Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1908-02-26
HE MIGHT MAGNIFlES.
Something Worth Knowing For Those
Who lie Awake and Worry.

Something Worth Knowing For Those
Who lie Awake and Worry.
You have lain awake az night
said physician. land have heard a
mouse gnawing at the woodwork
somewhere down In a Kitchen cup
bOardT"
The listener nodded.
"How D. did Il sound to you-as
loud as burglar spllntering the door
lambs with a jimmy"
Another nod.
You have been awakened az 100
a. ~ by the crying OF a tecthing in
FAINT next door?'
4 shudder.
And It sounded like the hOarsc muir
murs OF mingled mutations OF fren-
zied mob assembled outside 60 demand
somebody's bloodF'
Partial collapse.
Along toward morning you have lis
tened 20 the thin. small voice OF n mos
quito circulating above your head?"
An involuntary slap.
Did II sound like the screech OF a
planning mill turning ont clapbOards for
a barnTr
Two mods.
Would you have minded any OF
those sounds in the daytimeT'
y shake OF the head
Now, I have no doubt you think
that the seeming loudness Of these
sounds was due 20 the contrasting 81
lence OF the night. But take another
test. You have been in l0veT'
Um-um (withOut utterancc).
And do you remember how much
softer and warmer and more thrilling
was the touch Of your best girls hand
as you strOlled with her on the way
home from singing school at the witch
ing hour Of half past . p. m. than It
was when YOU called in the forenoon
TO ask if you might escort her 20 the
/ aforesaid vocal exercises
An unspoken yum yum
Was IL the night silence that added
the finishing touch?
1T was not the physician replied
I 20 his own question. noting his listen
I er's look Of uncertainty. Take another
/ instance: You think you know how 70
1 write-a little"
y smile Of qualification.
We'll. you find yourself awake Al
night and thinking. \ gem OF an idea
suddenly snar6les in the darkness
You surround IL with cpigrams. and
while celebrating the setting YOU fall
asleep. What does this jewel amount
70 in the morning."
y sigh
There you are. You recall the idea
and some OF the cpigrams and 4 little
OF the setting and an Of Il SO common
place that YOU wouldn't think OF try
ing 10 make anything p-csentable ont
Of it.
The fact j." the physician wen
on, the night na-uitic~ At night our
pleasures are more keen. our pain.
more distressing. our small successe.
are triumphs. our little failures arr
disasters. our family cherished hone.
appear before Us as things realized
our small worries rs overwhelmin.
CalamitieS
You find yourself awake in th
night. and Your thoughts wander bac'
20 some time in your youth when Fl
the presence OF those older and wise
=ou-as you now see it-vvere guilty a
some slight breach IN department or O
some little o0ense 20 good taste 4
/, speech. and you dwell uDon the cor
demnation that must have fallen upo
you. II the morning If what yon ver
, dwelling upon SO seriously occurs {
, your mind 1T all you smile and say
yourself that II your faulu was notice
by anybody NJ the time II was 10
trivial FOR any one but YOU 70 remeu
Der
The night masnifies" the physical
repeated. such things as have mel
toned prove it. Il is partly due 10 n
silence. but more 10 ourselves. To 4,
count for the latter would keep m
talking
But take it for granted that wha
ever your cause for worry az night
Will look smaller by daylight and r,
fuse 70 dwell on it. II Your anticip.
tons are pleasant. nurse them. an
You will fan asleep. In the moruln
YOU viii not be downcast because yoy
magnified hopes OF the night seem III
likely 20 be realized" - Washincro
/ Post.