Show an army ru speaking of cures for insomnia said an old soldier makes me think 0 of f our starting out one morning at 7 0 clock marching bweni y miles and meeting the enemy at 2 0 clock in the afternoon and fighting till 6 and then marching back to where we started from getting there at 2 in the morning some of the men left in camp had made a fire to cook their coffee by b and had kept it going through th the e evening it was now a big bed of red coals with an occasional flicker of flame going up from the charred end of a half burned stick it was a chilly chill night and I 1 thought id sit down on a log that there was alongside the fire for a few minutes and get warm a little before turning in the next thing I 1 knew it was 6 I 1 had gone to sleep the minute I 1 sat down and had fallen off the log without waking up now if as sometimes happens I 1 find myself inclined to lie awake nights I 1 just think of the comfort of my present bed as compared with that by the log and that is enough new york sun |