The Pulaskian., 1919-03-28
RELIEVED HIS MIN1|
Sumner Shaw Tells of His EJeta.,
 of Insomnia.
Possibly There Are Others Who wo.,. Sleep More Peacefully if Thev Squared Up With conselence
 as He Did.


 The scIioolmaster, who with ofbo,. was willing away an hour in Soniss Marr's office, complained that he hss not been sleeping we'll lately. He dia nified his trouble by calling it ipsom nia As might have been expected the squire had specific
 "The thing to do" he said, "is eo make your mind as near blank ss possible. When I find that my mind is disposed to work overtime, resopt to the old nursery jingle: The Housa That Jack Built l repeat it rafhp, slowly from beginning to end, and eO over. it again and again To me tba rhythm is very soothing. and the pic. lures that the words call up are con. stantly changing, just as in dreams Presently I begin to get a little tan. gled up, so that perhaps it will he the priest all shaven and shofn that millss the COW with the crumpled horn. :. It is not long after that before drop into real slumber that lasts until am dWdkeHeu, IHdH Hc, oy tlie SuCk fflat crows in the norn."
 "Did you ever try reckoning interest as means of inducing sleep?" asked Sumner Shaw. the carriage maker.
 "As rule, Pm not much subject to insomnia" he went on. But l got an inkling of what it is like when I was staying overnight at my nephew's ins the city four years ago. or so. They make long evenings, and it must have been close on to ten before I got of to bed
 Remember that you don't have to1 get up at some unseemly hour. Uncle l Summer says Susie. We don't have breakfast until eight
 "Well, I dropped right off to sleep same as usual; but when woke up and turned on the electric light at the head of the bed. found it was only three o'clock.
 Now then says 1 to myself. I'll have to get another nap
 But that, was easier said than done. The harder I tried the wider awake [ was guess it was insomnia. fast enough. Finally got to thinking oyer my past life. Well, probably I'd done worse things in my life but what | seemed 10 fasten on was little bust. ness transaction with the Widow Wig i gin. l sold her a sleigh at my own price: and the very next day sold one just like if to Cap'n Gray. and he beat me down five dollars and ! made some l thing at that. Tn the circumstances [ felt as if if would he no more than fair to go to Mrs. Wiggin and make her the same discount. But you are apt to let such things go. and prettY soon she took sick and died. She had no immediate family. and the property went to distant connections out of the state. So kind of let the thing slide as being of no great consequence. any way
 But it loomed up hig there in the dark and at last I had to promise my self that if lived to get home I'd get clear of that five dollars somehow. At that time a Belgian relief fund was be ing rhised. and concluded that il would please her as much as anything if she could know it. to put down | subscription in memory of Mrs. Maria Wiggin.
 Having settled that, l felt easier but not real sleepy. as 1t still seemed q long ways ahead to breakfast time Then if occurred to me that about eighteen years interest ought to go with that five dollars, and fell to considering how much that would be- L am pretty good at figuring in my head. and I could have worked out the simple interest easily; but compound interest is another matter. However, I began casting It up, and got as far as the fifth year. Then the next thing knew Susie was singing out Breakfast, Uncle Sumnerr
 50 you see. reckoning interest got the better of insomnia that time Mebbe. though. purging my conscience had something to do with if. You are l welcome to both of these remedies Mir. Jenkins" he added with friendly wink, 'in case the squires doesn't work. Youths Companion. |