Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-08-15
HER GIANT
FOLDING BED

BY c. q. LOOMS ..-

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II was against Mr.. Bentley's advice
that Cora bought tho giant folding bed.
They lived on the sixth foor in a small
'nve rooms and a bath steam heated
allImproyemcnts" fat. aud be- said
that such a huge folding bed was out
81 all proportion 10 the size 81 the bed
room But Mrs Bentley had SET her
heart on o. aud Mr. Bentley has not
been husband "a long as 20 feel Ike
thwartInc amy legitimate wish
when she went down tu the store.
she found she was just In time 20 got
one az half price What lurs. She had
expected 90 pay So Tor the bed, aud
she got 30 40 SIS. although hv what
process OF arithmetic twenty-five bee
comes the half 90 tu.rty-t,o she ala
not stop 90 inquire
But with tb" reduced price ~ the
bed hor good luca ended. and she en-
to-d upon chapter ~ auuoyances
that u-,uld have made the bed dear as
a gratUnv
The bed people were just moving ont
and were too busy 90 send the bed
home. Five separate cNprcssmeu re-
fused tp stir thclg wagons when they
learned that II wa, o. giant She began
g. wish that BE- was a truudle bed. But
at last au cNprcssman who was just
starting Zoo business and who was
therefore inexperienced contracted for
g. 90 deliver TO-
She reflected that the salesman had
told her that 10 was very convenient
size. as one side 90 the room did not
need 20 he puporci when the bed was
up. for 10 took up thc entire wall space.
So she went and waited Tor the led
with 900 the grlor NJ q small child
Every tins the dumb walter blew she
ran out % see u they were trying &c
send 10 mp that way hut when Il hnal
iy arrived after wait - four hours
q came .u at the front door.
After ten minutes or So Mrs. Bentley
heard mastodouie footsteps on the
stairs. the swish 10 tearing wall paper.
the crash ~ falling globes. and she
knew that they were bringing the bed
up stairs. So did all the other fiat
dwollors When she looked over the
staircase. there were from three 20
four heads beneath her all looking
down
The arrival 90 different landings was
puuctuatpd by the crash ~ glass and
the fall Of plaster And on the third
floor the bed fcll on one ~ 90" men.
Luckily be was O. flt German. and be
escaped with q barknd shin and a mis-.
laid temper.
Long before that there was string
OF home returning heads of families
separated from their little ones by the
Chinese wall % % h"d. Those who
were athletic enough climbed over and
escaped 90 their apartments. but the
rest had Go content themselves with
throwing kisses 90 their beloved ones
and telling them not 10 despair.
Mrs. Bentley had not hitherto known
there were 30 many people living In
the house. The stairs were black with
them. and the bed moved with the lie
liberation 81 glacier
When the mon reached the fourth
floor thov clamorod for beer. and Mira
Hentlcv. being INEXPERIENCED sent Tor
two botfles which were brought In by
N. iapltor.s SIN.
Tn, two mon sat down. or. rather. IN.
vnv ma on the hed and oper.d bottle.
ap..c, rmid rra,p. from the belated
rYt d,raIIcrs win, lived Hb,y. Tho third
I g.. rr,Igii. that ,l.v had nlra,dy
...I8,aJ themselves with her. fo- they
b.,ama very merry and I,auacious o. n.
er rho b,tflrs had r.aY sfnrfIad and
many ~ tbrfr le. y.uf1 NOT hive
h.,p allowed at !, variety tbrafrr
There is ID ..vfr- fg4t there &. al
WAYS room no tho f.u This dld not
rroy. d, leo tho ,g.a In REGARD Ia the
GIANT he'd Tho hallway Ht the ton rst
v1s l,irt affair two suits opanIoc
am Do. and % ,,a, the rarrbwcst I'm the
buuTIur Whom fr. mon ruaUv arrIy.
ga vrfb fl,elr fram.r.l,r. lo1l tlsv
found that q yn, going 10 Doc % chinese
prz-I, to GET INT, Mr.. Ucrflcy.s They
shattered the last globe md then sat
.t.g-r 1-, tho ,fnir. q, r.1da-
.rrry finally rsus d, tr. eoprluslou
that tr.v r,prl u,f 60, b. I'm miles. tho