Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1909-04-30

few Ssof the Kanaka women carried
tiny brown abies silent also. The
young women were Of varying degrees
OF beauty, their figures showing aunt
form excelle nce of prop portion.
One Of these Kanakas women at the
dock on this illiant January after
noon was partic ularly beautiful, She
was clad like the rest Of the women OF
her race. She was fully Ave feet ten
inches In height, and the white silk
cord with which, unlike the other Ka;:
naha women, she drew her white dress
about her waist phasized the splen:;
did heroic proporti Ions Of her figure.
Kaomouna seemed quite unconscious
OF her beauty. The young shipping
clerks. hurrying to and no on the dock
with their pencils behind their ears,
stopped suddenly when they caught
sight OF her. The women s. the car;
riages. who had not been long down
from the States or from Europe, saw
SKaomouna and asked the women Of
longer Honolulu Fresid Hence, Who ia
that glorious creature e Kaomouna,
with q very BAD face, spoke only an
occasional word to one OF the Kanaka
women.
M The steamship was made fast to the
pier, and the passengers began TO- troop
over the gangpp lanlk There was one
man with bis pretty young wife and
three-yearsoid little girl The little girl
was the first to- catch sight pf Kao:
mouna as she reached the bottom Of
the gangway. She quickly freed her
hand from her fathers grasp and ran
toward 4 Kaomouna with baby words:
$Kaomonna smiled at the little girl but
lia not offer take her Instead
che folded her arms. looking down OF
the little pink faced child pleasantly.
When the mothe had taken the little
girl she raised her eyes "a: look az Kao.
mouna
ss4 Did you ever in your whole life see
such d: perfectly beautiful woman e
asked the young wife of her husband
sin a whisper. when he came up. 8 And
rita seemed TO take to her immediate
we could only have her for a
nurse for rita !''s
# ha0m0una 3nearQ nGE.&s E5SS4}s
Saomouna would love to be that
che replied 81 d soft Kanaka accented
speech, smiling. Then d look of pain
came into her face. But 1t may moi
1t may not bel Z, And, with her
hands at her eyes, Kaonouna turned
suddenly and disapp eased among the
departing men and women DC her race.
Three months later the parents Of
the little girl were at the dock to-
$gether TO witness for the first time the
saddest so9 sigh HE departure o9 the
slepers Tor the island of Molokai. The
Kilauea Hon. the leper steamer, was
out ID the stream and the Iepers were
being carried ont % her 81 barges A
/ litter was borne through tile roped I'm
closure for the lepeFs on II laySsa
veyy old Knnaka woman In tie final
stages of tha disease At the side Of
The Hitter walked Kaoinonna. Her face
was very gad. me parents of the lit
~ Girl Wondered they spoke 10 al
official of the Hawaiian oard Of
health. who sRaa busy III taa of
enbarking the lepers.
ss ssssurely, I. they said she does not
accompany the iepersl re- V
no Kaosnouna1' ' replied the
health acial. b, she does.
But IL Is Hen own choic Kaomouna,
you know. has heen sec her old
mother fos a number or years q.
ways knew there was sonnet hing n1ys.
teEtous about KaoIno yuma that is. we