, 1889-03-07

They are for Father D,ruien, the leper
priest OF the Sandwich islaud., and I am
taxing them out," she said.
lhis made no impression Whateysr
upon the sordid soul Of the inspector, and
ne insisted that the owner should pay the
2O per cent cuty. or as abe called IL in the
Ene'ish idiom, tine so per cent impos-
ture. Neither would he hear TO her
woman's request that she might teke
the things with her '.just 10 shov Como
friends," on her Solemn word Of hoser
that she was going TO take them STRAIGHT
out to the Sandwich lslands within 4
month";. The upshot OF 1t ell WAS tkak
the vestments were shipped direct 70 Baa
Francisco there TO be claimed on the q.
parture OF her ship, and with that Miss
Fabian was forced To be content.
a. When seen Ct her pleasant quarters In
the city Misc Favian quite willingly tsld
the story OF the vestments, and also ths
story OF her strange mission 70 The 6an1-
wich Islands.
Yes" she said. with q strong Euaiish
accent, and In q deprecating sort Of way.
a. II 1t we're quite the most natural anti
tion in the world.
II AM GOING TO xoLoKAr
as volunteer nurse to the lepers there, Il
has been my intention for two years past,
but 1t 10 only nov that there is hospiti
erected and suitable shelter for vonsn,
Az soon ~ this was done l WAS notified.
and now ! AN on my way"
But when do you return 10 Englaad p"
'keturnp Why, l can never returul
When once take up my work am n
exile and an outcast as much ~ one Of the
poor wretches whom | shall nurse. have
brother and two sisters living in England
whom shall never see again, but it 10 -
completely . spiritual ambition with ne
that ! have been able to conquer even M
love for them. For the two years have
been waiting have studied everything pos
sible, theoretically speaking, on the subiest
OF ieprosy, and have gone through co1rss
Of hospital training as we'll. OF cosrss
there are no opportunities for studying the
actual disease In London, though did sss
one instance in hospital there"
Are you the only woman nurse 10 be
got out .herep'
mo: there six more. Two years or nero
sgo the call was sent out from the church
OF Rome to over fifty different orders Of
women, but only one responded and that
was at Syracuse. N. Y. Six sisters fron
the convent there have already gone
Father Darnien y the head Of the lep-
He went out from England . we'll man.
He was nurse, priest. brother, grave dig.
ger, everything, and II was impossible Il.
most for him 10 avoid taking the Ioath-
some disease. lie noticed it first three
years ago, but 1t is quite probable that be
had been leper for several years before.
have heard from an assistant of his that
his condition now is very bad, that leprosy
had done its work in turns at his care, his
ayes, his nose, throat, his hands and his
ungs.. The poor father is completely dis
II iOuFpd. his v0ica In a N, ook avt,,ck "
rs the disease as horrible as We believe
i isp,,' Miss Flavin.
More loathsome than anything yea
IAN imagine. fancy repulsive in every
way"
"Oh. mol" a. mildly as child.
"fou expect to escape II then?''
II EXPECT I SHALL BE A. OrHERs
Il shall be contaminated when nv tine
,omes. ! am not seeking for notoriety,
Tor reward. for anything save the spiritui
comfort Of doing for those dying creatures
what their condition keeps others from
doing"
The settlement to which Miss FIavia,
Who 10. by the way, Q native of Liverpool
and q Roman Catholic, is going vas e.
tablisbed in 1865 by the Hawaiin leQisls-
Eure to prevent the spread of the disease.
The people OF the islands seemed 80 deter
mined to smoke the pipes, wear the clothes
and sleep upon the mats Of the lepers that
The contamination was increasing at
horrible rate. In 1878 there were 400
lepers still hidden by their friends and
families. However bloated the face and
glazed the eyes, or however swollen or de-
cayed the limbs were, the persons &C af-
tected seemed never to disgust their
friends, and when the time for parting
came the dismal wailings and the a1ouixed
partinRs when friends and relatives cluuR
10 the victims of the awful disaster made
the separation more painful. This work
Of segregation has been faithfully pursued
by the government. in the pitiful hope of
stamping out the disease. There are at
present 100 leper orphans alone in the
great settlement.
II is to this place, then, that Misc Fla.
vim has exiled herself, land vividly de-
scribed by Mrs. Bird as the most horrible
spot on all the earth; home of hideous
disease and slow.coming death, with
which science In despair has ceased TO
grapple; community of people socially
dead, whose only duty il TO perish"
wifeess husbands, husbandless wives,
children without parents, parents without
children, men and women who. without
hope are condemned to watch the repul-
sive steps by which each of their fellows
go down to a loathsome death, knowing
that by the same they too must pass.
Saved by n silk Blouse.
Suey Liu, prepossessln9 Chinese WON