Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-12-05
be.t to get the furniture out on tn.

best to get the furniture out ON the
lawn.
I started toward the window to close
II. Up to that time I had thought that
!! wa q poor man with Just here and
there q sprig OF furniture, but now I
began to realise that my room was q
whole forest OF furniture. I took one
quick stride toward the window, but I
Iound that some careless person had
placed q chair directly In my path.
the point Of the rocker bit into my In
step ana I wished that ! could get hold
OF the person who had left the furni-
ture 90 jumbled around.
I veered on and started toward the
window again to detain the curtains
that were straining every nerve to get
loose. nut q table ran into me-. Again
! made unpleasant remarks about the
person who had made free with my
furniture. I would not be fooled again,
90 l steered in another direction, but I
nad forgotten about the bookcase.
Somebody had been there Just ahead
OF me and placed It in my path. I
packed on and spoke to the bookcase
with feeling. I did not care IL i did
break its heart.
I now felt that I knew the location
OF every piece Of furniture In the room
boldly toward the win
now and the Tapping curtains. but Ia;
this ! was unfortunate. ! had not taken
into confederation the character OF the
sofa. I did not know that 1t would be
mean enough to sneak around and get
in front Of me. I gave 1t a good hearty
KICK with my bare foot. I regretted
this in q moment. Even people on
the mex block could hear me regretting
1t.
I started to the wall to get a match,
but when I got to the wall I found
that the matches had zone. The room
had faced about. and I was feeling OF
the wrong wall. I turned and started
toward the missing wall with my mind
fully made up that someone must suf-
Ter for this. I didn't care who It was.
put I wasn't going to do all the suffer-
Ing. The furniture evidently grasped
my plans for most Of It got around In
'front.' OF me: I tried to dodge It, but
plans-I stepped on q tack.
There are few things In thie world
more d~isagreeable than stepping on q
strange tack. A. o AZ I noticed
that ! was on the tack I got Oh. I
suppose every person has an Individual
way OF acting whom he plants his foot
on 2 tack. but my own method when
l plant my foot on . tack L to raise
1t ~ soon a. I can. Experience has
proved to me that this IL the best
method to follow. Other people no
doubt have different methods. but /
shall stick to my own.
I decided that I would thwaFt the
furniture. 20 ! dropped down On my
hands and knees and started crawling
toward the window. but my head :
into the center table. arose. but the
center table chung to my shoulders. I
rushed for the door. but tripped over
q morris chair. Then I BEGAN to tank
to the furniture. I called 1t things that
no furniture with any self-respect
would stand for. I used bitter. acid
words that left . sting every time they
fell. I was busily engaged in stingine
the furniture when my father came
and struck q match.
I looked around-nearly every piece
OF furniture had fled. had Thought
the room cOngested with furniture, but
now there was only a piece here and
there maroOned on q sea OF carpet.
However. these pieces looked pretty
well worried-they didn't know when /
was going to run into them again.
There. was the window within Just a
few feet Of the head OF my bed. It was
30 easy and close that I don't know
how I could have missed It; but I al
ways do. By the time / go over to
close the window the storm was over.
1t always 10.
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