Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-10-29
was decided to return TO their Ola
claims on Forty-Mile.
STRUCK WEALTH AND ILL
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was decided TO return TO their ola
claims on Forty-Mile.
STRUCK WEALTH AND ILL
HEALTH.
Upon reaching their claims new
shaft was sunk to bedrock, Whcn
yielded returns that well nigh turned
the heads of those sturdy scotchneh.
AS the claims became richer the ihen
worked harder, not even leaving ther
work to take necessary rest and repast,
so intoxicated were they with their mad
desire to rob the earth OF its wealth.
Hardships and exposures IN tnat
northern cline lays its hold upon the
strongest. 1t laid It's hold upon John
Anderson in the frution of his fondest
hopes after they had taken about $780,
900 out of the clnim. Day by day the
hronzed face became paler, and little
by little the strong arm grew weaker
until at last became evident TO SIM
that his friend would surely die II he
remained there longer
I'VE didn't know then said SIM.
what we know now, that he had
Brights disenge and was doomed
man. We did all we could to minister
to his comfort. We had DR.. Chambers
from Circle City. Then we sent down
to Dawson and got horse. It was
a tedious undertaking. We mounted
Anderson on the horse. and one of us
walked on epch side all the way to
steady him. Thus we reached Dawson
with the invalid
LoNGBD FOR OLD SCOTLAND.
His one wish during his sickness
had been to get back to old Scotland
again and see his parents. When
I'promlsed to take him back he broke
down and cried. The doctors ut Daw-
son city told me his case was ahso-
lutely hopeless. and that I would never
get as far as St Michael with him. l
simply told them I would take the
chances.
I'VE loft Dawson City June ~ on the
p u. Weare. Anderson was then get
ting worse, but was still conscious
His strongest wish at this time seemed
to he that he might be able to reach
Seattle. He believed that II he could
once reach this city he would he able
to rally enough to get back home
again.
AT Forty-Mile the surgeon of the
| mounted police came TO see Anderson
! and his diagnosis was fully as unfnNor-
able as that of the other physicians
Ind been. At st. Michael again we
had DR.. Chase He was Just as posi-
tive that the poor man could not last
long. stilI he stood the voyage down
| remarkably well He grew little
stronger after we had left st. Michael.
and did very well, indeed, until about
| three days before we reached Seattle:
We left st. Michael on July and
reached here two weeks later on the
| first trip of the Portland. l turned
| Anderson's case over to DR.. Wother-
| spoon. and we brought him up to the
| hospital.
I'LL NEVER GET HOME AGAIN.
For the two weeks before the end
| came he lay in stupor now and then
| rouslng sufficiently to recognize me,
or some other old friend, 1T MS ped
| side Sometimes half incoherently ne
| would Imagine himself shoveling dirt
| Mt the mines and tell of the good he
would do with his money when ne
| reached his native home Flo would
call to me. Bill. Bill take me home
| In tones pathetic enough 10 melt one
heart Again. when I'd urge him to
get stronger so that we would be able
to get home, he'd say despondently;
'Rill. I'll never get home again.
The end came September | last. and
| Tohn Anderson was given burial ne
fitting gentleman. Among the mourn
ers nj the funeral were all of the dend
mlner's old-time friends prominent
amor- them: careworn and co'orless
| with head bowed low was Wii'lnnl
| Sim. the man whose friendship had
becn nut to the crucial test, the man
who Ind forsaten riches md fortune IN
order 20 convey his friend and partner
back to die with the old folks on the
little farm In Scotland.
Anderson was ~ years old and I'M
married. As they had nuggets In
plenty all the financial affairs OF tn.
partners were carefully arranged and
sim started on n Journey to spend the
winter In Scotland. where he expects
to recuperate his health and return t.
his mine in the spring. Before he left
companv was organized for the FUR
thor develoument of the claim with
frederick w. piper. Of this city, as
manager.-Seattle Post-Intelligtncer.