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Steamer Georgia fio'ti Juneau
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Health Resort
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by local applications, as they cajvaot
roach the diseased Dorticm of the car
Tbere is only oae way to cure deaf
co*s, and that is by constitutional
remedies. Deafness is caused by an
inflamed condition of the Eustachian
Tube. When this tube <s inflamed
you have a rumbling sc*ind or imper
fect hearing, and when H. Is entirely
closed, deafness is the result, and un
clss the inflammation can be taker,
out and this tube restored to its nor
raal condition, hearing will be do
stroyed forever; nine eases out of ten
pre caused by Catarrh, which Is 110th
ing but an inflamed condition of tin
mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of deafness (caused b>
Catarrh) that cannot be cured by
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Sold by Druggists, 75c
Tate Hall's Family Pills for consli
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SALE
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big lot of Good Goods at reduce4
prices as they are getting too rl
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The unset diamonds rippled through
Mr. Freer's fingers in n stream of pur
ple and fire He gathered tliem Into
a little heap. scraped them up and
poured them Into a small chamois
leather bag.
"Be sure to dt\ lore these, Eleanor
It will he cheaper In the end. Tele
phone me at the oftir-e and I will "end
a cheek down to the customs immedl
ately. i ou better let me take them
over tomorrow. You are rather care
less. my dear."
"No, Indeed. John I'reer: 1 shal!
carry them Pack to New Vork myself,
and I will show you that, although I
may sometimes be careless In littlf
things, when there Is really something
worth while to be tnken care of I
shall not fall. As for declaring them,
the duty will be frightful. They are
worth ? 10.000. you said."
"All of that, and the dnty will bring
up the cost, but I can afford to pay It
The tariff afforded .me protection when
1 was a manufacturer. Certainly I
would not dream of cheating in the
matter." said Freer gravely. "Ill take
care of the diamonds until I sail to
morrow. Then you may take care of
them, but I wnrn you against trying
to smuggle them in I shall meet you
nt the boat on your arrival and settle
the matter at once."
"Very welt, dear." said Mrs. Freer
meekly, yet with n sparkle In her eye
which did not escape her quiet indul
gent hnsband. "Now, as this Is yonr
last night in Paris shall we not try the
opera T'
"With pleasure. I'm going out now,
but I'll be In before dinner Will you
have Armand park my thing*? I must
catch that Cherbourg express without
fail If I'm to make my boat In the
morning." Mr. Freer kissed his wife
lightly and left the room and later
the hotel.
Mrs. Freer looked thoughtfully at
her rinjjs as her husband left the room,
and a little smile curved her lips at
the daring thought that entered her
pretty head After an unusually long
silence she tossed a kiss toward the
silver framed photograph of her hus
band and spoke aloud
"With all due respect to your Judg
ment. dear John! Tghl Fancy paying
all that dnty besides Riffan's bill for
setting the stones In my platinum
chain! No. slrP With which expres
sive and mysterious remark she danc
ed out of the room
The next morning found her alone
In Paris, while her husband was prob
ably homeward bound across the At
lantic. He had been summoned to
New York by Important bu~ln.>s< mat
ters. and Eleanor, with her shopping
half done, had decided to remain and
finish it going home by the boat on
which they had engaged passage for
the return trip.
Now that she was alone she poured
the stones through her slender lingers,
delighting In their sparkle and bril
liancy and the purity of their color.
Then she hid them In her l>osom and
went forth to attend to her neglected
shopping.
Homeward bound on the I/eonorc,
Mrs. Freer won? a proud and trium
phant smile that would have aroused
her husband's -suspicions had he seen
it. While little groups of the women
mourned over the duties that would
have to be paid on their purchases.
Eleanor Freer smiled contentedly and
said she intended to declare every
gown she had bought.
When the port of New York was
made at last Mrs. Freer was among
those who were first on deck, becom
ingly gowned, with quite a marvel
ous little hat trimmed with green wax
grapes on her lovely hair.
Her first disappointment came when
she did not discern her devoted hus
band on the pier, 'nd afterward she
was conscious of a distinct feeling of
relief. It was quite as well, she cal
culated. If John should not appear for
an hour or so.
As Eleanor wa;ted patiently for her
trunks to be examined a fellow voy
ager approached her with a worried
look
"Dear Mrs. Freer," sue wnisperea.
"I'm so nervous 1 don't know what to
do. Did you ever smuggle anything
through 7"
Mrs. Freer looked properly shocked.
"Is tt quite the right thing to do?" she
asked virtuously.
"Oh, bother!" said Mrs. Foster im
patiently. "The government is rich
enough without taking toll of my poor
little purchases I'm wondering? look
at that? Is then? anything unusual
about itr She held forth a silk um
brella with a knob handle of sliver,
plain and practical looking
"No. Why? You haven't? really?"
Mrs. Freer's eyebrows went up In sur
prise.
The other nodded emphatically. "I
bad It made to order." she whispered.
"The stick is Inrger than ts< ordinary
and hollow? a string of pearls for Dor
othy. The handle screws on. The
cleverest artisan In the Rue de Hll
laire made tt for me. and I bribed him
to secrecy. The whole thing, umbrel
la. pearls and bribe, cost-- guess how
many tbousa?d fruncs."
"1 couldn't," declared Mrs Fie?r
breathlessly.
Mr* Foster whispered In ber Mr,
and the other smiled Incredaloasly.
^ hy, t hat must equal the p. mount
of the duty on your pearls." she hss
arded.
"My dear. It's mo?e (ban the duty
would be. and ?o I vr xini|>li pot to pet
tbea tbroacli An. It K mv turn nowr I
She hastened h way to jdv* 11). tbp key
to her trunks. and Kleanor beard bet
shrill treble rislnc in et|w~tuiarlon
against the quick decisive inim ??f tb*
customs official.
And after awhile ih*> I'fli ini oon
soiled a nnd rend something
therefrom to Mr*. iwiW, With n tilt
ter .-ry *b- KNre lip tier umbrella. and
with a quick mm ?t bin wrist i tip of
ficial comjtelied thai carefully tuauu
faijimd article to disgorge the pearls.
After the ronfnsion surrounding this
Incident had died away Mr* Prm?r
found herself growing qnlte nervous,
as the other passenger* In the "K" Me
tlon quickly made their declarations
and were promptly released. At laat >
she alone was left, and she came re
itictantly forward with her keys.
One by one the trunks were thrown
open nnd her dainty belonging* to?M
about for inspection. Memorandum
was made or her dutiable artjclrs and
the trunk* cloted Tbeo her bam!
luggage was gone orw carefully with
out result
At last the official straightened him
self and looked ber calmly in the eye
"Thai Is all you have to declare,
madam?" he asked
I hive given you my keys-you see
what is there," returned Mra Freer
haughtily.
"How about the diamonds?" he ask
ed unpleasantly.
Diamonds!" gasped Mrs. Freer
He nodded and consulted the same
notcltook that had been the undoing
of little .Mrs Foster.
"Our agents report that you purchas
ed diamonds to the value of II0.0UU
when \ >u were In Paris," be announc
ed. "Where are they?"
"This is an outrage." stammered
Eleanor tearfully
"It Is the law. madam." be corrected
sternly, and then. "I trust you will
not make a personal search necessary "
Mrs. Freer liesl luted, and then pride
came to bet aid. lo admit that she
hud tried to smuggle diamonds through
the customs was too mortifying to en
dure. She would face It out They
"'on Id never guess where she had hid
den them -it was her own Idea and
so clever.
^ >>u may make the pervonal search
If you wish," she said sweetly. And
then she was conducted to a small
room and placed in the bands of a
sharp eyed woman, who consulted with
the official In low tones before she
turned to Mrs. Freer.
\ill you please remove your hat,
madam?" she asked courteoosly.
Certainly," returned Kleanor, with
a little hysterical laugb. "I suppose
you believe I have diamonds concealed
m my hair."
"I have heard of stranger cases," re
turned the woman grimly. "No,
madam, you needn't take down your
b iir. I think I can locate them with
out"
She took the charming hat from
I" termor's shaking hands and held It
under a strong drop light. Then she
drew forth a pair of sharp scissors and
deliberately snipped one of the green
grapes from Its stem, tore It open and
l ulled out a stuffing of cotton wool,
fr n whirl) dropj>ed a glistening fcem.
While Mrs Freer suffered mild hys
terics. the woman calmly denuded the
hat of Its gr.'en grapes, nnd from each
one ?he produced a stone, which she
laid In a trny She counted them care
fuil.v and then called In the official.
"What do yon make of themr she
asked
He smiled broadly and nodded ap
proval at Mrs. Freer. "Pretty clever
trick, madam." be said, and she felt a
err :i if comfort In the knowledge that
f'er dishonesty was of high degree.
How did yon gnessr she faltered
"No guesswork about It" be said
cheerfully. "| he man who made your
grapes ro order, wasn't lt?-bappened
to be one of onr spies; that's all."
He was examining the stones with a
strong glass Then he turned to Elea
nor once more "Why did yon take
pains to smuggle through false stones,
madam?" he demanded.
"Falser she gasped. "Why. my
husband paid flO.OOO for themr
"Then he was badly bitten. They're
not worth flOO."
It was nt this moment that John
Freer chose to arrive, admitted by the
mncic of his card and coin of the re
public.
His sharp eyes took In the sltnation
nt n glance? his tearful wife, ber de
nuded hat and the heap of Imitation
i diamonds.
"Eleanor," he chlded gently, "what
did I warn yon? Tell me what sort
of trouble you're In that I may help
! you out of It."
She fold him unreservedly, and he
laughed when she bad concluded?
laughed heartlessly.
! "False, you say? Yes, my dear, they
ire. The genuine diamonds came over
nth me a fortnight ago and were
properly declared and the duty paid.
Those I left with you were cheap Imi
tations I ran out and purchased the
?ery night before I sailed? after yon
1 had expressed your Ideas regarding
smuggling. Now you're bad a taste
' of It how do yon like trying to
! cheat your Uncle Sam? Unprofitable.
ehT
"It's perfectly horrid," sobbed Rlea
>ior agninst his shoulder. "I feel ?o
mean I don't know what to do, John!"*
"Jnst don't do it again. Cut your
morals on the straight" advised Freer
kindly.
"7 will hereafter. But"? sigbin#
"the way of the transgressor is hart
hard as diamonds. John."
".\nd as bitter as green grapes," aid
ed er husband
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