The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-20

! w dhtCu ~ I1OSDidI 81
Child Could Be Born in Vermont. but
Glance at "Wife" Aroused Suspicion
and Revolver Prevented Escape.
| We who live on the border of good old
| E.. s. ~ and Canada see many funny
things in the efforts to evade the Vol
| stead act. says the Boston Sunday Post.
One of the most adroit to date, which
almost worked occurred at Derby line,
Vermont. Derby Line is the Vermont
end Of Three Villages, but a short dis
lance from the Canadian Office, with
which it is connected by private wire,
and, ordinarily. what gets by one Office
| is passed with merely perfunctory exam
nation at the other Office, as perfect
harmony and honest intentions prevail
at both offices.
| Early one morning an immense, high
powered, luxurious car tore up to the
Vermont Office almost before the phone
report could be taken. and fine looking
man alighted before the car came to a
Istandstill. .-
Racing the Stork.
| Il am Jones, of the firm Jones' Jones
/ x Co., Patent Attorneys" he exclaimed,
| fand / am making a record run TO st.
IJohnSbuTy. Vermont, where | want my
| first boy to be born. My wife is YER
monter, and as the babe was not eX
pected for two weeks we thought it safe
| to 90 to Sherbrooke (CanJ to see her
| brother, Colonel Black TAT Nimy Ridge
YOU know, Just invalided home, but she
| became i'll this morning and | have
4 broken all speed laws to get our child
| born in Vermont, the best state of all.
4 if possible at her old home - Mean
while Mr.. Jones had opened a suit case
and tenderly displayed an exquisite lay
cite TO the three officers standing at at
| tention, interluding his remarks with
| = Don I cry, Dollle, I'm Just second
darling, - to the little gasps and means
| proceeding from a recumbent, elegantly
attired little figure stretched out on still
/ more suit eases.
/ Without waiting for a reply from an
! evidently sympathetic ? audience Mr..
| Jones continued, ''If any of YOU have
been married FIVE years and then eX
tpected your first born. YOU would I'M
derstaIe my feelings. viii make any
deposit YOU wish Tor the car, only
must get as far an Orleans hospital
quick. but It. Johnsbury if possible.
The Tell-Taye Glance.
! The new man in charge had gone to
! the opposite side of the car fully i'm
pressed with the urgency Of the case.
| Mr.. Jones closed the case of the layette,
told the chauffeur to start. as the Off
Ger raised his hand and said 81 fullg.
appreciate the situation and most Ger
taInly hope Your wishes may be ful-
/ filled - and was about to add "pass. n
when he fancicd he intercepted slight
est glance between Mr.. and Mrs. Jones
and continued instead, - As a matter OF
form ] must dctain YOU moment and
/ open the other suitcase If Madame Will
/ kindly rise. -
II can t, Oh. Oh!'' sobbed Mrs.
] Jones and convulSive tremors ran
through her slight, dainty figure.
! - Don t stir, Numbered Mr.. Jones,
then, recognizing his slip, added, . on
! are too much a gentleman to ask her to
! rise. to risk having the child born here
i in the street
Dolic impatiently tossed her head
away and the watchfUl officer saw one
bewitching blond ear bun rise sidewisc
disclosing short clipped dark hair. /
On the instant several things hap
pened; The officer jumped on the run
ming board and with one hand grasped
! Dollic 5 arm and the other reached for
his hip pocket
Mr.. Jones again ordered the chauf
fenr to start 'sd-n quick = and covered
the officer with his revolver.
The other Two officers sent two shots
into two great tires. which screechiHgly
went fiat.
Doilie and the chauffeur produced fire.
arms and curses, which were found un
awning dS lhtA Nttt illttdilN III tiIt
hands of the law.
What the Car Contained.
Dollc was ierked out, flowing silk
coat rudely and roughly yankcd off.
likewise a lovely kimono, disclosing a
well-clad. siuewy young man adorned
around the middle with Il sort of John
Browne belt affair ingeniously hung with
bottles of choice liquors in such q man
ner as to simulate the figure a prospec
tive mother demanded.
Dolie meanwhile pitched the charming
motor bonnet and fascinating hair into
the street with profane remarks
Not only the suitcases were filed with
high grade liquors, but ruthless knives
slashed open the fine upholsterng. dis
closing literally thousands of dollars
worth of high wines in the intricate
interior
But for that faintest, almost imper
ccptible glance between loving affection
ate almost parents. the American a.
well as the Canadian officers would have
fallen for the sliekest ruSe TO date
Moral: Don I flick an eyelash till the