Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1856-06-17

ooh'"Nt Win 'iO "oiu Sle nau acquired
u knowledge of BUSH ess, which did not,
however, impair or detract from the nat
ural modesty of a good woman's heart or
mind.
A week had rJt passed before the hus-
band again alluded to the subject upper
most in his mind. A company was abou,
to leave Windsor, and many of the town
were enrolling their names. Mr.. Dana
thought it would be a good chance for him
as he would have acquaintances to lend
him-a helping hand in caseshea was taken
sick. His wife thought the same thing,
and delighted her husband by giving her
consent to his going.
They were not aware of the selfshness
exhibited in gold regions, where each
man struggled for himself, and thought it
waste of time to help his feverish friend
to a cup of cold water or make him a
mess of Cruel to keep him from starving.
Mr.. Dana's arrangements were soon
made. He had some money on hand, and
with it he determined to cross the 18TH
mus, in company with his townsmen, as
he thought he could make enough in
weeks time, after his arrival to pay his
passage.
They wrote to engage steerage berths,
and received an answer that the steamer
would sail on such day, and that they
must be promptly on the spot. The news
caused the party to hurry their arrange
ments, and the day before they were to
start, Mr.. Dana requested his wife to ac-
company him to the lawyers.
I'm going a long Journey" he said,
land may be gone longer than l antici-
pate. | shall leave you the farm, to do
do with as you please. If you get tired of
carrying it on, sell it to the best advantage;
| shall make money enough while gone
to buy large one when | get back
Wen get one of the new houses in town
and live like Squire Bolton"
His wife thought at the time there might
be a failure in his scheme; but she was
hopeful and would not say anything to
dash the bright anticipations.
The day of parting came, and with it
tears and mournful looks but it was not
until Dana left the house, never perhaps
to return, that the young wife felt the
loneliness of her condition.
For a week or two she was low-spirited
and sad, but as she received letters from
her husband in New York, written In a
lively vein, and bidding her to be of good
cheer, as he should certainly rejoin her
in the course of a year, she became more
composed and reconciled to his absence.
We will not follow him in the crowded
steamship nor across the Jsthmus, where
he narrowly escaped drowning, while
ascending the river; nor will we tell of
his arrival at San Francisco, and depart
ure for the mines, where he worked in
the bed of the river, and was quite fortu-
nate, until attacked with the fever and
ague, which roasted him out at one mo-
ment and froze him the next
He would lie In his tent, and wish that
the gentle hand of his wife could wipe
the moisture from his brow, or cover him
with blankets when shivering with cold.
All Of his adventures might be written out,
and perhaps Mr.. Dana some day will
give the world an account of his doings in
the land of gold. They will, in that case,
possibly serve as a warning to other husa
bands, and thus prevent many heart
from mourning for the absent.
Mr.. Dana's fever was no better, at last
the doctor told him he had better seek
change of climate, as he might shake
himself to death. Dana thought the same
thing; for it appeared to him, when the
chills come on, that every bone in his
body would be wrenched apart, and when
the fever returned he would imagine INN
self Ill an oven.
He considered the subject one day, and
determined to start FOR home. A team
was to leave the next day for Sacramento
city, and as soon as his resolution was
formed, ne engaged passage, sold all
his cloths, excepting enough to rea cil Yer
mont, and found that he was master of a
capital of only five hundred dollars after
working in the mines very industriously
for four months To be sure his sickness
had cost him large sum, and his doc
tors bill was frightful to contemplate.
He started the next day for home.-
He determined to live a farmer and die
one, one if the Lord spared his life. He
had seen enough of the gold mines, and
as he was going In the cart and jolted
over the uneven roads, he thought what
mummy he had been TO leave comfortable
home, and loving wife, for the purpose
Of aoe,,,,,,,latipr a fortune