Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-11-28
Doing Ellis
a Favor

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Conrad. threading his way across
the steamboat dock Uttered with
boxes and trunks and trucks and peo
pie. saw Ellis at a distance and head
ed his way.
Ellis was a man that II paid to cul
tivate. Conrad was glad they were
crossing the lake on the same boat
or 'S-fe was he chance Of sr.c.c
'rf ~'-' 'cgc'f~-
Great Jam tonight, isn't thereT'
Conrad remarked cftcr greeting Ellis
The man with whom Ellis bad been
talking when Conrad came up laugh.
ed at this. There sure u.s." he re-
marked. Il cant get a berth. lei
alone ststerooml Guess I'll have tc
sit up all night"
Conrad eagerly grasped this chance
to do a favor for a friend of Ellis.
You can have berth in my state
ROOM" he said. cordially. I'm alone
in IT,"
Later on Conrad sought his room.
Somehow he had lost Ellis after the
boat started. He had patiently pa.
trolled the decks without finding him.
and was consequently disgruntled. FL.
lis had not even seemed decently
pleased at the kindness to his friend
The stateroom door was locked.
Conrad raped. There was no an
swer. He raped louder He repeat
ed II.
The man in the next stateroom flung
open his door GROSSLY and asked Con-
rad to stop trying to knock In a side
OF the boat. He said he had press
Ing business in port. and II Con.
rad sunk the vessel and he had to
swim In he would be late for his ap,
pointment.
Thereupon Conrad kicked the door
of his stateroom. 1t was opened six
inches and sleepy and blinking face
peered forth. Conrad showed himself
inside.
Who are your" demanded the blink.
ing man.
Here, wake upi" replied Conrad,
disgustedly. This is my stateroom,
and I'm going to bed. Don't you re.
member that l offered to share with
your"
Obi" said the blinking man, COM
prehendingly. sitting down. Then he
rolled over and went to sleep again.
Suddenly Conrad gave a howl.
What have you got in here?" be
asked. :,
The sleepy man sat up and regard
ed the floor on which Conrad was
dancing. "Oh." be said, and seemed
amused. They've got out. haven't
they? must have kicked hole IN
the paper covering! There's hun
dred OF those crabsi"
Then there are Just hundred too
many!" Conrad announced as he made
q leap for life. ;,
You see." said the other passen.
ger. socially. I'm going over to visit
a friend. and he's daffy about eating
little fresh water crabs. He asked
me to bring him some. / put 'em
In a basket"
Well, put 'em back!" Conrad or,
dered, ferociously.
Crouched on the edge of the berth.
he watched the other man try to cor.
raj those agile crabs. He chuckled
and shooed and coaxed and dived
headlong and at last had most of them
back In their basket. Then he prompt
~ went to sleep once more.
Vastly irritated, Conrad retired. He
awOke later to find himself being
violently shaken by two strong hands
Don't you see it? Don't you see
it?" shouted a voice. Can't you
stop it?"
Are those crabs loose again?" Con
rad cried in horror, making a spring
for the electric light switch.
mo, no." moaned the voice. THAT
automobile! It's topping over and
they'll all be killed."
Conrad shook the sleep walker VIC
lently. where am II" the man asked
when he came to.
You'll be overheard In the lake n
you repeat that performance" Con-
rad told him. II want TO get a lit
tie sleep"
In an hour yell once more sent
Conrad to his feet 1t seemed that a
crab which they had missed in the
roundup had assembled a blanket 70
the berth and had fastened upon its
owners ear. No one could reasonably
objected to a mans yelling under these
circumstances, so Conrad merely de-
tached the crab. threw II out OF the
window and tried again to sleep. but
by that time the boat had reached