The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1891-03-31

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roughly; let him die -
Let me go, them urged the
negro. "Api is sick, and We ought TO
do something for him. Lend me the
KEYS and let me go and fetch her."
The Luna refused, and went off to bed.
/ OF course the others could do nothing
without the keys of communication, and
! they sat down again. Soon Api became
/ quiet and left off moaning. so they hoped
he had gone TO sleep.
In the morning they waited in vain for
him to open his door and call for his
breakfast.
Perhaps he is tired, he was awake so
late last night, said one.
- l am going to wake him." said the
/ native guardian OF the makai yard.
g Perhaps he is ILL.,"
" Let him Sleep" said the other.
80 Let us 60 and ask the Sister 10 come
/ and see il he is sick
The negro left TO 90 to the Dispensary;
the native opened the door softly to see
if the white man was still sleeping.
he was sleeping-the last, long sleep,
| from which he awakened in eternity, his
half-open ewes turned to the door as if
| to look for the noiseless shadow which
would come TO beckon him away On
| his face he wore the, sad, weary express
sion OF a hopeless outcast-an outcast
from his family, from his home, and
from the society in which he mad been
brought up; and outcast from the very
church in which his mother had led him
to pray in those iar-off days when he
was as clean of body as innocent OF soul.
By his bedside were three bottles, the
! first containing his internal medicine,
the second containing some French bon
! bons ! had given him, the last was
! empty, but it bore the label Tinct.
| Opii.," and it was drained to the very
last drop.
We, in the hospital, wept for him
remembering him with pity and
regret, and felt that he might
| have been prevented from hurry
! ing his soul so rashly into the unknown.
And vet the brother of that dead man
/ was a member of the Board of Health
who allowed the doctor to be maIigned
/ by the Luna with impunity, and suffered
| the doctor TO leave the hospital, when
| his treatment was becoming more and
more successful, rather than deprive the
Luna OF his Office.
Those first three months at kalihi
| were months Of inceSSant labor and diff
! cult problems; sometimes when there
were many lepers waiting TO be exam
| ined or TO be sent to Molokoi, we had
more than sixty inmates, all requiring
| to be treated. Some had arms or legs
covered with loathsOme sores; some
faces half eaten away by leprous ulcers;
scarcely 4 wholesome patch on their
body; and all these required daily dress
! ing. Many had to be attended to two or
three times a day. One old man had
pulmonary disease, and had to be
watched day and night, for he had had
hemorrhages twice, and could hardly be
got to obey the doctors order Of keeping
perfectly quiet.
At the same time, in the makai yard,
there was an old Chinaman, emaciated
] and decrepit, who had evidently been a
| confirmed opium smoker. Whenever l
| left him he would lie on the floor and
cry make" die, Make" while the
| Luna and some of the men leased him
| laughing at him, and threatening to cut
| off his pig tail, as sometimes in his ray
| ings he would tie it round his neck, as If
| he were going TO hang himself. For
| three weary weeks the nights were spent
| in walking back and forth from the old
native to All Kong, the Chinese; while
/ IN the rainy season the pools OF water IN
! the uneven ground were ankle deep.
! But by constant soothing, a judicious
/ administration OF Chinese tobacco, weak
tea, and gradually diminishing does OF
| pills, | had the satisfaction OF seeing All
/ Kong improved no less in outward APP
! pearance than in the condition OF his
mind. Indeed, at the last. he grew
quite merry over trying to teach Us to
| speak Chinese, and correcting our pro-
nunciation and accent. He afterwards
/ went to Molokai, where he led an even,
tranquil life; nor did he ever, | believe,
| return to his opium smoking. Here L
may say that the few Chinese who came
under my observation, were most dOcile,
! trusting, affectiOnate and grateful, as,
/ indeed were all the natives and hall
| whites, who were in or passed through
/ the hospital.
During the six months some one hun
| bred and two lepers were sent TO Molo-
kai. and therefore only stayed with us
| for short time. But they were almost
always most anxious TO be treated by
! Doctor Lutz for the brief period OF their
| stay, and were loud in their expressions
/ of gratitude and affection when they
went away. Indeed, those days of go
! ing to Molokai were the sadest it has
ever been nv lot to witness. For days
/ beforehand, the friends OF those going,
/ gathered round the gates, and the tall,
| double fence which shut the lepers from
the outside world, wailiHg and weeping
as if there were no comfort for them.
When the moment came for parting, the
poor beings chung to US, faint with weep
/ ing, unable for the most part 10 utter a
word OF farewell, for the sobs that wrung
their breasts. They realized that they
were going to pass bourn whence they
will never return, neyermore look upon
| the faces that wore smiles to cheer them;
nevermore hear the voices which spoke
words of love and friendship to them;
neyermore revisit the home OF their
childhood; neyermore clasp in tender
embrace those whom they loved more
than life itself.
All since it Is necessary, perhaps on
/ account OF their very recklessness, TO
! segrerate these poor creatures, why not
| have-as the natives themselves are al
WAYS reiitioniHg-an enclosure on every
! island. surrounded by q double fence if
mods ra f54-t -rbern at least they can