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Show Ml Married Life the Third Year jl Helen Gels Angry at the Customs Inspectors By MABEL HERBERT URNER. !t A R,i: they l,,rollPh now'" l customs inspectors walked Usim i-s- Indifferently away, lenv- 6iH l5 tllc on-n run,fi w,tu h2M rtvo oul and overythlng upset. Jta"W -vcs. that's all. Now you stralght- r n things buck and lode up the trunks while i pay iim l,ll- Hc,re' 1 won 1 HW Ihlp P"- " 5,1 wlt" the, steamer r-fl r..cs" ami Warren, throwing- down ttEM M i overcoat, hurried off. luiSI Helen put thinpF hack as hCsL she, could, her cheeks still hurning with ikiTtU resentment at tho way the Inspectors vStfM h-d roughly turned over and pulled m evervthlng out. liven her dainty lln- ,,' crrle. that she had packed with such care, Imd not escaped their ruthless '4iw.!l inspection. "'CTtf'B Secrctlv, Helen hnd no respect Tor a ISiim law tliut allowed strange men to go tifim through one's mofl Intimate posscs- TisM 'ion?. And, like almost every other WB woman, she would have evaded or "rMSl tricked that law If she could. To her "Uil It feenicd an outrage that you could 4wi not brlns hoim- a few things for your- JftKm j1f and friend without helng sub- Wiim Jected to this Indignity. tr&yW But Warren did not share those 7i IB views. The customs wile for the snp-; snp-; port of tlx 'ountrvj and he had a 'OWl man's respel for law as law. So he Sta" hail Insisted on her making an siiumi- 'iitittB ra. list f every article she had boucht. And .now that there was UnM J23-5f' duty to pay she was liercely h indlcnnnl rfi'wB' AM over the dock trunks and hags trfl were lieinp opened up and subjected U.H to the same inspection. Tudor the ;,3lffl next letter "D" a woman was e- 'ilM cltedly arguing with one of the offi- '(m9 cers about some Ince. And further Uri'fw down, under 'G," Mrs Gorham, hF?i' who-"' stateroom had adjoined theirs, -tfvB Rhnost crying over some evening rrJj' towns which she had evidently un- "iil Warren's Maxim. Warren came up now with a por- VB' ttr, wIkj put their baggage on a -"SJ truck, wheeled It down the dock and loaded It on a cab. Mr. and Mrs. Walters, who had sat at their table, )XlL''J were petting into a taxi Just ahead. jjfteV It (s curious how close oni fed? "lB fc"0 travelers on board ship and 1 ;B how as foou as they land they, be- miB come almost strangers again. And ' now. as Helen bowed and smiled an Indifferent good-bye to the Wallers, ",W fhe realized how transient such Tim friendships are. jyjtfw "Well, we got through that pretty Uluia Wi" commented Warren as they 'tjTJ, drove off. "The best way Is to de-rfL de-rfL rlare everything. Show 'em you're 7?JB fquare and you won't have any trou- Me." 'ftnM "But. Warren. I thought those men '.:s$M were HORRID the way they dragged jCliil everything oul! And they Insisted I ,tyj2 had bought that dress over there, ZjjW Just because it bad a Paris label!" vH "Ob. well, they have io many ,Sm crooked women to deal with they've M got to be careful. Women are al- 'uJjw ways smuggling things in They're ll a lot worse than men." fnjB "But I can never sec why you ,!a shouldn't be allowed to bring in whaL 'Sm i'ou want for your own use," cle-cUred cle-cUred Helen. "Of eoutse you can t. You wom- isj en are all alike thcro's not one of WWj you tit? L wouldn't smuggle if you got J' vB the chalice." Helen diiRhed. and adroitly changed ti'IB' (hi; Eiiliject. .!1;3 "Ob, dear, do you realize, we'll be 4m '""nc j'l!:t a 1L'W n,lmitcS'-' 9!1' 1 .-M fel we vc been away for years!" The cab flopped now at a crowded flMMf cro.isinp. and Warren beckoned to a NT"$jfl newsbov on the corner, jrjw- "Let's sec what the papers look VI i like," as he opened one and threw. idSUT' ?-noler into Helen's lap. i -'I1'" s,1e slancid over the headings of ftljti. the various graft nnd scandal cases .J7tl that had developed since they left, yg There Is nothing that so emphasizes ) a few months' absence as the unfa- O miliar names In the newspaper hcud-tos- Warren hod turned to the a Ftock reports. fm Nearing Home. iJuB "Huh. pretty strong market. fvm Steel's up Union Pacific, too. Klec- - In" doesn't seem to have affected '' -W thlrips much." But Helen was too excited to read. a4V Jn a. few moments they' would be home and thai evening they would ;0,m po for Wtnificd She had tele- Phgni-d to Warren's mother from the juiiH ?ock lhc moment thc landed. Wln- 3 d v,i,s we"- 1,11 1 Curtis had W&m- !ntl5,cd that they should not come for liyj jjcr till evening, so lhal 1-relon might till "ay time to rcsl and get unpacked. aMm 'Oh. Warren, look!" as they passed UmW towering of lice building. 'That's Zjm almost llnishcd they didn't have the jm framework up when we left." ijf3B . "Tbc.v put things through In a Im !lUrrj" 1,crc- TilIi'-R a trip to London IrJl ..H1,?1-' -vu appreciate, that." atf ?B Oh, dear. I can't realize that, we kvlB ar! "lmoet home! I wonder how the jMM apartment will look." VUm i. Yer" lt', Hie same as wc left ' .. . s,10'd say." 'JM . ?ts I know; but nothing ever MM ,00.1j3 tiutlo the .same." jtfijBW t lttt they drew up. Helen Jumped . j out without waiting for Warren to help her and ran up the steps with her heart abcat. There was a new elovntor boy she missed the freckle-wreathed freckle-wreathed smile of the old one. . f ,ix ,'lol,i!r is n miphtly stiff price for that cab. grumbled Warren as he joined her in the hnll while the jani-tor jani-tor brougla In their baggage. that? In dismay. "Oh. ihoe cabmen from Iho docks always soak yon. Regular hold-up game. But there's no use kicking kick-ing if you want. your baggage brought up with you that's your only "And think how cheap the taxies wert- In London! I'll never want to take one here ' Home at Last. Delia had evidently been watching 1 and had Fcnn them drive up for she jvtis standing m their door when they left the elevator. "Oh. Delia. I was so afraid vou wouldn't get my letter In time." was Helen s first greeting "Oh. yes, ma'am; It came Thursdav. I got here yesterday morning." Helen was gazing around the sitting sit-ting room. How unfamlllarlv familiar It looked! Then she went from one room to another. Everything was Just the same and yet curiously "different. Warren was looking over the pile of mail on the sitting room tabic- He threw out poidp letters addressed to hy- and glanced hurriedly over the others. Then he went to the 'phono and called up the office. "Oh. Warren, you're not going down right away?" ax he rang off. 'That's what you heard me say. wasn't It? Think I am going to hang around here all morning?" Tie was unstrapping his trunk now. "Whero'd you put that bundle of papers the ' one I had out on the steamer? Want to take them down -with me " Helen found the papers and saw him off with a curious dread of being left alone. There is usually a, "let down" with the home-coming from any trip. The excitement nnd interest of getting ready for a Journey is very different from the more or less depressing effect ef-fect of unpacking afterwards. And now He'en faced this day of "getting straightened out" and "putting "things awaj" with a certain shrinking dread. As she unpacked her trunk evp.ry article recalled some incident of tho trip. This was a' veil she had bought at one of the big Oxford street shops. And here was a bottle of tooth powder from a quaint old chemist's on Fleet street the address was on tho label. Bt the dinner cards, theater programmes and souvenirs were the hardest to look over, for each one brought up many memories. Yes. It had been a wonderful trip. It seemed more wonderful than it had at the time. Why do we always appreciate things more when they have passed? She felt a homesick longing to go back, to live the trip over again, to make more of its possibilities. possi-bilities. Depression. She had spread a newspaper on the . floor before her trunk, and now as . she laid out some tilings she happened lo see the date Saturday, June S, the day they had sailed! Oh. If she might go back to that morning! If only the trip was still before her! Would they ever go abrond again? Would she ever have another such opportunity? She had glimpsed the groat outside world, and it bad made her i"liz.-'n w)--m " t'ny corner she lived. Her life and its interests in-terests seemed suddenly narrow and. purposeless. After all. what had she to look forward to? She felt now that she wanted to get . the trunks unpacked, to put away every evidence of the trip. It would be less hard to take up the old routine, rou-tine, when these things were riot about. It was not often thai Helen yielded to a spell of depression for such a cauFe. 7-1 or love for Warren had kept every stage of her married life, however how-ever unhappy, atlirob with Interest. Rut now. somehow the influences of the trip ovcrshndowed everything else, and for the moment her strongest feeling wns that her life was narrow and commonplace, and that the future heM nothing but the same monotonous monoton-ous routine. "We'll want some washing powder and soap right away, ma'am," and Delia, who was getting ready" to wash the soiled clothes they had brought back, stood intruding! in the doorway. door-way. "And hadn't you bettor make out a list of the other things, too?" "All right, Delia, in Just n, moment." And with a feeling almost of rebellion, Helen put down some souvenirs of the London trip and went Into the kitchen to make out a list of such prosaic necessities as washing powder and soap, The Queen of Hearts By Nell Brinkley She Broke Some Hearts All of a Summer's Day. |