The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-08-18

pealngly in the direction OF the sound while she
mumbled almost inaudibly her plaintive peti.
tion, Not realizing at first that she was blind
I walked up close to her when another more
frantic effort on her part brought her two hands
into direct contact with my face.
l shuddered ! felt the cold clamy touch,
but being blind she could not it. l quickly
sot beyond her reach and then, as I supposed,
unohservcd placed a rupee in her hand In an
other instant a dozen other miserable remnants
Of humanity pressed forward pleading vocifer.
ously for help. Just then the attendant ap'
peared and promptly ordered them back. What
might have happened but for his timely interfer.
ence dread to contemplate, as Mr.. Frease and
Mr.. hudson, who has since died OF the cholera,
with my other companions had advanced more
quickly and were beyond the reach OF my voice.
| entered the irst Of many wards separated
from one another by bamboo PARTITION. II
was full Of patients suffering from every man
of ailment. Cholera, dysentery and guinea
worm predominatcd on some cots the unior.
tunates were doubled up. The temperature was
appallingly high. The air was laden with an
odor superlatively offensive. 1t was thick with
efluyia of the vilest stamp. The cots were de-
fled reckng with flth. Pain, misery, help
lessness were on every hand. The agonzing
groans OF men and women wrthing in cholera s
fatal and unyielding grip were almost beyond en-
durance.
,or tha nh,isio;ou III - nae rnno bo.ri'
g., as.istaIt let r,t - - t,o,.,o1ro .,
medicine ss apprentice in a pharmacy was
in charge. "How many OF these people will he
savcd?" / asked. "Thcy come here to die"
tion 30 dosoIo,;ao ia ,..s ." So,nio.a ~ hn,,
ne ,ba ,,iot;ros thor,sol,,os W. ,o',,S h,,,a
III, -. 49, $3.50. -, a. s.oaa'oI "a i
had il been in my power to afford relief even
for one single hour to those whose pctcous gaze
u,bito nor Gov tLo bo1 tbat tba,, ,'ae,,o,, Iorood
to 'V dt '''d a;d io' t ete t t"a, .oS h s',
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y, oT t ~ W. tr,'a,oJ -. a,rd =.
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|
| We stepped out into the square skirted by the
bamboo enclosure and into the brazen sun
| There before the ground, without shade
| or protection Of any kind, stark naked lay
number of women in the last throes of the chol
era. Two Of them were moaning piteously
| They seemed unconscious, yet the contortions o.
| their bodies indicated that they were suffering
intense pain We called an attendant and or
dered him to carry the women under shelter
| from the burning rays.
We did not stop TO think that We lacked au
thorty to enforce our demands. Fortunately thert
! was no objection, and the women were one by
| one carried under a roof One Of them wa
practically dead and at our request few rag
, word thrown over her for decencys sake Sh,
was not removed and then and there she died
We had seen enough We were anxious to ge
away. But it occurred 10 us that thus far II,
children had been in evidence. So we mad
inquiry concerning them and learned that thol
were kept in what is termed the kitchen. W,
asked to be shown there.
The kitchen in the Baroda poor house mus
be seen to be realized. In a bamboo enclosure
under the supervision Of a fat, turbaned Hindoo
| sat 800 slcletonizcd, dminutive creatures mostl,
naked, all sicily and miserable and many o