The Washington times., 1909-05-24
New York Experts Diagno-
sis Brings Joy to
the ExileS.
EXAMINATION TO-DAY
BY DANISH EXPERT
DR.. Ehler's Decision This After
noon Eagerly Awaited-Pris-
oner Hopes for Freedom.

''Our plans? We have none. We are
only living in suspense now and hoping
that the experts may declare him not
a leper. After that. and we feel that
il is coming. the District can do notht
ing to free him can it,"
A new hope cleaned in the eyes Of
The man who for nearly a year the
law and the people Of Washington have
known and pitied as John Early, the
Ieper.
It was a day Of brighter things in the
little Isolated brick hume, on the East
ern branch OF the Potomac, as Mrs.
Early voiced her cony iction that at last
what the sorely tried family believes
has all been a mistake is to be rectifed.
Dr.. l. Morgan Bulkley, a noted leprosy
expert Of New York, is reported to have
given his semi-offcial opinion that John
Early is not a leper-
This afternoon DR.. Edward Ehlers. Of
Copenhagen. of world-renOwn fame as
an expert on the dread disease. is ex-
pected TO visit the Early home and ex-
anime the Districts charge. The Health
Department has given its permission,
and John Early is anxious and willing.
Up at Sunrise.
Early was up with the sunrise today.
He never performed his little household
tasks with a more cheerful spirit.
4 am cleaning up for the doctor 5
coming, he said, with q quaint smile.
aS he busted here and there. and cleaned
a window pane 1t was a different
Early today. for the elusive hope that
he has always held that there would be
an end to his confinement some day.
seemed almost in sight. unless Dr.
Bulkley has erred-and Early cannot be-
Heve that.
Ms. Early, too, on the opposite side
Of the brick wall that separates hus-
band ana wife. and father and children.
worked with more willing hands, and
seemed TO ind a new 10y IN IT all.
She did not den ytaat new hope
had daWned. although she did not make
public DR.. Bulkleys diagnosis Of her
husband s disease. She had seen press
dispatches from New York in which the
expert who recently examined her hus-
band had declared his belief that il was
al a mistake. Asked II the good news
was true, she smiled in way that
told one that Il was, and yet replied:
It isn't time yet. We are waiting on
Dr.. Ehler's now. Yes. We hear from
Dr. Buikley almost every day. We have
been IN communication with him con-
stantly since he came and examined
John"
Visit to Be Brief
In EulefSs VINO ~ NHtLAeE g. AAit
Royal Frederick Hospital, OF Copen-
hagen, IS in this country for a few days
en- route home fro mthe West indies
where he was sent by the Danish and
French governments to study leprosy,
His shcrt presence in washington may
prove a godsend 20 Early and to
Early's family. The wife believes 1t con
hdently today
1T has all been so terrible she said
drifting innto the theme that is always
uppsrmOst in this little secluded home
naxt the rivers banks. 1T hasn't been
50 hard for ne as II has for him and
the children.
Manley is large enough now TO walk
about IN the yard He wants 10 go over
on his fathers side and viii hold out
his hands constantly. saying;
sTuua, papa. tu2nH
a whip TO make hiIn stay away. lie car
ried a whip IN his hand all the time
the little fellow is around so as 10 pre-
vent him coming too near 1t is so hard
on me 10 see a child punished because
he wants his own faSler-
Learned to Bear It.
81 have learned 10 bear IL pretty well.
I try 10 be resigned; what need is
there 10 be otherwise? If il were not
for these little things. this yearning be-
tween our little boy and his father, !
could manage to bear 1t somehow.
What use is it for us to think OF
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