Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-02-25
By c. q. LOOMS go.
Copyright. 1901. by c. H. Looml.


II was against Mr.. Bentley's advice .
that Cora bought the giant folding bed.
They lived on the sixth floor In a small
eve rooms ana "A -bath.steam-hea
improvements" Hat. and he said
that such n huge folding bed was out
OF all proportion 20 the size Of the bed
room. But Mrs. Bentley had set her
heart on Il. and Mr.. Bentley has not
been husband 80 long as 10 feel Ike
thwartlng any legitimate wish.
When she went down 10 the store,
she found she was just In time 20 get
one Mt half price. What luck! She had
expected 20 pay $50 FOR the bed. and
she got II at SO. although 10y what
process Of arithmetic twenty-five be-
comes the half of thirty-hve she did
not stop TO inquire.
But with the reduced price OF the
bed her good luck ended. and she en-
tered upon chapter 81 annoyances
that would have made the bed dear as
gratulty.
The bed people were just moving out
and were too busy 20 send the bed
home. Five separate eXprcssmen re-
/ fused 10 stir their wagons when they
learned that II was giant. She began
Ia wish that Il was trundle bed. But
nj last an cXprcssman who was just
starting IN business and who was
therefore inexperienced contracted Tor
s. TO deliver IL.
She reflected that the salesman had
told her that II was very convenient
size. as one side OF the room did not
need to bee papcred when the bed was
up. for Il took up the entire wall space
So she went aud waited for the bed
with all the ardor Of small child
Every time the dumb waiter blew she
ran out to see II they were trying &c
send il up that way, but when II final
ly arrived after wait Of four hours
IL came In nj the front door.
After ten minutes or so Mrs. Bentley
heard mastodonlc footsteps on th'
stairs, the swish Of tearing wall paper
the crash OF falling globes, and she
knew that they were bringing the bee
mn stairs. So did all the other fla
dwellers. When she looked over the
staircase. there were from three e
four heads beneath her. all LOOKING
down.
The arrival at different landings wat
punctuatcd by the crash OF glass an'
the fall OF plaster. And on the thlr'
floor the bed fell on one OF the men
Luckily he was lat German, and h
escaped with barked shin and mis-
laid temper.
Long before that there was n strinl
OF home returning heads OF famllie
separated from their little ones by th
Chinese wall of bed. Those VIII
were athletic enough climbed over an
ESCAPED to their apartments, but III
rest had 10 content themselves Wit
1 throwing kisses to their beloved one
i and telling them not 10 despair.
\ Mrs. Bentley had not hitherto know
there were 50 many people living ]
4 the house. The stairs were black VII
i them. and the bed moved with the d'
4 liberation Of a glacier
4 When the men reached the four'
floor. they clamOrcd FOR beer. ANA Mr
3 Bentley. being inexperienced, sent Il
: two hotties. which were brought IN u
the ianitor's son.
The two men sat down, or, rather u
wny ND. on the bed and opened a bolt
apiece amid groans from the b'lai'
fiat jewellers who lived above the lh'r
II is probable that they had alrca,
soIoc.d themselves with beer, for th'
became very merry and loquacious al
or the bottles had been emptied' ~
many Of their jokes would not Ia
I, been allowed nj variety theat'r'
. There is saying that there Is
= WAYS room at the top. This did u
20 nroye 10 be the case IN regard to {
giant bed. The hallway at the top u
was a joint AFFAIR, two suits opehl
i. an II. and Il was the narrowest IN !
= building. When the men finally arr
q ed with their tremendous load III
n found that Il was going TO be Chine
puzzle 10 get into Mrs. Bentley's. IN
. shattered the last globe ana then
down on the stairs 10 ponder.
They finally came to the conclus
that they could not get II In unless
door Of the opposite apartment w
uob opened to admit Of its being slew
. around.
Mrs. Cochran was the opposite mel
81. bor. She and Mrs. Bentley had ID
as distant rs such contiguous
dwcllcrs could be. Their bows IN
. hall were as icy as the hall itself. y
Cochran thought Mrs. Bentley Z
Ish little new wife, and Mrs. Ben
- I thought Mrs. Cochran common.
Sull there was nothing for It hu
i"' ask Mrs. Cochran to open her II
door aud let the man swing the
into the doorway for just one nom
- The fat man rang her bell. She "I
cd the door. with lire In her eyes
had been trying to get the young''
has slcop. and the constant humping
nbe- crashing and the ohjurgnuons
' G,s boery laughter Of the cXpressm'n
tIer rolled the not too placid waters oil
for dIspositIou TO a foaming point
not H. Cochran gluwprrd