Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-11

friend of mine to do good. He tried to
for life.
at happened this way My friend, who
is a hotelkeeper In a small New York
town. was sitting behind his counter one
inebriated and possessed Of considerable
Importance. entered his place and de-
manded rooms. One of them came over
to him after the two had been assigned
to their rooms and said firmly:
Now. whatever happens call me the
first thing in the morning and put me on
the 1880 train for New York city. I must
catch that train. 1t means money. If
resist pour cold water over me until L
am awakened and then hustle me down
to the train. If 1 am still intoxicated tip
porter to look out for me.
This man was assigned to room ID.
When he had finished talking the other
man came up and requested the addresses
of various druggists.
"'You needn't bother about waking
me- he said. Just let me sleep as late as
I want This man was given room %.
EARLY the next morning the proprietor
called at room 10 and was gre ted with
deep snoring. From the sound of the
shores the sleeper was not entirely rid
of his spree Remembering the admoni-
ton that No 10 had given him the night
before, and shaking the sleeper by the
shoulder. he told him to get up. The
sleeper seemed to be In an unresponsive
frame of mind for he only murmured
'wazzermazzer' and rolled over and
went sounder to sleep than ever. Talking
and shaking did no good He plaintively
inquired in a half-somnolent manner IL
the proprietor thought that this was
nice way to treat a guest.
Finally in desperation the proprietor
looked at his watch and found it was ten
minutes after T.
Selling the pitcher of cold water, he
poured 1t upon his sleeping guest The
STRUGGLED he'd In
ridly. The proprietor then told him to
hurry and get dressed and the man
obeyed, still swearing in a manner that
fairly surprised the hotelkeeper. and
he not been confident that he was doing
his duty.
The man was hurried downstairs and
into carriage. He struggled viciousy
and demanded to know the meaning of
this outrage. He said several times that
this was the devil Of a way to treat a
guest. When the proprietor. with the aid
Of the head porter, took the price Of his
pockets he gazed at them with such an
expression of concentrated ferocity that.
even with his belief In the propriety of
his action. the hotelkeeper felt strange.
They bought him his ticket and bundled
him On board. And the train pulled
out his voice. plaintive and insistent. was
waited back to them declaring that this
was the devil Of way to treat a guest.
Happy In the belief Of duty well per-
formed, the proprietor returned to his no.
tel. About O'Clock that afternoon No.
% came downstairs, red-eyed and sleepy,
to inquire whether it was o'clock in
the morning yet or not. The hotelkeeper
told him what time 1t was, and he fairly
went wild He Numbered something
about needing to be in New York that
morning. and when the astonished hotel
keeper handed him the list of druggists
names he tore it up and told him to go
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preston.
The hotelkeeper then noticed for the
first time that he looked much like the
man he had sent away on the train that
morning
From the disjointed conversation of
No. 13 it appeared that he and No 10
had decided to change rooms after going
upstairs. each sleeping in the apartment
intended for the other. 1t was done.
No. 73 said. SO that No. 10 could have
a room with a southern exposure No.
73 was quite bitter against No. 10 for
leading him into the foolishness. but he
was principally concerned in discussing
the shortcomings of the hotel proprietor.
Several days afterward he Cthe pro-
prietor) received singing letter of re-
Duke written by No. 10 from New York.
No. 10 threatened violently to institute
proceedings against the hotelkeeper for
abduction, and concluded by remarking
that this was the devil of a way to treat
a guest who wanted to stay for week.
Shaving Off a Nights Work.
IF it had been anybody but good-natured
l Tom Shipp. there surely would have
been something doing around the forest
service building on F street one day re-
Gently. 1t being Tom. nothing of cons e.
quence happened. Unruff1ed. he merely
rolled up his sleeves and began all over
again. just as If some person had not
set him back to the extent of a days,
or 1t was in this case, a nights work
Ship, who holds down a position with
the forest service. and is also secretary
of the national conservation commission
is a very busy man: He dictates his cor
respondence to a monograph Because
he works longer hours than the govern
ment expects of its employees. he finds
this method more satisfactory than re-
quiring stenographer to remain after
hours. The other day Mr. Shipp found
that his work was accommodating rather
too fast He was literally swamped with
unanswered correspondence. So he de-
cided to remain at his Office after closing
time and catch up. even If it took the
entire night.
1t did take most Of the night. and it was
not until the the first streaks Of dawn
began to show themselves through the