The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-06-02
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Newspaper Enterprise Association.
HONOLULU. June tide Ha-
walian government officials - whom
Il left tire task Of serrewatiuR leperr
and conaemHlua tham 70 exile have
duties that are anything hut snvt-
able. They are compelled 60 witness
many hrartreuding scenes and 10 b.
firm when most pitiable pleas are
made Tor wives. sisters and sweet
hearts. OF. perhaps. the aged
mothers u condemned iepera attend
the official meetings Of the beard Of
health. weeping and beksinx PIT
eoaaiy 20 be allowed % 90 WIfh the
stricken ones and share their exil.
Al one tins few uon-inpor wunen
we're allowed 10 accompany their
husbands or brothers % AoIakai az
nurses. but such permission Is not
now given. there being a sufficient
number % nurses in the Catholic and
Protestant hospitals 90 care Tor the
helpless lepera
Recently marked instances Of the
devoted and affectionate nature Of
the Hawaiian vas brought before
the board Of health.
A young man but recently married
wAs suspected Of being a leprr and
ordered 20 be placed IN the asteution
camp At kalihi until be either de-
xeinged further symptoms Of ieproay
Or lost the suspicious symptoms he
already had Ills y0uns wife. a
presty Kanaka giri Of perhaps -.
was broken-hearted and chung to her
husband.
CRYING BITTERLY.
When he was taken away ~ the Of
fcers Al the detention camp the
suspects are allowed 20 wander about
ths large grounds. a closely boarded
picket fence being the only encios-
ure. and the friends Of the suspects
are daily seen assembled outside this
fence. bringing offerings OF wfsashr
and flowers or foodatuffs and fruit
Mary Mahiai. fhs literal iuterpreta-
ton Of whose name Il Mary TIL
the Soil was every day outside the
fence. whispering and chatting with
her young husband. who kissed her
through the fence and tried 20 COM
fort her. she brought him iefs tgnr-
iandsl % tropical flowers and either
wept disconHoIafely or talked Raily
Of the time when he should be do
ciared a non-lepsr and set free. Her
chanEeabie moods were pitiabis "a
observe. The young husband. who
was a tall. sinswy brown fellow Of
comeiy features. tired 20 hide from
her the fact that the suspicious Of
the board Of health physicians were
daily growing closer 10 coufirma-
ton. but one morning his name vas
pasted outside the gate among thoss
on the list Of the condemned. and
she could no longer be shielded from
tho truth.
whes the unhappy young wife
learned that her husbands name had
been posted. she rushed past th'
guard at the detention camp gate
and threw herself into his arms. De.
ciarinx that she would go with hin
to Molokai. with gentle flrmnsHi
she was taken away. but she refused
to be conifoffed and she was
TWICE DETECTED
In attempts "a stow away on th'
ieper steamer. Her grief when th'
beat drew away from the whnr
with her husband ON board was IN
| eontroilabie. and when thu leperl
and their friends gave vent 20 thei
sorrow IN the agonized leper wall
Sc ienped into the water after IN
steamer and tried 10 drown herself
She was rescued and from that tim
on tho board Of health was com
PEELED AZ each meeting 70 turn he
away. She appeared repeatedly be
fore the board and tried by all man
nsr Of pleas TO secure permission q
| Join her husband. One day she cam
smiling into the health phyaician'
office and said that she was a lepe
and might now 20 90 her husband
| Turning back the collar u he
dainty white hoiokou she exhibite'
two irregular spots OF pale brow
color, frequently the first manifes
tatlon Of lsprosy. The physician eK