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Show HE WORRIED ABOUT IT. "The un,s heat will give out In ten million mil-lion year more," And he worrlel abrat It; "It will sure give out then, If It doesn't be-fora." be-fora." And he worried about It. It would surely give out. so the scientist said In all scleniitlcal books that he res;l, And the whole mighty universe then would be deal. And he w Tried about It ; "And some day the earth will fall Into the sun." And he worrle 1 about It: "Just as sure, and an stra (lit, as It shot fro m a (inn." Ami ho worrle l about It. "When strong gravitation tm'nu-klesher swaps Jut plclurn." herald, "v.-'nat a feir.'iil collapse! It will coin.i la a few mini m a;es, perhaps,'' And iia wo.Tliid al.out It. 'The eat'i will hue me mil' h toj small for the raie," And h worrlel about It; "Win n w ll pay thirty dollars an inch for pure spa 'e," And he worried about It; "The. earth will be crowded so much, without count, That there'll he no room for one's tongue to stick out, And no mom for one thoughts to wander about." And ho w irried abo il It. "TliefJulf Stream win curve, and New Indian Ind-ian I crow torrider," And he worried about it; "Than was ever the climate of southernmost Florida," And hn worried about It; "The fro crop will be knocked Into small sniltherf-ens. And croeodlies block up our mowing machines, ma-chines, An i we'll ln our (line crops of pototocs and beaus." And he worrle 1 about It. "And In le-s than ten thousand years there's no doubt," And he worried about It : "Our supply of lumber and coal will give out," And he woirlcd about it. ".Just then the ice Ape will return cold and raw, Frozen men will at and stiff' with arms out- Mrit hed in awe. As If vainly beeechini; a general thaw," And he worried about It. His wife t iok In washing la dollar a dayl. He d.dn't worry anout it ; His daughter sewed shirts the rude grocer to pay. He didn't wory lib mt it, While his w,fe bent her tireless rub-a-dub-dub Ont'.ie, was'iboaod Irtira In her ol I wooden tub He eat by th stove an 1 he juit let lier rub, He didn't worry about It. ,S. II'. tori. |