Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-03-30
IN \ HALL BEDROOM.
Life There Described by Young Fellow
Who Used to Live in One With His Chum
RnfalO Erurfss

Lie mere described by hounS TehoN
Who Used to Live in One With His Chum
BgFdlO Express.
That nice girl who told about life in a
fat last week. did have something TO
complain Of, but who have seen little
of high life, too-on the fourth floor III
the back room at Sl.5O a week strictly
in advance-can't help thinking what
lot of room she and her sifters had,
after all. l am really surprised that
they did not take bOarderS if they were in
Strengthened circumstances and had so
much room to spare.
1t reminds me of a period Of my
Young manhood which was passed with
in narrow limits, that is, when it was
passed in doors, and about which | in
tend to write a novel some time entitled
Life in a Hall Bedroom" How well
| remember that snug little room in
which my brother and myself spent so
many pleasant hOurs-when we were
asleep. 1t is photographed upon my
memory as plainly as though some pho
tograph icnd had done IL with his in
Simultaneous camera.
There at one end was the window
open in the summer time to let in the
refreshing odOrS from the neighboring
ear stables. At the other end. 9% feet
away. was the door. and in the long
vista which stretched between could be
seen the bcdStcad with its tall head
board. the table which served as book
case. secretary. Sideboard, dressing
case, and other purposes too nu-
merOuS for mention. the mirror
with the glass knocked out of one
corner. two chairs, a cuSpidore. little
oil stove. lot of hooks on the wall
from which were hung the old clothes
which we didn't happen TO have on at
the time. a little shelf with 10-cene
picture of Lily Langtry and picturr
of my brothers girl. and maybe one to
two other things. but certainly nothing
else worth mentioning-theSe articles
made up the scene within the four
walls Of our apartment when we were
not there. When We were there. then
there was not room TO see all these
things and Us too.
remember my brother and ! always
tipped dollar, or, if we hadn't dol
lar, a penny, to see which of us should
occupy the easy chair for the evening,
The room was just wide enough TO adj
nit of the bed and a chair standing
alonSide of each other. and if one of us
wanted TO 90 from one end of the room
to the other we had to put the chair on
the bed or there would be no thorough
fare.
The quarters did very well for two,
but when there was company it must be
confessed they were little crampcd.
We gave little party one evening to
the other male bOarderS Of the house
there were five of them. Two Of them
took the chairs, three of them sat on
the bed my brother sat in the window
and got an awful cold, and | stood in
the corner.
On.another evening my brother and |
were entertaining TWO friends and our
selves at draw poker and beer. Which
we drew the most Of, poker or beer. ii Is
unnecessary to state. My brother and
were seated ON the bed and our two
friends occupied the chairs. The poker
chips occupied the middle There came
a gentle knock at the door. | knew that
knock. Ii belonged to my aunt, a good
soul. but much addicted TO temperance.
She had habit of coming right up
without stopping at the parlor. 'Shc
wanted to see how we boys looked" She
said. lin our little room" You can
bet that we didn't look the same after
the door was opened that we had a mo-
ment earlier. | said: "Wait moment,
auntic. till | get my collar on" and
while | was getting it ON. or supposed to
be, that beer. those poker chips and
those cards. had three aces and pair
at that very mOmcnt-all went under
that bed. and stayed there during the
which fortunately was a brief one.
have not lived i'm hall bedroom for
many years, but you don't know what it
till you've tried il.