The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-10-03

uncle's voice was broken as he spoke.
These devils have way Of keeping
their victims long time. Few that /
have known to be taken ever came
back. But this sort OF thing was COM
mon years ago. And while we never
could learn what was done or what the
motive might be, there was always
something horrible about the fearful
condition Of those who returned. AS
I say, they were few. 1 knew OF two
only in my life here. One Yves man,
who was shot by an unknown assassin
two days after he reappeared, and the
other, a woman, became insane"
"What devils they must be. Well,
let us go to the American League, and
help destroy their power"
"It is surely coming. Doleis man
OF resources. Seldom is heart and
soul in the movement. Eve old War.
rem is with u.s."
"Who is Warren?"
zone of the noblest men that God
ever made. He is the head physician
at the Reception Hospital at HOMO
lulu"
'Leprosy hospital?"
eyes"
The Reception Hospital was an in.
stitution that filled me with sort OF
horror. 1t was used for one purpose
only, so Uncle Tom told me, on the
way to the League meeting. When.
ever symptoms of leprosy, the curse Of
Hawaii, were seen i'll any person, great
Or small. native or foreign, living on
Oahu, that person was forthwith hustled
to the Reception Hospital, where he
was held under the care of Doctor
Warren until the arrival of the "leper
schooner that was to take him to the
leper settlement on Molokai, an island
to the southeast of Oahu. This schooner
made the trip across Kaiwi Strait once
n every two weeks.
While held in the Reception Hospi-
al, the lepers were understood to be
ISOLATED from all mankind, but owing
20 criminal neglect on the part of the
government. this rule could not be en-
forced by Doctor Warren. The hos.
pital opened at the rear into large in
closure, surrounned by a high bamboo
fence. Into this inclosure the patients
a go at Will. ana converse wIr1
whoever of their friends chose to meet
them Mt the fence and talk through it.
1t was even possible for them in places
to kiss and rub noses through the
parted bamboo pickets.
OF course, the well-regulated human
heart revolts against oil cruelty, but il
was plain, so my uncle held, that this
privilege practically discounted all the
good to be gained by the later isolation
of the lepers on Molokai. Efforts had
been made to bring about proper legis-
lation on the matter, but proper legis-
lation was out of the question with
Liliuokalani on the throne.
Doctor Warren's entire life had been
spent in the noble effort to discover .
cure for leprosy. He had labored in
cessantly and intelligently, courage
ously battling against doubt, aud year
after year casting behind him the dis
couragement of repeated failure. IL
was his aim to rid Hawaii of the foul
disease that so long had been curse
to the place.
"Here we are," said Uncle Tom, as
the carriage stopped before a low build
ing near the American Legation.
The American League was composed
of Liberals from both wings. 1t had
been in existence great many years,
and had been allowed to meet IN O
large hall over the United States
Legation. When we entered the hall
was nearly full. and many of the peo-
pie 1 knew were in attendance. The
American League had, rs reason for
its existence, the interests of the en-
tire country at heart. OF course, its
members being Americans, their first
thoughts were for Americans; but the
PRONUNCIATION and support OF measures
TO: the benefit of Hawaii was the OBJ
iect of the League.
Mr.. Dole vas there and so were
NJ. Seacamp and Doctor Warren OF
the Reception Hospital, who sat near
the front.
Shortly after we arrived, the meet.
Ing was called to order.
The chairman, rising, addressed the
League:
"My friends and fellow-Americans"
he said. "lt is with the deepest re-
gret that I state the .object of this
meeting. We have long been ac-
1uainted with the unsatisfactory and
improper condition of legislative
matters, and have struggled on for
Years in vain hope that our queen