The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-02-08

Were Not Returned.
The usual Honolulu crowd was down at
the dock when the steamship Australia.
seven days from san Francisco, pulled
alongside the pier on a brilliant, balmy
afternoon In January, 1895 American
women In summer afternoon costumes a
few English and few German women OF
society arrnyed also for steamer day
(Which Is "a Honolulu function), leaned
back dangerously I'm their carriages and
phaetons, under the shade Of parasols, lis
tening TO the lazy complimentary talk Of
the duck clad, lci enwrcathed young bust
ness men who combined duty with pleas
ure In thus waiting for the great steamer
to slip labOriously into her measured berth
beside the pier
The usual groups Of silent, expectant
eyed kauaka men stood in the shade of
the pier sheds humble I'm attitude. chary
of words, and yet sweet natured Some OF
the men wore shoulder leis (wreaths OF
howers) over their labor grimed hickory
shirts, and The Kanaka women wore leis
in cross belt over their flowing white
Mother Huhbards In truth, the flower
wreaths were everywhere Staid, middle
aged merchants among the whites wore
them about their helmets and straw hats.
had belts of Hawaiian exotics.
An Of the kanaka women had bare feet
They stood about in little groups as silent
as the men Of their race A few Of the
kanaka women carried tiny brown babies
silent also The young women were OF
varying degrees Of beauty, their figures
| showing q uniform excellence Of proper.
| ton
One Of these Kanaka women at the dock
on this brilliant January afternoon was
particularly beautiful She was clad like
the rest Of the women Of her race She
! was fully o feet 10 inches IN height, and
the white silk cord with which, unlike
the other kanaka women, she drew her
white dress about her waist, emphasized
the splendid, heroic proportions Of her fig.
ure kaomouna seemed quite unconscious
OF her beauty. The young shipping clerks
hurrying to and fro on the dock, with
their pencils behind their ears, stopped
suddenly when they caught sight Of her
! The women in the carriages, who had not
been long down from the States or from
Europe, saw Kamouna, and asked the
| women OF longer Honolulu residence
| Who is that glorious creaturep" Kao-
mouna, with a very sad face, spoke only
| an occasional word to one of the Kanaka
| women
The Australia was made fast to the
| pier, and the passengers began TO troop
over the gangway There was one man
with his pretty young wife and 3-year-old
| little girl The little girl was the first to
catch sight of Kaomouna as she reached
the bottom of the gangway. She quickly
/ freed her hand from her fathers grasp and
ran toward Kaomouna with baby words
Kaomouna smiled at the little girl, but
| did M off 70, +s.1r 10, -
/ folded her arms, looking down at the lit
tie pink faced child pleasantly. When the
mother had taken the little girl, she raised
her eyes to look at Kaomouna
Did you ever in your whole life see such
a perfectly beautiful woman?" asked the
/ young wife of her husband in whisper
| when he came up. "And Tita seemed to
take to her Immediately. If we could only
! have her for a nurse for Titap'
KaomOuna heard her
| Kaomouna would love to be that " she
| replied in a soft Kanaka accented speech
smiling Then look of pain came into
| her face But it may not be-it may
not be"-and with her hands at her eyes
| Kaomouna turned suddenly and disap-
peared among the departing men and wo-
men of her race.
Three months later the parents of the
ness for the first time the saddest Of
/ sights-the departure of the lepers for the
| island of Molokai The Kilauea Hou, the
\ leper steamer, was out in the stream, and
| the lepers We're being carried out to her in
| barges A litter was borne through the
| roped enclosure for the lepers. On it lay a
! very old kanaka woman in the final stages
| of the disease. At the side of the litter
walked Kaomouna. Her face was very sad
The parents of the little girl wondered
| They spoke to an official of the Hawaiian
board of health, who was busy in the task
of embarking the lepers.
Surely" they said, "she does not ao-
company the lepers?"
who, Kaomouna2" replied the health
official "Oh, yes, she does But it is her
own choice Kaomouna, you know, has
been secreting her old mother for num-
Der of years. We always knew there was
something mysterious about Kaomouna--
that is, we have known it for the last five
years She had made queer visits TO palm
hut far over in the Nuuanu valley. Last
week we followed her-we felt there was
| leprosy in it. We found her mother in the
| hut-KaOmouna had had her in hiding
trying to save her from Molokai, ever since
| the disease became evident. kaomouna is
not infected in the least-she has been
careful. But she elects to follow her moth
er to Molokai. Extraordinary Why, NOT
at ALL You do not understand the filial
devotion of Kanaka women-men, too, for
that matter Such cases are common
| enough"
The parents of the little girl looked a.
each other There were tears in the moth
| er's eyes.
THAT is why she folded her arms and
would not touch Tital" she said. In this
world of God, civilized or uncivilized
could there be anything more nobleY"
All was ready, and the Kilauea Hou
with Kaomouna and her mother on board
slowly started down the harbor, the Kama
kas on the dock setting up the weird
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