Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-07-16
No EmbGZYlcmcnt,

One night when | had retired ut m,
usual hour about ten O'clock, thinking
sleep was ready to 80 TO bed. too,
found was laboring under u mistake.
Sleep wanted to remain up awhile
longer. My thoughts got to wandering
and | thought abOut--which, no doubt,
is true that there are plenty OF lode,
yet undiscovered that are Just rs eNtea.
svc and rich rs the ComstOck LODI. II
appearc To me that il would he Il GOO
thing to discover aud own one OF these
hidden lode. For some time my MIND
was given To the matter. and with mo {
earncstne.s / an tn srobabilily Of ind
inc such a lode called for. II really got
To be time that was asleep, if expect
cd any ret that night. But sleep cludco
me. Twas taking too lively an interest
in the mining industry. You can't la,
hold of sleep bodily, rs you would ,eilo
hold Of Il pump handle. | would lie on
my right side awhile then on my 1T
and didn't feel good on either. felt
tired had been working too hard in the
mines. Then / would draw up my
knees: next coil like dog Still slceI
did not take pity on me and 90 To roo,l
on my weary eyelids. The clock struck
twelve. and i heard the chickens crow
was glad to know they were awake
that there was something hes dies myscl!
that couldn't sleep. Counting myself
to sleep occurred to me. began.
When the clock struck one haG
5000 counted. That didn't seem to be
much, and | wondered if | couldn't tic
better than that in the next hour. set
out in the direction of two O'Clock,
counting n little faster. The clock struck
two and | had 10000 | had got TO.
gcthcr from one to two, making 1906
in all. now began to think of how
many could count by three o'clock, if
got down to business. turned loose. As
three struck | had $4,000, lacking about
IN inch, which ! travcrsed before the
sound of the strokes died away.
was getting warmed up TO my wcrb
and wanted to wake up fellow in the
next room and bet him that | could gel
$1,000 by daybrcak or six O'Clock. !
didn't awake him though; he was q
stranger, and large. threw OIL one OF
the Blankets and sped away toward
four o'clock. Is four was tollcd off ]
had so close to $4,000 that | claimed it.
1t was allowed to me by the referee.
could feel my heart beat with excite.
ment us | threw off another blanket and
started for the next station. When the
clock began TO strike five ! wanted a
few hundred of having 1900, but by .
squirt counting about 100 TO each stroke
of the clock-lI,000 was reached, max
ing $4,000 so far. There was only an
hour left i'm which to count 1900, TO
make the $4,000 that | was struggling
for. But my blood was up and | would
try it, AS ] swung away on the final
heat, threw of from the bed the final
blankc. and unhuttoned the collar OF
my nightshirt. was perspring freely.
| came laundering in on the home
stretch, straining every nerve to make
| $4,000. As the clock struck six and the
rosy dawn pceked in ut my window
lacked hundred or TWO of the 1900,
but skipped up to II on the last ST oSc.
IL was nc cmbezzlemcnt; nobody was
paying ME for counting: and the count
ing was doing didn't belong Ia any
body.
/ arose from my couch to beg the
duties of the day. didn't feel rested;
! felt more like | had been irving To head
off runaway calf, Counting may dc
for thin sort of pastime; il is cheaper
than billiards: but rs an excitement ia
arouse Sleep ] can't recommend it,
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