Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-07-03
HOW MY LIFE WAS SAVED.

HOW MY LIFE WAS SAVED.
"No, darling" I said, "wa WON'T
talk about that. It's ont of the ques-
tion.'
bat, Henry, your health, your
very life
] put my finger. on her lips.
We stood looking at each other
tears gathering in her eyes,
You will kill yourself, if you keep
on in this way much longer" said
my wife in an unsteady voice, as
she quietly took my fingers from off
her lips.
Our two babies hearing our voices,
came gleefully into the paFior where
We were standing. | caught them
up, huggiEg aud kissing them with
a new and deeper gush of tenderness
in my heart, and then, kissing their
young and beautiful mother, hurried
to- Observation-Disclosures to which, for
their sakes, / was giving my very
life.
= young man who starts out for
himself in this age o. close c0mpeti-
ton, and with o1ly small capital
makes but slow progress. Every
step is up E4ll; every advantage is
gained Uy hard work. lie must toll
early ana late, giving rest to neither
mind nor body. scat least, 1 found
it arst this close, inccssant appiica-
tion, and consequent NFeaI and tear,
had begun To show itself on my
health.
[ am satisfied, now, in looking back
on this period OF my life, that I com
mittcd a serious error in not giving
myself the rest and recreation need
cd for physical health The head
cannot be clear and cool, unless the
body IS sound. Too much time and
thought given to business, is ofteu so
much time lost-worse than lost in
many eases for it is here that bust
ness mistakes are made. The ever
taxed and confused BRAIN cannot al
ways see clearly, and may give uu-
wise counsel at a time when loss or
/ gain hangs on a right decision.
1t was so in my ease. As the heal
| thy tome of my physical system be-
| gan To- give way, WAS conscious of a
| failure in that business insight on
| which had rested with confidence
| for success. My Judgment was of
ten strangely aJ fault, and often I'M
conflict, one day with another This
troubled Sud confused me. / began
| to lie awake, sometimes half through
the night. and rise uurefreshed and
without appetite in the morning. |
| lost flesh and color; became nervous,
and suffered from su irritahility al
most impossible TO Tcpress.
Thought dWclt on HIy business
perpctuaiIy, morning and evening,
day, and night, going over in NOR
bid way the dul! routine, and weary
ing itself with fruitie-s cndeayor.
Yes, WAS giving my very life to my
business, and every dag something
of its vigor departed.
Why? Bij / coyat riches ? Had
| 50 set my heart on this worlds
goods that / would barter life itself
FOR them No, reader. 1t was not
that. The truth WAS, ! had become
oVer-auNiOus about making proviS-
ion for my wife and children-my
wife, young, gentle and beautiful /;
my children, tender - Spring bios
sOms-all So precious that, in my
! concern for their welfare, / often
| thought Of Jhem with dim eyes.
/ was anxious To accumulate rapidly,
| To secure Su Independence for them,
80 that, in case of my death, they
/ would NOT be thrown helpless on the
world.
| This fear haunted me continually.
| often disturbing that cool Judgment
! so essential i'm business, and some
! times causing me to take risks i'm the
/ hope or large proiits-always q dan
I serous eEoelient.
/ r1d taken such p risk few DAYS
/ before and uncertainty as 10 the re
/ -Uit had kept me awake nearly all
/ uiEht This had told ou my appear
mec, and brought reulonstrance
! from my Wifi Ny-aa WAS s-rr,,t-i in, a. ~ ,,fs