The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-08-08
"A WON DERF
+ Ed
BY JAMES r. PARson.

aegnl iayonttcn ~ thn twontieth ce,
fagy me children cry for II E4i,
flrb FAR II trcGIller,s nateat i
| Wh!ch csa be uaod az a bsJ ea4.
ssfa ~-au for the email prisa 4
threa dollarsl Now then, la1!ts AN
gentlemen. step riaLt NV and tai
your wcL. / win do thc hai up III
you IN compact marcel. which m4r
be carried hy chlla Wiyhod rs
slightest fatigue or annoyance. Mha
hayo baa fur only three dollata
| Why anybody can start d huardln.
house with three Of McGilders paten
beds. lor. reeollect, they combine tht
usefulness Of three separate article.
Of furnlture-a bed, chair and 2
sofa.
The aboye was part Of a hasransnc
addressed BY dapper red-necktiet
young fellow. who stood upon a gandi
! ly painted cart, to a mob Of about
| 400 idiots, Of when / was chief for
viii it be believed FL, like derned
fool, actually bought a bed,
That morning my wife had cold me
that her Aunt HespaA was coming 70
visit us, and that, owing TO the micro
SCOPE dimensions Of orr HAT she
didn't know where Aunt Hespah could
sleep.
SO ! bought the bed amid the
plaudiis Of the crowd, and the strong,
ly expressed wish from a red-shirtei
la0orer that | should lie down AMI
sleep on It then and there IN order
% show the spectators how the old
saap worked,
The dealer proceeded 70 do it up.
re made a very small parcel con.
siderins II was bed.
Pit It IN yer pocket advised a
diFtyfaced l2borer. Win a shovel and
ana my bed walked On amid o gen.
eral smile, aadibly expressed,
Where yer gdin r asked the con-
duetor Come now, youns felief get
en- with that ere piano-boX Dyer
think this is 4 baggage train? Yer
can't ride IN this car"
In vain | pleaded.
He wouldn't have II.
Disguised | waited for the next
and endeavored % make the bed look
as small as possible
The car stonped, So | got ia
or course It started before ! was
seated SO over Ieli. knoeked oil
woman bonnet doubling up rat
man aAd almost ahnlhllatlhg a small
boy with my BED.
A. ioF we ned. there was SOUND OK
fAmbllng IN rs complicated machlh-
cry ana vain a snap IL fe# open as
closing chair
how IN the world was ! going to
get II into bed again
Some OF the passengers laughed,
Wtiile the rat man grew sarcastic
HIM" growled ne; wonder what
people VIII carry IN cars next sup,
pese ! can expect 20 set lhto one
some DAY ana ma piano or q NOW
ing machine some people maven
any sense.
Al iast' thohgh' reached my mousse
ana got H. Only breaking the gate
win my oed as dld 50.
MY "iIe opened the door.
Where in the name 81 goodness did
sou buy that horse CLOCK, and what
are you going to do with it, she
asked,
! Indignantly replied that it was
not morse block
Il was chair,
Also it could be made into a bed,
or a sofa. at viii.
Aver patient study and research
found the directions for ~orklng the
bed concealed In a most undiseovera-
lie spot and turned the char INTO
bed. Then | turned the bed into
ola ana the SOFA back again INTO
chair
My wife was delighted.
began to believe ! bad made a
domestic hit and expatiated upon my
great head in discovering and purchas-
Ing such a marvel Of mechanism and
general utility 4
Aunt iespah had arrived, and she
Joined ns in examining the bed,