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Dogs trained in the same way are employed by the contrabandists to carry smuggled goods across the frontiers of both France and Portugal into Spain, in which country the high duties make smuggling a profitable business. We had called Henry's dog Solon, from the sagacity he displayed in everything in which he was called on to take a part.
In one of their coves was the Triton's native village, and the home of the Ferraguts hunters of black pirates in other days, contrabandists at times in modern days, sailors in all ages, appearing originally, perhaps, from those first wooden horses that came leaping over the foam seething around the promontory.
"Very well," said the Governor, "speak quickly then. What is your business here?" "Excellency, you have publicly offered a handsome reward for any information concerning the contrabandists," continued the stranger. "Is it not so?" "Ha!" said the Governor, "is that your errand here? What have you to say about those outlaws? Speak, speak quickly."
"I say you have naught to fear," continued Tacon; "the offered reward involves unconditional pardon to the informant." "You offer an additional reward, Excellency, for the discovery of the leader of the contrabandists, Captain Marti." "Ay." "It is a full revelation I have come hither to make." "Speak, then."
Also, without saying it goes that such phenomenally zealous and disinterested service attracted general astonishment, and, eventually, the notice of the authorities; whereupon he received promotion, and followed that up by mooting a scheme for the infallible detection of contrabandists, provided that he could be furnished with the necessary authority for carrying out the same.
It was proved that one of the contrabandists had provided the vessel in which the ruffian O'Brien had carried Scum Goodman over to France. The inference which ought to have been drawn from these facts was that the prohibitory system was absurd.
It appears that Sweden, which in peace time was wont to import from the Tsardom a certain quantity of those products, trebled its demands during the first year of the war. It is noticed by the Italian and French press; cf., for instance, Roma, October 31, 1915. Contingents of contrabandists were despatched to Greece, Spain, Morocco, Holland, Italy, Switzerland and the United States.
The fact is that the ladies' parlor at the hotel had been after dinner no better than a den of smugglers, in which the fair contrabandists had debated the best means of evading the laws of their country. At heart every man is a smuggler, and how much more every woman! She would have no scruple in ruining the silk and woolen interest throughout the United States.
Those to whom I commit you are contrabandists, who only know you as English-women, but who, for a high bribe, have undertaken to escort you through the passes of the Pyrenees as far as Saint Jean de Luz. "'And do you not go with us? I exclaimed with emphasis, though in a whisper.
It came about in due time, let Laurent's watch-dogs do what they would, that the contrabandists once more succeeded in running their cargo into the Hotel of the Three Friends. It was a very small one, but it was large enough to serve its turn. Annette had not appeared all day, and Paul's summons at her chamber-door had elicited no response.
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