Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-11
cAAPTER XII.
PestlIenee.

single HE, up Jne naff0W 0Yergr0Wn
shore road, shaping and swattine
mosquitoes to their hearts content.
they heard q quick step behind them.
They turned. An officer closing up
| their rear saluted.
He was the ships surgeon. He
strobe on with brisk pace Let me
get ahead there IL you please" he
said, there's something that don't
like about this place. want to have
a look"
Scarcely had he said 1t before a ma.
tive woman darted out of tumble,
down hut--one of many that fronted
on the shore road.
'Madre al Dios," she cried in shrill
accents 'Arhericanos- help succor
For the love of heaven"
/ She kneeIed by the roadside and as
the surgeon swung along, she clasped
/ him by the Knees.
my child my man child-my only
one, she walled, in the Spanish
tongue, he Is at deaths door. Help.
senior, sonora, senorita help.
The surgeon lifted the woman to
her feet He spoke soothingly In
|Spanish to her, and turned and told
the others what she said. -
go on. everybody" he cried, point
ling up the road, let nobody follow
me- Go your way"
Annette and her. little party pro-
ceeded forthwith to the hotel-a flinl-
~ affair, rejoicing in the cognomen of
the Inn of the Spanish Don.
Hut after hut the surgeon entered,
glancing quizzically into the face Of
some sufferer nodding solemnlg with
pursed-up lips-left tablets and d.
rections, and then went on HIS way.
Finally he found his way to the cen-
ter OF the town and made an inquiry.
He was directed to q somewhat formal
looking building.
The surgeon strobe on into the
house. He found the mayor in his
pajamas. smoking cigar.
The surgeon seated himself and &C.
cepted q palm1eaf fan Sorry, he
said. ~but your. place reeks with yell,
low, ferer you've got an epidemic on
your hands ~
Mayor Ramon Carol started up.
'Nadre di Dios,r he cried, awhat-not
another ones They win inipeach me-
it is ruin. Say not so.s I
The surgeon nodded. Don't get ex-
cited. Senior Carol, he returned, for
tunately the Albany is in the road
stead. I'll fetch over q hospital force.
Wen do what we can. Have you got.
piece Of paper want hall a dez-
en- sheets. That's what l came here
for"
He rot them and went on his way
His way lay past the Inn Of the Spar
ish Don. He stopped.
Here. Gunner Hardin. be Cried
come out in the road and spray me
with this Neal sprayed him. The
surgeon sat down in the hotel office
and harranguedF Annetfe's party. He
|haraneued them from q distance. You
people.s he said, ARE in no danger
not even Mrs. HafdiH-if you efolloK.
my instructions.
1.-THE important thing went on the
surgeon. rs the mosquitoes. It isn't
likely the bites you've got have done
YOU any harm I'll leave you tablets
anyhow, to- ward the fever off. But.
III do more-l'll have mosquito net
ting fetched over from the ship and
YOU can sleep under It at night. Nov
i want help.
He distributed the sheets OF official
paper he he'd obtained from Mayor
Ramon Carol.
sSit down all of you-anywhere,
he commanded, "and write out what L
say. TIN be in Spanish and its got
10 be plain. I'll spen the words so
yon won't go wrong. Begin"
And then he dictated the warning
that was posted that afternoon in all
the public places of the town.
NOTICE.
All people are hereby warned
that yellow fever is. carried by
mosquitoes. Avoid being bitten u
you can, and kill all the nosqui-
toes you find.
ROMAN, carroll, Mayer.
In cooperation with Y. S. S. ~.
bany.
Gunner" he said to Neal. 'syod,rel
on shore leave, know. But I'd be