The Arizona sentinel., 1896-02-22
NUMBER IA.


 At last horses were brought for our arty to cross over to the Baldwin Home. Then came & momentary hitch in the arrangement caused by Miss Kate Field, who was unaccus- toned to the Hawaiian style of ridiag. hH. she Lad yield to .te inevitable She Taa .e.arm5uo' |. sec .1e BelI- win Honc; it was too far to see the Baldwin Home it was too far to walk and there vas Ii sije-saddle or the entire island so by the kindness of Miss Reynolds, she was soon attir- ed in divided skirts, and by the con- bine efforts of Senator WaterI ouse and myself safely mounted on sad- eyed, dapple-gray horse, into whose good graces she soon began to in- gratiate herself by batting lis neck and appealing to his honor not to go { faster than walk.
 The Baldwin Home for boys, which Is under Catholic + a a1agement, con- tains score of houses, play room, school rooms, hospitals, and living houses, all neatly and cleanly furnish- ed. Here we met Brother Joseph Dutton, as he Is known, a man who 1 for fifteen years has devoted his life to the care of the lepers. He Is plain, unassuming Christian man, who i'll lis brave, humble way, is more nearly following in the footsteps of his Master than any other person if has heer my lot to meet. To one visiting his plain little room. devoid oi evea the smallest luxury, uncar- petod and unpainted, and realizins that Ee Is constantly in greater dan ger than if facing canons, it seems as tho he were in the presence of Q su- perior being
 He took us to the different apart ments of the lepers, all clean, feat. white-nashed, plain, and comfortable. All the while he was explaining to US that such a ward was where the eases were not so bad. tLe Dc.t .Tas where they were lower and weaker, here the unfortunate beings were able to crawl out on the porch, and sit and gaze on the sea, sky, and earth once more.
 "Here is where they are brought when in the last stages" he explained. as we entered a house which, despite its cleanliness and bare white-washed walls, grave forth sickening odor. "These poor people wont last long,"
 Four or five tOeless and fingerless wretches whose horribly disfgured fea- tcres made them frightful to behold, were on the front porch.
 "These," said Brother Joseph, fare still able to come out" Then as we 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 took him out and will bury him tomorrow. That poor fellow is nearly dead"
 I went over to the dying leper. He still breathed, tho unconscious. He lay on his side with his head over the side of his cot. His hands and feet were gone, his eyes were out, his ears and nose gone, and in fact he was only a horribly mutilatcd trunk with lit le resemblance to human being. Sick ened at the sight and deathly odor of leprosy, 1 staggered to the door and was soon again in fresh air.
 We called at the house where Sis ters Cassentia and Vinsentia lived, those holy, angelic women who are devOting their lives to caring for the lepers. They wash and dress their sores, make their beds, wash their clothing, and keep them neat and clean. Tho they have lived among them for years, they have been won- derfully preserved.
 Too much praise cannot be given the Hawaiian government for its care  .tf these unfortunate people. The eleven hundred and twenty lepers on Molokai cost the government nearly ten thousand dollars per month. By this lavish expenditure of money and with the aid of the Catholic isSion-- aries, the lives of these poor people are as pleasant and asy as it is pos to make them