My Unwilling Neighbor Author:Frank Richard Stockton It was not long before I perceived that the slanting of my bed was becoming less and less, and also I was quite sure that the house was moving more slowly. Then the crackings and snappings before my front wall ceased altogether. The bed resumed its ordinary horizontal position, and although I did not know at what moment the house had ceased slid... more »ing and had come to a standstill, I was sure that it had done so.« less