The Redwood gazette., 1896-03-19

alyzed so that, when he speaks,
it tails down, and when he has
finished sentence he pushes
it back with his fingerless hand,
and holds it in place with his
upper lip.
At last the horses were brought for
our party to cross over to the Bald
win Home. Then came momentary
hitch in the arrangement caused by
Miss Kate Field, who was unaccus-
toned to the Hawaiian style of riding.
But she had to yield to the inevitable.
She was determined to see the Bald
win Home; it vas too far to walk, and
there was not side saddle on the en-
tire island, so, that by the kindness of
Miss Reynolds, she was soon attired
in divided skirts, and by the combined
efforts of Senator Waterhouse and
myself safely mounted on sad-eyed,
dapple-gray horse, into whose good
graces she soon began to ingratiate
herself by patting his neck and ap-
pealing to his honor not to 60 faster
than walk.
The Baldwin Home for boys, which
is under Catholic management, con-
tains score of houses, play rooms,
school rooms, hospitals, and living
houses all neatly and cleanly fur
nished. Here we met Brother Joseph
Dutton, as he is known, a man who
for fifteen years has devoted his life
to the care of the lepers. He is a
plain, unassuming Christian man who
in his humble way, is more nearly fol-
lowing in the footsteps of his Master
than any other person it has been my
lot to meet. To one visiting his plain
little room, devoid of even the
smallest luxury, uncarpeted and un-
painted, and realizing that he is con-
stantly in greater danger than if fac
ing cannon, it seems as tho he were
in the presence OF superior being.
He took us to the different apart
ments of the lepers, all clean, neat,
whitewashed, plain, and comfortable.
All the while he was explaining to us
that such ward was where the cases
we're not so bad, the next was where
they were lower and weaker, and here
the unfortunate beings we're able to
crawl out on the porch, and sit and
gaze on the sky, sea, and earth once
more.
"Here is where they are brought
when in the last stages" he explained
as we entered house which, despite
it's cleanliness and bare white-washed
walls, gave forth sickening odor
''These poor people won't last long
Four or five toeless and fingerless
wretches whose horribly disfguree
features made them frightful to be
hold, were on the front porch.
"These," said Brother Joseph, ART
still able to come out" Then as W.
entered the hospital he added
"These can't live long. Those three
are dying, this one is almost gone.
Pointing to a vacant cot he added
"One died last night; we just tool
him out and will bury him tomorrow
That poor fellow is nearly dead"
i. went over to the dying leper. HI
still breathed tho unconscious. HI
lay on his side with his head over tn
side of his cot. His hands and fee
were gone. his eyes were out, his ear
and nose were gone, and in fact b.
was only horribly mutilated trunI
with little resemblance to a human
being. Sickened at the sight ant
deathly odor of leprosy, l staggered
to the door and was soon again il
fresh air.
We called at the house where Sis
ters Cassentia and Vinsentia live(
those holy, angelic women who are de
voting their lives to caring for th'
lepers. They wash and dress thei
sores, make their beds, wash thei
clothing, and keep them neat ant
clean. Tho they have lived among
them for years they have been won
derfully preserved.
Too much praise cannot be givel
the Hawaiian government for it's car
OF these unfortunate people. The
eleven hundred and twenty lepers OF
Molokai cost the government nearl.
ten thousand dollars per month. By
this lavish expenditure of money ane
with the aid of the Catholic mission