The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-04-13

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ors Of the unfortunate sea-wasp.
Later Vice Admiral Tochinai and
Ia ~
hn,bss ard die befoye 49, wiu seak
haln ~ 4, &. n IN n a = IA
xna rh.n 4. snol,a .h,s that 40,
IND eror,d7 an shara were 800 AZ II
his hesrer. ! ewes Thsv ware h,,,,ar
he,ngs IN ~ q ve,v ateaaf,l a;saasa
n n time. hut nsca,thsIess ,,s,, sr5
,ro,n.n ena shiiarsr rshasa ,,,;asa-t,,-n
40 ~, th;n.y ~ IL fo,v;na .., h IN, s 4
fbino "a yeceSve rvmnathS and what
al ,,e,, co.la Give r-' T-'' ~ N
WAITING and Iookino ont n sen
The great sweIl- The crowd Stood al nc
| LANDING piace. Al shin 4 boat pui AZ
bearine 4 solitary Jpassenoer. sahator
! Desha' n swent mn and aown he Nils
az Green water and disapneared n 4
smother az white snrav- n had reach
ed the little breakwater that pnts ia
shelter;nv ANN acainst tha hyeakers
There was 4 stir ~ the senator land.
"a. then the crowd cazad Ont 10 sea
agaiA. 4, Al ,' a 81 x ~ Y
It was IN honr lbafo,. M .raIl snh.
sided sufficiently to permit the passen.
gers to 70 ashore. 4
Ships boats were veritable chips on
the water; but the boatmen were Ha-
waiians and that is enough said. They
turned the edge Of the breakwater with
| fine nicely and landed in a smother of
spray. 70 S3e43 u
Two men stood on the steps. Each
took the passengers name and checked
| II on on ailist. Then one assembled the
stairs. The crowd did not intrude; II
did not draw back; Il merely gazed
very gladly and longingly at o new hui
man face. This was a sad thing; IL
pictured wildly the isolation and black
horror of Molokai. V
And then the surprise descended on
the visitor. Here and there, II is true,
were terrible things, understandable, and
not to be described IL description were
possiblej but there was no general hor-
ror. There were men and women seem.
ingly normal; one probably had to OBJ
serve closely to see marks Of the dis
ease in face, hands or feet. They, in
common with the others, were making
the most Of their great day in seeing
and hearing.
Boat after boat landed. The passen.
! gers struggled to the home OF Superin.
tendent MeVeiQh. About the gate a
group of inmates clustered. gazing
within: but they did not enter. Tied
| to long fence were ponies. They were
for the ride across the island to- Kala.
wac. They are owned bv the inmates.
they exist in surprising numbers. 4 /
Over leafy country roads. between
rows OF cottages. the visitors rode to
Kalawao. In the cottages were women
sitting, some eossipinR with their
neiphbors. quite I'M typieal town fash.
ion. Other inmates az the settlemsnt
passed up and down the road. some
afoot. some riding. Il seemed the or,
dinarv life Of ordinary people. The
women waved greetings ana called out.
usually IN Hawaiian. TO the passersby,
and the passerabx rasponded' \ Exeent
for the iov az fke neanla RI gyeatino
their visitors. one saw little strange
Here and there. - the road M Kala.
wac. one had hitter tragedv thrust
home. He recoqnized fellow psssenoers
ON the Mauna I.oa riding with inmstes
Of the eolonv--yelatives az very close
friends. having their only Communion
in two wears. perhaps. ana irving 10
crowd into a few hdurs All that han.
pier years should have held. Relatives
may visit the colony AT other times. hut
they are circumscribed them which
means that the biennial gathering Of