Douglas Island news., 1917-07-20
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 Itisa mct that two men may live ucirhbors for years. visit each oth. .cr,' homes daily. ride Co and from their worl, or offices ou Che samc ltuns. have children u thc same Sunday school and even bc business 'partucrs and yet never have a true .Iuc ou each other
 It is also fact chat Che best vuy .to really and truly know man is Too ro camping with him or bc a partner with him iu mushiur a lons .rau such as was chat from skoewy to Dawson or from thc latter p.acr .tu Numc during tbc early days and .uhu hiatu.y of Che north was u thc making
 . Tho Stroller mentions th.a subject .aproros or tbc fact that parties of men from Che Island are now out m hc practically muuoddcu. some prospcetmr. others camping while .hcy hunt and fish. but all rouehmg .it and living moro or less ou bacon land Its cu-partucr. beans 10 Is ou .uc uaI or m camp that Che gene .cral gusscduoss u man comes Co .the front just as naturally as % boil comes to a head or 9s lilies gather around au open milk Duu. Many .ufcloue companions bayc had gbcr- tshcd opinions of each other shat- tered through having mushcJ trail as partners. m camps friendships ol years standing have given place to hatred tuat is never forgotten.
 Au instance of how two young mon who had bccu as Damon and pytbim for years bc.amc deadly cu. rm.cs and how each concealed his hatred Of Che other came Co Che sroucr's attention during Che early days u Dawson. lt was tl.s vay
 Ham Grouse Jimmy and 'bo No- shirt EId had been partners long before Skgevuy had place uu thc map. As HWy De Wore tHo Tramp Poet. said of Jcll Dsoapyl smith and Joe s.mous.
 They'd worked together tooth
 and nail
 puuchu cattle ou Che trail,
 Dealt Che old thing. tackled
 bluff
 Each one blou,d Che others
 stuff
 And when uuc got u rHo n0Ic
 Toth.r jus. dug up thc rol
 Ham Grease and No-shIrt abIucd tuee.bcr at sbaevay. wore each oth- crs clothes when one was m money they were both flush ud in u.L everything tbey owned or ever cN- rertcd to own was as much rhc nru- rgrry of one as nl thc other Ham Grease was president or tho Boosters Union and Nu.sbirt was se.reury. .THc acted as one. though, gs uua land were so much together thW they actually grow to look alike.
 And ubs was tbc social status toward each other O. Ham Gr..s. Jimmy and Che No.Shrt EiJ when .sbasway began to parl Un chem and they decided Co transfer their scenes .u. operations Co Dawson 10 was m March of tho year IgNN and about Che middle of oEgorIcss afternoon that che Stroller was sur ur..cd u his office m Dawson by tb, entrance of Ham Grease and No- shirt. but bc would have bc.u more surprised had one entered vIfuou. Che other The Stroller had known them u sharvay where hc had al- .uays seuu rcm together and bo had come to think of tbcm together just !. as person connects bacon with eggs OF hot cakes with syrup su.due .up shoulder Co shoulder Co Che srrol- l.r's desk they opened up something along Che following line. Ham Grease. Here wcs are and we tot as.-
 No-shirr How youso m.eh, help us out
 Ham Grease. scciu' as we mut been here
 No-shirt Long enough ter make la Huu.
 Just like that Both talking as one man and one seeming Co know .just what Che other was about Co say
 Iu fact thinking as one as usual It would have required a harder heart than palpitatod under Che stroucr's vest Co have turned ucm .avay cmpty-haudcd. They mad mushcd Che long trail from slaeuay. .puImg a bmdacd with their scaut provisions over Che first 35U miles land disgardIur Che sled when thoir .uroy.sious run out and they had mo- thing lcft to haul, making Che rc- .maiuiur l15 miles ou practically nothing save hope and what tley could panhandle ot Che scattering .roadhouscs along Che river. AS they stood at Che StroIlcr's desk thoy .aetuuIly leaned one against che other Go keep from topplug over. They