, 1873-06-15
"Cording'' Tour mother"tn.LaW's
Bed4tcAd.

n ls q utt,o s,u6ula. rny yuur WIGS morner
will persist in s1eeping on cord bedstead- But
she does. You don't think 80 much OF this
until you are called upon to put it up, which
eyent generally takes place in the evening. The
bedstead has been cleaned in the afternoon, and,
having been soaked through with hot Water is
now ready for putting up Your wife holds tho
lamp and takes charge Of the conversation: The
rope has been under water seven times in the
course OF the cleaning, and, having swollen TO-
diameter greater than the holes in tho rails,
has also got into fit Of coiling up into mystic
as 1ooss and It L ns'' a p9sg soon aen "
ceases to be . virtue, and then yon scold
The thread which has been wound around
the end Of the rope to facilitate its introduction
in the holes has come Oh, and you have 70 toll
through eight holes, your wife makes the dis
covery that you have started wrong. The way
that rope comes out OF those holes again, makes
your wife get closer to the door.
Then you Try it again, and get It tangled IN
smallest bedroom in the house, and you call the
attention of your wife to the fact by observing
!" "Why on earth don't you open the door Do
you want to smother me =? :" She opens the door,
and you start again. and she helps you ~1te ne .1
rail, then she mo7es it so the heat comes up the
chimney and scorches your nose. just as you
need it the worst you lose slght OF 1t en-
tirely, and, turning around, ind her exam
l110R ED0 WILL ~ 6eo uOH hAAk AAA0AA LINZ ftt ~
tho whitewash. This e1cites you, and brings
out the perspiration in greater p5ofusion, ano
YOU declare you will kick the bedstead ont Of
| doors il she doesn't come around with that hght
Then she comes around Finally the cord is laie
81 right and yon proceed to execute ten the ges
are first walked over. This is done BY stepping
| on the first one and sinking it down, hanging tc
the head-board with the clutch Of DEATH Iner
| you stop with the other foot On the next nne
| hH1u7ra
tho 6oad-board, miss it, aud come down N
ham. This is repeated more or !ess tunes
scroas the length Of tho bed, the only variety
being the new psee? yop yenotber 6faSe wav and yop
| now proceed to that You first put one loot
! m aach rail. which spreads you some, and rs
ynn do il the frightfn1 thought strikes you that,
Il one Of those feet should sp over. nothing On
earth would prevent you from, mr. neans m spi.; Maa;
rope until your eyes ssem to be on tie point o. o.
Tnfin0 out OF their sockets, and the blood II
your Veins fairly groans, and, on balng convinced
| that you can't pull it any further without CLIP
pling yourself for life, you catch hold Of the
nne1f rope and draw that up, and grnnt: The1
you move along to the next, and pull that up
| and erunt again. Just as you have got to ths
| middle, and commence to think that you Ar
sbout through, even It your joints will neve'
osheF o M miss the connection, and ind that 70,
have got to go back and do it all over
| Hare you pause for q few minutes Of oraculA
| refreshment, and then slowly and carefully vorl
| your way back. You don't jump down and wal
back, because you are afraid to spread out i
that way again. You sort Of waddle back, work
ing the way inch by inch, and with consummat
| patience. 4 man thus stretched acrosa q bed
| stead never becomes 80 excited as to lose hi
presence Of mind. It would be instant death
he did: Then he goes over it again. Teddlln
| uifa mnyea arnund with the 1amp and te1ls hit