The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-01-02

Somehow he had lost Ellis after the
boat started. He had patiently pa
trolled the decks without finding him,
and was consequently %disgruntled. Ell
lis had not even seemed decently
ple9sed at the kindness to his friend.
Inc stateroom door was locked.
Conrad raped. There was no an
swer. He raped louder. He repeat
ed it.
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 if 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. It was opened six
inches and a sleepy and blinking face
peered forth. Conrad showed himself
inside.
Who are your demanded the blink
ing man.
Here, wake upl" replied Conrad,
disgustedly This is my stateroom,
and I'm going to bed. Don't you re-
member that | offered to share with
your"
oh" 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?" he
asked.
The sleepy man sat up and regard
ed the floor on which Conrad was
dancing. oh he said, and seemed
amused. They've got out, haven't
they? I must have kicked a hole in
the paper covering! There's a hun
dred of those crabs!"
Then there are just a hundred too
many!" Conrad announced as he made
a 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 EN-
in a basket"
well, put 'em backl" Conrad or
dered, ferociously.
Crouched on the edge of the berth,
watched the other man try to cor
al those agile crabs. He chuckled
shooed and coaxed and dived
ieadlong and at last had most of them
Jack in their basket. Then he prompt
went to sleep once more.
Vastly irritated, Conrad retired. He
woke later to find himself being
Tiolently shaken by two strong hands.
Don't you see it? Don't you see
to" shouted a voice. Can't you
top it?"
Are those crabs loose again?" Con 6
ad cried in horror. making a spring /
or the electric light switch. :
mo, no." moaned the voice. That
utomobile! It's topping over n S
hey'll all be killed." T
Conrad shook the sleep walker VIC d
entity. Where am ~" the man asked
hen he came to. Ii
You'll be overheard in the lake il f
Oh repeat that performance" Con- :"
I'd told him. 81 wait to get a lit h
e sleep" Fl
In an hour a yell once more sent
onrad to his feet 1t seemed that a t
alb which they had missed in the p
had assembled a blanket to 81
e berth and had fastened upon its
ear. No one could reasonably "
to a mans yelling under these h
1rpctonoo CO Conrol r1o~otr H. "
ched the crab. threw it out of the tc
lndow and tried again to sleep, but pl
that time the boat had reached p
ore. Sleepy and angry, he start dl
to dress. The other man was slum- A
ring as sweetly as a baby. He st
ike up, though, when Conrad tried al
put on his shoes. because the
oes had crabs in them. NJ
Pr
i'll
he d~isembarked Conrad Met Ell
who was looking fresh, rested and r,
sorous. Conrad longed to smite m,
Ia
Here" he growled at Ellis. You n
me in for an awful night with that
end of yoursl I've had hardly q t1e
ak of sleep and have nearly had
art failure besidesi What's the mat cd
with him, anyway"
sure | don't know said Ell col
genially. Il never saw him be- i
e last night. He had just stopped g.;
ask me for a light when you carr :.
ng and took him in like a b~rother."
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