New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-09-16
TIE ISLE OF LEPERS.
THE FATE OF BRAVE FATHER DAMIEN

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Father Contaidyf VINO recently went OUT lroh.
lep,ls OF Hawai- stationed In me Island OF N"l4hai
says:
The portion Of MOlakd the lcpeis occupy IS about
wide: "A perfect place of sccu-on, for IL the poor
lcpeTS thought Of escaping very few them could do
so a, v,ly li.h Gins separate u from the ohcr part
of the i,andso high thai clouds most OF the time cover
their tops. A. Tor lcprosy, | don't think It bs
avoided II 10 IS contagious 10y contact or oy DAdaon
Tor any one who lives among them comes in contact
with them in a thousand ways believe there Is no
more possibility OF remaining uneeoataminated tina
lave now some eighty boys. most Of the time with
them aad besides 1--we IN the house with Father
Damien who. a. YOU know, Is Affected with INC as
Tho disease has peculiar smell, very offensive
I'm the beginning the sight Of poor Father Damien
whose cais. face, neck. and hands alr quito bad was
enough tl take my appetite away. and was troubled
with continual headache, bat uow l"'l am used 10
those .'fis ucOuyellclre,. Everything here !, done
and handled By lepers cattle are killed, meat cut
and dIsuihufcd and brought by cpels, bread baked
hy them. Dut eggs cicau-yes. only the hens eat
rotten flesh thrown 10 them By leIer,. Poor Father
Damien sometimes viii speak 10 mo in confidential
way spp,oachluc very near Many things that he
and other cpofs handle have also 10 BE- handled by
nan The simuie contact How 10 i've in tic midst
of them and not become one day a Icpnr myself,
since r,fbor Confarly, Val about ninety iepers
bad Iird ON the Stand The ,~cck before he wrote
A. many a, alevon died IN one day
49, sem .rS, Con-, h,I ass are AIMING them Some are
vf,lout In. and no.c- having but norton of their
barls and feet and The balance Of their wretrhcd
bodies in, \ vc,v had rnndiflnn II X sui tr cee
yc.nc how with crippled and manrled hands some
Under ton wears Of AZ Washing their clothes or irving
no mend them hoard soma a. theu saving NJ ibe
si~bt at "a many dsatb Vc viii do If va stsr her
Una ,yr boms ,vc ,rould rot do - nor tbinktng
fhc, had Loen Lrourh, In MolslaI IN die and tbat
nev Viii never see fher home aran nor any OF tlose
ono, dear 10 them father mother brotbers and ia,
trI,, Eut ly a divine and ue,cifuI Providence
we Father Damien Hrother Duftop a, convert from
rri.cIp,lianI.ml and last ~ All ,nvSeN bave heen
chosen IN rculaco thnr hcre hsow' IN tbe s,y ~
moi vorl mr. ,t,pear an an in tha sarno IN e,cb
of Ia Vrtim. one nat IA r.rttcu
isriv .r.ctcd oornr"llv ,hc na-, P 49,
liz 80 ctroor, ere~t }tbroat b,rdl IN. ~,
ne affected bpt i'm dircrcnt wavs somc a~e ldtnd
hccai,c their evcs rot away or Iecan,e thsv douhle~
fhr socket, of Inc eyeq come ouf a. II fh-y had heir
eve, outside Father DAMIEN, cars are ha1iy syyollen
and hi, face neck and hands arc cov.rcd win bois
Anl sweuiurs: ono kuco Is particularly Affected
hui I'm pIic OF an That he Is very active always work
inc IN sometbfng pesfIes nrcvdiny f1r tba whole
inl.cboid aiorf one b.nd,od st,o,-o ff,d ard ,,r.
tl. 80 D "ui , 9"us ,toyu diII sum .
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