Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-08-28

TER, WIS., AUGUST 2S, Is!
frame, bury one end of it so as to wear the
appearance Of having been partially cover
ed at the time it caved, and thereby lead
Others to believe that it had been upon the
shaft from the time it was dug, and contin-
ously to the TIME Of Dufiimy's discovery,
and by virtue of this fact to insist upon his
fright to the new load; it being at that
time standing rule among the miners,
that windlass frame left standing up
on shaft secured that to the owner provii-
dedhe had PREVIOUSLY worked the diggings.
| That night Dummy sought his lonely
cabin with his mind crowded with the thick
coming thoughts which the glowing prospect
lof sudden possession of fortune had orr
Iginated therein, and which added to the
Iconfuson which already disturbed his intel
lect, rendered his condition one Of 9estles.ness
ANXIETY. He sought his be d, but could not
sleep. Faint shadows of home such as
he was accustomed to see in his native state
where the affectionate wife and tender
mother surrounded by loving childre II, cast
a halo of domestic quiet around the family
circle, and made the hearth-stone a place
lof exquisite Joy and endearment, fitted
Through his brain, and which he thought,
the wealth derived from this lead might
somehow be the means of securing SINH
lar one to himself, but how, even after he
was. the envied possessor of the requisite
amount of money, it was to be effected,
was too iftiich for his enfeebled mental pow
er, and only created additional confusion
and made him extremely nervous In the
unsettled train of thought which came
trooping through his head, dim remem-
brahce Of his t1iother and sisters, al whom
he left alive when he wandered to the dis
tant west, would rlingle, which, coupled
with his prospect of a fortune, created a
desire to return and lift them from the con-
dition of poverty under which they had,
during their whole lives, suffered TO a
degree rarely experienced. In this unset
tied state Of mind did be pass the fore part
of the night; and till the fatigue and ex-
haustion Of the previous days labor again
returned which during his intense mental
excitement had in a great measure suspen-
ded, and then he soon fell into troubled
sleep, only to be disturbed with dreams in
which great attempts were made by bad
men to wrest from him his newly discover
ed prize
( On this same evening, Rosenburgh, who
possessed all the characteristics Of man,
frankness, nobleness, and honor, who for
anything that Vas mean or unprincipled
had an utter adherence, and for the Person
who could be the guilty one, the most
sovereign contempt;, whose noble sense of
the duty of mar 70 his fellow man, led him
frequently into positions where he became
the protection Of the poor, and the behefac-
tor Of the pesrecuted and op pressed sought
his cabin with feeling far difarAnt from oil
the Others whom we have had occasion to
mention. His long residence in the mines
and his experience among the miners
convinced him, that most desperate eff
fort would be made by some of the more
reckless to defraud Dummy Of his Lead
Even while Dummy was narrating the
manner of his discovery, the idea fas she'd
across his mind, that the thing was very pro-
bable. This caused him to Scrutinize the
countenances of the listeners in a particular
manner. The expression of Tom Frost's
face, at the time, gave him his worst fears,
and raised the thought in his mind, that
Tom was then meditating the very thing
he feared, and his subsequent movements
during His stay about the Light House
that afternoon, which were closely watched,
satisfied him of the truth OF his suspicious.
! He at once determined the course he
would pursue if the attempt shonld be
|fnade, and that was to stand by Dummy
and defend his rights to the last, With
this view, he sought the cabin Of one or
1.-TWO other persons who, like himself, were
men of character and integrity, and soon
enlisted them upon the idiots side To-
gether they pledged themselves, come what
might, they would see that Dummy's in-
Iterest did not suffer through the fraud and
treachery Of designing men.
i The next morning, just as faint and al
most indistinct line of gray light began to
streak the eastern sky, heralding the APP
Iproach Of day, Tom Frost might have been
-Iseen with his old cedar windlass frame on
his shoulder, vending his way to Dummy
new lead. He congratulated himself, as
he picked his way carefully among the min
eral holes, upon the uninterrupted success
(which had thus far attended his efforts in
becoming the owner of poor Dummys Dig
lgings, and upon the frightening prospect
(which the progress Of his scheme was hour
lily opening up before him, betokening COM
'tplete success. Such a strong impression