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rfIt was ngrilnst Mr Bentleys advice

that Corn fought the giant foldingbcd They lived on the sixth floor in asmall flVOlooDlIfnndnbl1 steam heatod all lmprovements flat and he saidthat such a huge folding bed Vasout of all proportion to the size of theVbedroom But Mrs Bentley had set hersheart on It and Mr Bentley has notbeen husband so long as to feel Hkothwarting any legitimate wish

When she went down V the storeshe found she was just In time tbgetone at half price What luck I SJe badrexpected to pay 35 for the bedshe got it at 25 although by whattprocess of arithmetic twentyfive ¬

comes the half of thlrtyflve sho didnot stop to inquire

But with tho reduced price of thebed her good luck ended and she enctered upon a chapter of annoyancesthat would have made the bed dear asIIa gratuityThe

people were Just moving outand were too busy to send the bedhome Five separate expressmen re¬

fused to stir their wagons when theyJlearned that it was a giant She beganto wish that it was a trundle bed ButEat last an expressman who was Juststarting In business and who wastherefore Inexperienced contracted for

2 to deliver itSo she went and waited for the bed

With all the ardor of a child Everytime the dumb waiter whistle blew sheran out to see If they were trying tosend It up that way but when it final ¬

ly arrived after u wait of four hoursJt came in at the front door

After ten minutes or so Mrs Bentleyheard mastodonic footsteps on thestairs the swish of tearing wall paperIthe crash of falling globes and shebedir dwellers When she looked over thestaircase there were from three to

If Tur heads beneath her all looking

Tnhe arrival at different landings waspunctuated by the crash of glass andthe fall of plaster And on the thirdfloor the bed fell on one of the menLuckily he was a fat German and heescaped with a barked shin and a mis ¬

laid temper-Long before that there was a string

of home returning heads of familiesseparated from their little the

ThoseChinese wall of a bed whowere athletic enough climbed over andescaped to their apartments but therest had to Content themselves withthrowing kisses to their beloved onesand telling them not to despair

Mrs Bentley had not hitherto knownthere were so many people living inthe house The stairs were black withthem and the bed moved with the del-

iberation of a glacierfourthlr Bentley being inexperienced sent fortwo bottles which were brought in bythe janitors son

The two men sat down or ratherup way up on the bed and opened abottle apiece amid groans from the be-

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flat dwellers who lived above thethird It is probable that they had al-

ready solaced themselves with beerfor they became very merry and lo-

quacious¬

after the bottles had beenemptied and many of their Jokeswould not have been allowed at a Va-

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theaterThere Is a saying that there Is al

ways room at the top This did notprove to be the case in regard to thegiant bed The hallway at the top fiatwas a Joint affair two suits openingon it and it was the narrowest In thebuilding When the men finally arriv-ed

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with their tremendous load theyfound that it was going to be a Chi ¬

nese puzzle to get into Mrs BentleysThey shattered the last globe andthen sat down on the stairs to ponder

They finally came to the conclusionthat they could not get It in unless thedoor of the opposite apartment wereopened to admit of its being slowed

aroundMrsCochran was the opposite neigh ¬

borShe and Mrs Bentley had beenas distant as such contiguous flatdwellers could be Their bows in thehall were as icy as the hall itself MrsCochran thought Mrs Bentley a fool ¬

ish little now wife and Mrs Bentleythought Mrs Cochran common

Still there was nothing for it but toask Mrs Cochran to open her frontdoor and let too man swing the bedInto tho doorway for Just one moment

I fe The fat man rang her bell Sho openId the door with fire in her eyes She7Kud been trying to get the youngest tosleep and the constant thumping andcrashing and the objurgations andbeery laughter of the expressmen had

I tolled the not too placid waters of herdisposition to a foaming point

Mrs Cochran gloweredOhl said Mrs Bentley with n has

Oily made veneer of sweetness Maythe men Just swing tho bed Into yourhallway so that they can get it Intomy doorway I didnt suppose It wasso big I dont think it was so big inthe store

Mrq Cochran sniffed at the inanityof the remark but she sa-

Idrun i suppose cnnhpt refuse Iyoull quit your thumping after

you get It In 1 cant get my child tosleep while its going on

Im sure It will only ty> a minuteYou see the worst is over

I should hope so said Mrs Coch

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tan Qokiar at the depot Ja the wallarid > broken globes And then the

crfcxpriBamen put their shoulders tobed and swung it into the doorway

fSwft such vehement that It stucklike a fat cork In a mull bottle ntidtrefused to budge

Well this Is rt pretty state ofthings 1 said Mrs Cochrann from be¬

hind tbd bed How do jroU supposewere going to close our trout dodrtwith that great bed in the wayT

You wont need to close it No oneTill onto Ih vhllo der bet is tlere It isbes ier dsa door And the Germanlaughed uproariously and fatly

Oh but this is too awful saidMrs Bentley wringing here handshelplesslyII should think It was came the

of Mrs Cochran from the otherIof the bed

Js your husband in there Canthe help push suggested Mrs Bentfty

No snapped Mrs Cochran Hehasnt come home yet und whats

he cant until this barricade IsIHow anybody but a fool

have bought such a monstrousI dont seer

At this Juncture Mr Cochran cameupstairs with Mr Bentley Just be-

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him Mr Cochran looked puz-

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Mr Bentley groaned He hadhome too soon

What are you doing to the bedMr Cochran

Ve aint doln a tIng to Id saidthe fat German Joyously

Bentley and Cochran laughed butMrs Bentley saw ho humor in the re ¬

and certainly Mrs Cochran sawno funny side to the bed Both sidesseemed tragic to her

Oils that you George she called

outYes its me Shall I come inYou cant except by the fire es-

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said Mrs Cochran despairinglyWhat are you doing with It In the

wrong door asked Mr Bentley ofthe expressment

Sure twould have shtook as fashtin anny dare said the Irish express ¬

man and the German roared sympa ¬

theticallyXMr Cochran Is a man of action

Here we four men ought to be ableto move a little bea bed Now alto-gether

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pullMr Cochran Is a successful politi ¬

clan but he had the wrong kind ofpull with him and the only result ofthe effort was that Mr Bentley pulledoff some of the molding and fell onhis back-

Nothing daunted Mr Cochran saidLets go around by way of the fire

escape and pushIThe two expressmen and Mr Coch-

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made nothing of passing fromMrs Bentleys parlor to Mrs Cochrans parlor by the fire escape but MrBentley is light headed and had to behelped across by his wife Then thetwo entered the Cochran apartmentsfor the first time like thieves in thenightNow

all six combined their strengthand pushed but the bed only laughedat them

Well nothing more can be donenow said Cochran The bed is hereand Its got to stay here for the pres ¬

ent Now you men might as well goabout your business Youve donewhat you set out to dothe bed is uphere fast enough

How muchdo I owe you askedBentley of the German

Two dollars Ill sent arount a car ¬

penter If you vandbh no said Mrs Bentley Hell

be table to move ItBack across the fire escape was Mr

Bentley helped by his faithful wifeand then they bade the Cochrans goodnight It was such an impossible thingthat had happened that everybody feltgood natured once more Just as in ablizzard or a period of excessive heatpeople make light of their misfortunesand passersby joke one another

Next morning immediately afterbreakfast Mrs Bentley went down tothe bed company to see whether theycould suggest a way of getting the bedout of Mrs Cochrans doorway

They had moved and a big sign inthe window bore the legend To BeOpened In a Few Days aa a LadlesLunch Room

For the space of two days that bedstood in the doorway while carpenterafter carpenter came and looked at itand shook his head and went away

Then came one who saldlve seenthose beds before They aint worthbothering with The companys failedthat made them Now next door tomy shop Js a vacant lot and If I cutthe bed to pieces I guess you candump it there and the owner of the lotwont mind

Mrs Bentley hailed the scheme as aheaven sent proposition Mr Bentleywas downtown and Mrs Cochranwho was on the other side chattingwith herfor in spite of what hadcome between them they were nowquite friendly seconded the plan

The carpenter borrowed an ax of thejanitor and In a half hours time withthe exception of the mirror whichwas preserved intact there was nota square foot of tho bed unbrokenThe carpenter sent tho pieces down onthe dumb waiter and then took themaway and presumably dumped themMrs Cochran spent five minutes shut ¬

ting and opening the door It was sopleasant to be able to do it again

Thou Mrs Bentley Invited her neigh-bor

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into her flat and apologized formaking so much trouble

It was no trouble at all my dearIt lute made something to talk about

Now Mr Bentley seemed to thinkthat 2ufor the bed 2 for deliveryMill 10 Tor uffffifipe to tho Irallwjiystogether with tbp charge of tho car-penter

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for the time t took him to de ¬

stroy the bed wnSjrnthel a largeamount to pay for a subject of conver-sation

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So ho isnt Saying a wordabout It

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Jies In New York at theAge of 110 years J

Mrs Charlotte Decker who had

the distinction of being the oldestbride H the wo Id and a real daugh ¬

of the American Rvolutjondifd ut her Home near Seneca FallsN J a few days ago She wouldhave been 110 years old November27

The records in a family Bjble own ¬

by William Reals of Genevashow that she was born in MantiusCenter near SyracuseNovember 271798 Her parents Were Godfreyand Charlotte Reals Her father en ¬

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Mrs Decker was able to talk withvisitors until a week ago She toldmany stories of events in 1813 and1814 Her childhood days were betIter fixed in her mind that the affairsof the twentieth century She wasmarried three times first to ThomasPreston later to Albert Brainardand eight years ago at the age of102 to Samuel Decker who was 62i I

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Remains of a Mammoth In CaliforniaThe remains of a prehistoric elephant

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