The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-26
LOVED HIS OLD PARD
william Sim and John Anderson Were as
Damon and PylhidS.
HOSPITAL NURSES TELL THE STORY
Pathetic Story ofnn Affection, Etipcn.
iD;- in the Bnnd OF lilo 3IidEish:
Sun, That zsnd it4 Snd Sequel i'm ~
Semitic Hospital Long ana lHurd
Trips with an Invalid Friend.
Seattle Pozt-Irl:clllgenccr.)

When the treasure ship Portland,
laden With gold and returning ar5onautS,
! reached Seattle on her first trip from
! st. Michael, bringing the substantial
evidence Of The unrivallcd riclIucaS Of
! Tho "!icid OF the midnight SUM-" none
| paused in their excited contemplation
| OF marvellous wealth 10 listen 10 the
! simple though pathetic story of L
! DronHed and rrizZ!cd miner as lie bend
! ell over the PROSTATE form of his lis
. "aSr-Strlckcu partner The ''par,iner''
/ * dead now. and yhe minor has gCrIc to
his native land. The nurses at the hos
! p'iHl only are left to tell the story OF
4 modern Damon and ryth!as, or of a
David and jonathan Of the present
time
TO those who bciievo romance exists
III hCiion only, and chat mans love for
man was an Institution of oldcn time,
i%tcn 10 the life story Of William Sim
| ana John Andersen. Both were ma
| tlNeS OF Scotland, Sim having been born
AT tlSin, ANA Anderson on his fathers
farm near ElEn. The two lcarncd the
carpenters trade together, serving rs
apprentices in the came shop Eleven
years as2o Sim came to Anorica lgCa ling
in Chicago. y year later Anderson FOL-
! lowed him. lie spent his first year In
! St Paul. whence he wlrlt 10 Chicago
ana joined his friend. The comrades
came together to Seattle where they
arrived about two wceKS after the great
! lire. Then things doomed There was
| Plenty at building gc;nS on. and the
caipenter's trade was II good ono to
| fellow.
THEY WENT TO ALASKA.
But the years rolled on ana business
grew duli ana times grew hard. Two
| ycFlfS nSo last March there came quietly
| INTO SC;!ttie tho news that there were
some wonderful god inGs being made
! ~ ALASKA. SIM and Anderson heard
| ne name or Birch Creek. near Circle
| CITY, m.ntiCned with special favor by
some Of their friends. ana they deter
mined 10 go th!ther and try their for
! tunes. Leaving Seattle they made their
| way as far as Forty-Mic In THAT neigh
hoihood they prospcctcd in various
directions, but met with no success
nnt.i Il year ago last #pr'ng, when on
! f"'iN-Ailc they struck pay dirt Pa
! tienily they t"ipl on I'll summer, aver
| aging from $50 10 $40 per day. Last fan
! lh% NiuHdikc excitement arose Mon
! derln' stories were tori alGng the bank
! OF F0rty-Mil" about the richness of the
Nlond!ke i!EGlnGs. There WAS a stam-
! pcdc. The iritUds resolved TO go. They
| got 10 the now fields roo late 10 locate.
! hut in connection with two companies
! bought claim No. - below discovery on
| btranHa, for which they paid The modest
sum Of $500. 1t did not take long 10
! "-''NCr mat tnlS claim would not INN
! out according 10 their expectations, and
1t was decided to return 10 their old
claims on Forty-Mile.
STRUCK WEALTH AND ILL
HEALTH
! unon reaching their claims n nov
| Sha!t was sunk To bedrock. which Weld
CT returns that wei nigh TUNED the
hcadS of those sturdy Scotchmnn As
the claims became richer the men
worked harder, not even leaving their
| work 20 take necessary rcst and rrpast
50 intoxicated We're they with their mad
| desire 10 rob the Garth Of its wealth
iiardahips and exposure in that north
! "rn cline lay+ It's hold upon the strong.
est 1t laid its hold upon John Ander-
| son in the fruitICu OF his fondest hopes
aitar they had taken about $4,000 out
! OF The claim. Day by day the brcn2cd
lace became palrr, ana little by little
me strong arm grew weaker, until at
| iaSt 1t became evident To Sim that his
TREND world surely die if he remained
| there longer
I'VE didn't know then" said Sim.
! what we know now. that he had
! l5riEht's disease and was n. doomed man
W" did all We could 10 minister Ia his
! comfort We had Dv. Chambers from
! Circle CITY. Then wcscnt down 10 Daw
son and got 4 horse It was n tcdlous
! Undertaking. We mounted Anderson o.,
! Inc horse and one If us waited on cuch
sldc All the way 10 steady him Thus
| We reached Dawson with III" invalid
LONGED For OLD SCOTLAND
| Ills one wish DURING his sickness had
| heen To get back To old Scotland again