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deck and watching some cattle being
brought aboard Or. Adriance put hC-
back to bed at once and told her how
careless il was TO get up. He had al
ready been treating her for pneumonia
I.uiled to sleep by Native Music.
Toward evening / had another talk
with her, and as II grew dark some ma
tive Hawaiians gathered near her door
and began TO sing their sweet and
plaintive songs, accompanied by their
guitars and the native ukulali. / went
in and asked her if it disturbed her.
''Oh, no." she said. Music is para
disc to me. and / shall sleep all the bet
ter for it,
And indeed she did sleep, apparently
very peacefully, through the evening.
but DR.. Adriance saw that she was
growing worse, and he stayed all night
with her. About o'clock a decided
change occurred, and when / came on
deck very early this morning he told
me he doubted if she could live twenty
four hours, that she must have had the
disease for some days, and that contin-
ually exposing herself in spite of IT,, and
paying no attention to her condition. ii
had made terrible headway. He asked
me to tell her the truth.
1 thought 1t probable that she might
have messages to leave or letters to
4 In, xxyffh
pencil prepared to take down anything
she wished. 1t was very hard to tell
her she must die, and she seemed to
take 1t in dazed sort of way at first.
Then she said:
Yes, yes; give me time. l must think
of so many things"
She lay back and seemed to become
almost unconscious for a moment, and
waited, but / finally aroused her gen.
tly and said:
Miss Field, you would better tell me
the address of any friends you would
like to have me write to for you"
Dying Messages to Friends.
'Yes, yes, / must" she replied, and
gave me an address in Washington,
which she spelled out carefully and ac-
curately Then she began to dictate
letter, which was clear enough at first,
but soon became confused.
ut will need a lot of editing" she
finally said and fragments of sentences
relative to her work for you came at
intervals. DR.. Adriance gave her stim
ulants, but still she continually sank
into lethargy. At last / said again:
Miss Field, who are your best
friends? Whom shall l write to for
your"
II. H. Kohlsaat in Chicago, is my
best friend on EARTH she said, land his
wife is like a sister to me. If they will
not take care of me nobody will" And
then she closed her eyes again.
All through the morning she aroused
a little as spoke to her, but it was evil
dent that she was rapidly dying, and
her breathing became very labored. AS
we passed Maui she suddenly opened
her eyes and looked out. The cliffs are
bold and rugged and the mountains
very impressive, with cloud shadows
chasing over them, and between the
Island and the steamer lay bright blue
strip of sea, covered with white caps.
"Oh, how beautiful" she exclaimed,
and for moment her eyes frightened
clearly. Then the lethargy came on
again and could not arouse her. Later
she looked up at me as / sat beside her
and said:
What did you say was the name OF
your expedition, and what are you go
ing for?"
The Amherst eclipse expedition" j
said, land we go to Japan TO observe a
total eclipse of the sun, August 9Th"
THE Amherst eclipse expedition"
she said brightly; and these were her
last words on earth.
MARIE LOOMS TODD