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letters   to   the Board   of   Health�察  �protesting   against   his   expulsion   on   the 

ground that      no one was so well able as he to take care of his poor old 

wife。; 

     ;What is this infallible test�拭─�I demanded。 

     ;The bacteriological test。        There is no getting away from it。           Doctor 

Herveyhe's our   expert�察 �you knowwas   the   first man   to   apply           it   here。 

He is a wizard。       He knows more about leprosy than any               living man�察�and 

if a cure is ever discovered�察�he'll be that         discoverer。     As for the test�察�it is 

very simple。       They have       succeeded in isolating the bacillus leprae and 

studying it。     They     know it now when they see it。           All they do is to snip 

a bit of skin      from  the suspect and subject   it to the bacteriological test。 

A man      without any visible symptoms may be chock full of the leprosy 

bacilli。; 

     ;Then   you   or   I�察  �for   all   we   know�察─  �I   suggested�察   �may   be   full   of   it 

now。; 

     Kersdale shrugged his shoulders and laughed。 

     ;Who can say�拭        �It takes seven years for it to incubate。          If you have 

any   doubts   go   and   see   Doctor   Hervey。      He'll   just   snip   out   a   piece   of 

your skin and let you know in a jiffy。; 

     Later on he introduced me to Dr。 Hervey�察�who loaded me down with 

Board of Health reports and pamphlets on the subject�察�and took me                       out 

to Kalihi�察�the Honolulu receiving station�察�where suspects were                  examined 

and    confirmed     lepers   were    held   for  deportation     to  Molokai。       These 

deportations occurred about once a month�察�when�察�the last good´ byes said�察�

the   lepers   were   marched   on   board   the   little   steamer�察  �the   Noeau�察  �and 

carried down to the settlement。 

     One   afternoon�察  �writing   letters   at   the   club�察  �Jack   Kersdale   dropped   in 

on me。 



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     ;Just   the   man   I   want   to   see�察─  �was   his   greeting。  ;I'll   show   you   the 

saddest aspect of the whole situationthe lepers wailing as they                       depart 

for Molokai。        The Noeau will be taking them on board in a few                   minutes。 

But let me warn you not to let your feelings be harrowed。                       Real as their 

grief   is�察  �they'd   wail   a   whole   sight   harder   a   year hence   if   the   Board   of 

Health   tried   to   take   them   away   from   Molokai。          We've   just   time   for   a 

whiskey       and   soda。    I've    a  carriage    outside。       It   won't    take   us  five 

minutes to get down to the wharf。; 

     To   the   wharf   we   drove。     Some   forty  sad   wretches�察  �amid   their   mats�察�

blankets�察  �and   luggage   of   various   sorts�察  �were   squatting   on   the        stringer 

piece。     The Noeau had just arrived and was making fast to a                    lighter that 

lay between her and the wharf。              A Mr。 McVeigh�察�the            superintendent of 

the    settlement�察    �was    overseeing     the   embarkation�察       �and    to   him   I  was 

introduced�察�also to Dr。 Georges�察�one of the Board                    of Health physicians 

whom I had already met at Kalihi。                The lepers       were a woebegone lot。 

The faces of the majority were hideoustoo                  horrible for me to describe。 

But     here   and    there   I  noticed    fairly    good´looking        persons�察    �with   no 

apparent   signs   of   the   fell   disease    upon   them。      One�察  �I   noticed�察  �a   little 

white girl�察�not more than           twelve�察�with blue eyes and golden hair。                One 

cheek�察  �however�察  �showed          the   leprous   bloat。     On   my   remarking   on   the 

sadness   of   her   alien    situation   among   the   brown´skinned   afflicted  ones�察�

Doctor Georges          replied�此� 

     ;Oh�察  �I   don't   know。     It's   a   happy   day   in   her   life。 She   comes   from 

Kauai。      Her    father   is  a  brute。    And     now    that   she   has   developed      the 

disease she is going to join   her mother   at the   settlement。               Her     mother 

was sent down three years agoa very bad case。; 

     ;You   can't   always   tell   from   appearances�察─  �Mr。   McVeigh   explained。 

That   man   there�察  �that   big   chap�察  �who   looks   the   pink   of   condition�察  �with 

nothing the matter with him�察�I happen to know has a perforating                        ulcer in 

his foot and another in his shoulder´blade。              Then there are        othersthere�察�

see   that   girl's   hand�察  �the   one   who   is   smoking   the     cigarette。     See   her 

twisted     fingers。    That's     the  anaesthetic     form。      It   attacks    the  nerves。 

You   could   cut   her   fingers   off   with   a   dull  knife�察  �or   rub   them   off   on   a 

nutmeg´grater�察�and she would not              experience the slightest sensation。; 



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     ;Yes�察�but that fine´looking woman�察�there�察─�I persisted�察 �surely�察             �surely�察�

there   can't   be   anything   the   matter   with   her。 She   is   too  glorious   and 

gorgeous altogether。; 

     ;A    sad   case�察─  �Mr。   McVeigh      answered     over   his  shoulder�察   �already 

turning away to walk down the wharf with Kersdale。 

     She was a beautiful woman�察�and she was pure Polynesian。                    From my 

meagre knowledge of the race and its types I could not but conclude                   that 

she had descended from old chief stock。             She could not have        been more 

than twenty´three or four。        Her lines and proportions were            magnificent�察�

and she was just beginning to show the amplitude of the                   women of her 

race。 

     ;It   was   a   blow   to   all   of   us�察─  �Dr。   Georges   volunteered。 ;She   gave 

herself   up   voluntarily�察  �too。   No   one   suspected。     But   somehow   she   had 

contracted the disease。        It broke us all up�察�I assure you。         We've     kept it 

out of the papers�察�though。         Nobody but us and her family             knows what 

has become   of   her。     In   fact�察 �if   you were   to   ask   any  man in   Honolulu�察�

he'd tell you it was his impression that she was               somewhere in Europe。 

It was at   her request that we've been so quiet             about it。    Poor girl�察 �she 

has a lot of pride。; 

     ;But who is she�拭─�I asked。          ;Certainly�察�from the way you talk about 

her�察�she must be somebody。; 

     ;Did you ever hear of Lucy Mokunui�拭─�he asked。 

     ;Lucy Mokunui�拭─�I repeated�察�haunted by some familiar association。             
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