Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-02-15

Something WORM N"o""s
Who Lie Awake and Worry
"you have lain awake at night
said q physician, land have heard
mouse gnawing at the woodworN
somewhere down in a kitchen cup
boardT
The listener nodded.
"uow loud did it sound to you-as
loud as a burglar spllntering the door
lambs with jimmyT
Another nod. m
"You have been awakened at ~
a. m. by the crying Of a teething IN
FAINT next doorT
A shudder.
"And II sounded like the hoarse MUIR
murs of mingled Mutations or ireh'
zied mob assembled outside to demand
somebody's bloodT
Partial collapse.
"Along toward morning you have lis
toned to the thin, small voice OF mos
quito circulating above your head"
An involuntary slap.
"Did II sound like the screen OF u
planning mill turning out clapboards LOT
barnT
Two mods.
"Would you have minded any OF
: those sounds in the daytimeT
l A shake of the head.
q "Now. have no doubt you think
b that the seeming loudness OF these
sounds was due to the contrasting 81
J. Ience of the night. But take another
; fest You have been in lover
u Um-um without utterance).
l. "And do YOU remember how mucf
II softer and warmer and more thrlilini
b. was the touch of your best girls han'
N az YOU strolled with her on the wa.
s. home from singing school at the WITCH
re ing hour of half past p. m. than
ne was when you called In the forenoon
IL to ask If you might escort her 10 III
III aforesaid vocal exercisesT
ne An unspoken yum yum.
re "Nas II the night silence that AIDE
e. the finishing touch?
en- cit was not" the physician rephe
he TO his own question, noting his lister
Id ers look of uncertainty. Take anotnt
H. instance: You think you know how
'd' write-a little"
ID A smile of qualification.
eel, "Wel you find yourself awake
j. night and thinking. A gem OF an lu'
EN- suddenly sparkles in the darkness
ire You surround it with epigrams, al
is while celebrating the setting you "a
the asleep. What does this jewel amou
lth to In the morning|
Cd A sigh.
ms, "There you are. You recall the ld
the and some of the epigrams and I'LL
her of the setting and all of it so commo
to Mace that you wouldn't think OF II
ing ing to make anything presentaDle o
oi Of II.
der 1.-THE fact is" the physician we
on "the night magnifies At night Q
Measures are more keen. our PAL
more distressing. our small success
9 are triumphs. our little failures
At disasters. our family cherished hoI
'itn appear before us as things realiz'
Ill our small worries as overwhelml
calamitles.
II You find yourself awake ID
tern night and your thoughts wander Da
Nv" TO some time in your youth when
n a the presence of those older and WI
ID vou-as YOU now see it-were guilty
iper some slight breach in department or
cen some little offense to good taste
ana speech. and you dwell upon the
10 demnatlon THAI must have fallen ul
the Won. IA the morning II what yon W
gave dwelling upon so seriously occurs
tefs' your mind at all you smile and say
oney Yourself that If your fault was mott
nder by anybody at the time 1t was
the trivial for any one but you to REM
Der.
= "The night magnifiesW the physlc
repeated. "Such things as have u
toned prove it. 1t is partly due 10
silence. but more to ourselves. 10
y count for the latter would keep
oy's" talking.
often But take 1t Tor granteu 'n"'
me. ever your cause for worry at nign
will look smaller by daylight and
fuse to dwell on 1t. If your antic
"a a t,ons are pleasant nurse them,
-tvr Won will fall asleep. In the morl
that YOU will not be downcast because
magnified hopes of the night seem
-Ex- likely to be realized" - "asnin'
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