The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1902-03-15

with that great bed III the way
You Won't need to close it. No one
will come in While der bet is dere. 1t is
| besser as a door" And the German
| laughed uproariously and fatty.
"Oh. but this Is too awful" said
| Mrs Bentley, wringng her hands
| helplessly.
Il should think it was" came the
voice of Mrs. Cochran from the other
| side of the bed.
rs Your husband in there? Can't
| he help push?' suggested Mrs. Bent,
| ley
No" snapped Mrs. Cochran. He
| hasn't come home yet, and, what's
| more. he can't until this barricade is
| removed. How anybody but fool
| could have bought such a mOnStrous
| thing don't see"'
1t this juncture Mr.. Cochran CAME
| up stairs. with Mr. Bentley just be,
| hind him. Mr.. Cochran looked puz.
zled. Mr.. Bentley groaned. He had
| come home too soon.
What are you doing to tie bed?'
| asked Mr.. Cochran.
| We amt dom a ting to i'd said
| the fat German joyouSly.
| Bentley and Cochran laughed, but
| Mrs. Bentley saw no humGr in the re.
| mark, and certainly Mrs. Cochran saw
| no funny side to the bed. Both sides
| seemed tragic to her.
is that you, George?" she called
| out.
Yes. it's me. Shall come IMP
You can't except by the fire es
cape" said Mrs. Cochran despairingly
What are you doing with il in the
wrong door," asked Mr.. Bentley OF
| the eXprossmen.
| Sure, 'twould hate shtook as fasht
| in amy dure." said the Irish express
| man. and the German roared SymDa.
thetically.
Mr.. Cochran is q man of action
Here: we four men ought to be able
! 20 move q little be IL bed. Now, alto
! gethcr: pull
| Nj Coo! ran is a successful p":iti
| elan, but he had the wrong kind Of
| pull with him, and the only result OF
the effort was that Mr.. Bentley pulled
| off some of the molding and fell on
| his back.
Nothing daunted, Mr. Cochran said
| Let's go around by way of the fire es
cape and push
The two expressmen and Mr.. Coch-
ran made nothing of passing from
! Mrs Bentleys parlor to Mrs. Coch,
rams parlor by the fire escape, but Mr..
| Bentley is light headed and had to be
| helped across-by his wife. Then the
| two entered the Cochran apartments,
| for the first time. like thieves in the
night
Now all six combined their strength
| and pushed, but the bed only laughed
at them.
well, nothing more can be done
now" said Cochran. The bed is here.
and it's got to stay here for the pres
ent. Now you men might as well 20
about your business. You've done what
! you set out to do-the bed is up here
fast enough"
| How much do l owe you?" asked
Bentley of the German.
Two dollars. I'll sent arount a car
| penter If you wand"
oh, no. said Mrs. Bentley. Hell
| be able to move It,"
Back across the fire escape was Mr..
Bentley helped by his faithful wife,
and then they babe the Cochrans good
night. 1t was such an impossible thing
that had happened that everybody felt
| good natured once more, just as in a
blizzard or period of excessive heat
people make light of their misfortunes
and passersby joke one another.
Next morning Immediately after
breakfast Mrs. Bentley went down to
the bed company to see whether they
could suggest way of getting the bed
| out of Mrs. Cochran's doorway.
They had moved. and a big sign in
the window bore the legend, ITO Be
| Opened In a Few Days as a Ladies'
| Lunchroom."
For the space Of two days that bed
stood in the doorway while carpenter
| after carpenter came and looked at it
and shook his head and went away.
Then came one who said: 1--WE seen
| those beds before. They amt worth
bothering with. The company's failed
| that made them. Now, next door to
! my shop is vacant lot and if | cut
| the bed to pieces | guess you can
| dump it there and the owner of the lot
| won't mind"
Mrs. Bentley hailed the scheme as
heaven sent proposition. Mr.. Bentley
was down town. and Mrs Cochran
| who was on the other side chatting
with her-for in spite of what had
| come between them they were now
quite friendly-seconded the plan.
The carpenter borrowed an ak of the
! janitor. and in a half hours time with
the exception OF the mirror. which
was preserved intact, there was not
a square foot Of the bed unbroken.
The carpenter sent the pieces down on
( the dumb waiter and then took them
away and presumably dumped them
| Mrs Cochran spent five minutes shut
ting and opening the door. 1t was so
| pleasant TO be able to do ii again
Then Mrs. Bentley invited her neigh
Dor into her fat and apologized for
making SO much trouble.
! 1T was no trouble at all. my dear.
1t has made something to talk about"
Now, Mr.. Bentley seemed to think
that SO for the bed 81 for delivery
and SO for damage to the Railways.
together with the charge of the car
penter for the time 1t took him to de-
stroy the bed, was rather a large
| amount n nav for Subipct Of oopror