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perversity OF THINGS 66 1 TT T BEATS til an bow how fate bubl a A crimp to in a aake fondest aal eald said the retired merchant chaat te jle bently I 1 have boon been hungering for an old fashioned boiled dinner composed of corn beef and ava all the standard vegetables I 1 saw map the matter several times tints and aud my jay wife eald bald she would hired lri a hejl Z 1 day and a boiled mick an we md used to havela havelu ID eyes days the twe banquet wax was scheduled far fw ye s berday and a a d I 1 looked forward to it like a huz haarry welt wom I 1 coul dalt think thin of 2111 anything thing e else ise for to three day and when the m meal 1 wag was disked fpx 91 had an attack of ot jumping toothache and WM was asip hig over the chair with my head under ray my araw arm 1 r iway the me way la in tw world worlds doean ltv commented coni taeko the hotel how keeper jot it as ewe sum aa as you leec uok forward to something youre going ie J ran run hp ED cast a hut at will break yaw heart hearl last tast week I 1 bad had ao so mych mcw 1 I wae was on ay my feet day and wd night I 1 get a aay to speak ot ifor several nights aad d ay my eyes felt mw hard belled em I 1 was wa jet deed doad ea on lay my feet I 1 waa was so no played ost eat I X looted forward to the timi a bhea I X could saw OR a few lengths of slumber jeet jt CM you ye looted looked forward te to that blued fed der at last things daled op up and I 1 up to MY rem at lete in the evening prep prepared sred to iga round the dock or as loafer am 1 I felt necessary I 1 wae was so go drowsy I 1 could hardly see to get my raf ran ej and I 1 heaved a riga of et relief when I 1 crawled in between the hegal bat list before I 1 had bad been there three minutes pi lantee old Jig gleson come along with h ate brase band and began bem playa dec tlona under my window hie the condrew a man from froin this district waa was occupying the tho room mm next to mine aad and those lo 10 coed musicians muel clana were 1 hla him probably hoping to be appointed appo poet post master before long they played er ey ery blamed tune yoa jon ever heard and I 1 bad had to leave ay my 0 own jooa ro ow and go to one at the back of the cho hotel botel that room been used corfis fera long tune and thim in food good repair I 1 climbed laio into the bed aad was snoring a few quotations freaa from the classics when all the elate slats came carne down at once and I 1 landed on an the floor on my ear with my feet up on the foot of the bed I 1 thought my back was broken in three places but I 1 managed to set up and then I 1 hiked back tc myown room I 1 hadlett had left tire window open when I 1 yelled at ZIg gleson aid threw some furniture at bis his m musicians and I 1 was so sleepy I 1 forgot to close it the bed was right up against the window and I 1 was just getting asleep once more when it began bem to rala rals about forty gallons of water blew la in on me before I 1 could get the window dosed closed I 1 had to rustle around for a dry night shirt and some sheets and things ad by that time I 1 was w pretty near desperate desp emte I 1 dont know of anything more aggravating than to be dying for a good fashioned old leep sleep and then be unable to majce inake ces coe at last I 1 got into bed agan agala ah snug and comfortable and was doing some ground and lofty sleeping then along came a guest who mistook my 7 room for his own which was on the floor above it happened that hie bin key fitted the lock of my door so he opened it and came in when he be saw me there he took mo me by the ankles and dragged me out onto the floor and sat oat on ime and asked me what in thunder I 1 meant by occupying his bed for which he had bad paid in advance it took ten minutes to make things clear to him end and by that time I 1 felt like a driveling idiot but I 1 bad had sense enough left to get back into bed and make another try at sleeping I 1 had slept about twenty seven watts when a big framed picture of my wife which hung over the head bend of the bed came down and SMA smashed itself on my face and put say MY mose out of joint then I 1 gave up I 1 put on my clothes and went downstairs and sat eat up all night hoping the building cave in on me it and that was the only bit of ac lack luck I 1 had bad that night |
