Telegram-herald., 1891-08-03

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Il moved my fotalns bed op stairs lAss
ve-k-all the week be said
Il have had that ssd foT year. snd
muss ssy tsaf darilz tast tlIas IL eesducs
hAA osss such - = sllAy shs suspicion with
which regarded r. had eeEae 20 rsposs
. coed deal ef eonGGs0es AZ i.
The lsndlady's husband suggested that
we'd better taxa IL apart. He sald he knew
Eos--it was v~ry easy 30 ~e agreed that
after diRHsr we'd taks IL apart Afs~r dia-
Der hs stepped oat fos . few minutes
While be was gone Podlsg esms n. Podiey
Means we'll and hes aJ friend. but viii
s@y that Poclsys sos 40 more head for
measurements shaa a horse.
~Poaley looksd over ths staircase and
hall 'PsaAw. ne said. .yoa'n III take
hold Of tAas AAd sAAks II 40 there whsls
yoa wait
II lad on my coat and hfsed ap the ~
Of the bed That wAs about half p4st 5
last Monday evening. Going ap stairs
t0ok the lower end When We got up high
enough the tall. ornamental back Of the
bed jammed into shs ceiling. IL plowed
. jagged furrow Ia the plastering and tho
Jar hurt me . good deal That reminded
Policy that he'd have - lower his end he
lossred the bed so the top cleared the cell
Ing and the eotteua strtsk on she next
stair rhsa we lirssd she bottom 70 clear
tie stairs and The top got tangled in the
plasterinz Potfey shought l might iift
the bottom real quick. while he held down
on the top and got IL by that way. Finally.
after we'd lifted and twisted and perspired
snonxh ,he con einApion came right and We
got it by the Jog
1T Vas easy enough then until We got ss
20 the top Of the stairs. where the banisters
turn. OF course IL Was too broad ~ turn
there.
.'Podlsy rested his end on the top step
and leaned over the banistsrs and en-
couragsd n while the bed slowly tore the
desh from the palms Of my hands and
crunchsd my shin bonss- Podley famed
himssH and got fscesious just 1t she Last
gasp the landlady's husband came IN. He
dew 10 my relief We lifted the bed clear
over the oanissers and set IL down in tho
narrow hall But We could neither turn is
so - ~ aes it through the bedroom door
nor get 10 back on the stairs again.
After that bed had finished me and Pod
ley up and reduced the landlsdy's husband.
who Is reshy man. 10 a mere soggy. pal
pitating mass, We pushed IL into a room at
tue head Of the stairs and quix
Tuesday evening the landlady's hus-
band came mp smiling aud confident Tho
headpiece. he said. lifted right or We
opened the bed aud lifted Then we shut
10 up and stood it On It's head and its side
and its stomach. The laudlady's husband
eyed it critically in each position and shook
IL and thumped it on the back. But moth
Ing cAme OF that. % we opened IL and got
the landlsdy TO sit on the bedpost while we
lifted on the headpiecs. Whom we got tired
of doing that we shut it mp and examined
it some more
"Wednesday dropped In at furniture
store and asked for an expert with q crow
bar TO como mp and take my bed apart
The man said there was NO need Of sending
man He'd show me chat . child could
do 1t. Then he opened a bed like mine
told mo where TO lift. and IL came apart as
easy a. anything went home and laughed
st the landlsdy's husband. After dinner
went to show him-bus didn't
Thursday | sent for the expert again
Thursday evening went to dinner. The
landlady's husband was sitting on the
porch. Hs was a deep lobster color. His
collar was nothing but q yellowish rag.
and he drew his handkerchief ever and
anon across his brow.
"'YA' he said s,te~eedly, your bed =
apart, bat 10 isn't in your room. The man
says he III have TO saw the headpiece In two;
it's too tall for the door. The man. he
continued, just went away. he came here
about l;30. One Of your genrs was sprung
The lsndlsdy's husband nopped his brow
and looked away as one who accepts chas-
tisement in a Christian spirit.
Friday sent for the expert and his saw
aud Friday night had the great happiness
OF seeing my folding bed in my room.
'There. Ia the ungrammatical language OF
the poet. let u lay For I'll lodge in an
ash barrel before I'll ever attempt to move
ir again. ."-Chicago News.