30 May 2009
The Man that was “Broke of his Rest.”
About the drollest man alive is a chap now in Chicago, well known in Northern Vermont by the name of “Tim Wait.” Say what you might to Tim, he was always ready with a repartee, and a good one. On one occasion he came into a hotel in Burlington, looking rather jaded and down in the mouth.
“What’s the matter, Tim?” said one of the company, “you look rather the worse for wear.”
“Why, you see,” said Tim, “I hav’n’t slept a wink for three nights—last night, to-night, and to-morrow night!”
Having left the bar-room in a roar, Tim went to make up his loss by a triple snooze.
