
~ get out your bills. III go over
-
-. - TO -,o,.v, most Of tho
ngs. why some Of the underwear
even been Numbered" (almost in
rs). surely you're not going TO
. Se me declare
Where are those two gowns from
Bon Marche2" he was still crawl
down her list. Don't see them
No. because I've worn them--and
show IT, I almost ruined that
te one at the dance last night.
don't expect me 60 declare that?
rren. nobody declares everything
we worm"
Give me the ink and get me your
s-every one of them, he demand
yrimly.
on. dear. do let's go 10 luncheon
Wen feel SO much more in the
bd for this afterward."
feel in the mood for it right now.
ere are those bills2"
There's the second bugle now.
Mt we be late for lunch -
lunch or no lunch. were going 10
this thing straight before we leave
Get me those bills I tell you
lmost in tears Helen opened her
Dix and took out "a large envelope
bills and Warren began Jotting
n the amount OF each.
What's this six poudre rosee
. fr. SIS francs. Got that on
r list"
Face Powder.
10. that's face powder and I've
almost "a box. Don't YOU see. agi-
dly. a lot OF those toilet things
used up"
All right. You've used one box.
about the other fve2"
ellen flushed and with his mouth
grimly Warren wrote down .
IS face powder at frs So So.
Nine D. gants Those all tho
|es YOU bought"
That's all from the Bon Marche.
there may be "a few more pairs"
should say there We're" as Warren
ed over the - and found alto
er over two dozen pairs OF gloves.
rh amounted 20 SIC. And Helen
declared Gloves So"
MW