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ferring to Father Damien's work, c tented on it in 



the following most beautiful language: "This young 

 priest, Damien by dame, who has consecrated his lit''' 

 to the lepers, is the glory and boast of Hawaii. He re- 

 suscitates the saintly heroism of the bloody arena of the 

 ages of old — nay, he does even more. Would it not be 

 a greater favor to be thrown, a prey to the wild beasts 

 rather than to be condemned to live in the poisonons 

 atmosphere of a leper settlement? And Damien — 

 Damien, the soldier of Christ — has lived now several 

 years in the midst of the banished lepers of Molokai !" 

 Are there any more witnesses to be heard to prove that 

 the charges made against Father Damien by a jealous 

 Protestant minister who never saw the leper settlement 

 were utterly without foundation? T believe not, for 

 "by their fruits ye shall know them." The spiritual 

 and worldly care of the poor lepers remains to-day in 

 the hands of devoted priests, brothers and sisters of the 

 Catholic Church. I could not finish this brief sketch 

 of the leper hero without referring briefly to one of his 

 faithful co-laborers who shared with his master the 

 heavy burdens of the early missionary work, and who 

 remain^ at his post to-da} r . 



A HEROIC BROTHER. 



During my visit to the leper settlement I became 

 very much interested in a man of medium size, spare 

 build, dressed in a blue cotton suit decidedly the worse 

 for long wear, a pair of cheap spectacles hanging loosely 

 over nearly the end of a sharp-pointed nose. He was 

 the master of the school for boys and leader of the 

 band. His facial expression, bearing and attitude were 

 enough to indicate that he was a tireless worker. It 

 was Brother Dutton, so long associated with Father 

 Damien in the care of the lepers. He showed us the 

 different institutions, and spoke most enthusiastically. 

 but in great modesty, of his work. In speaking of 

 Father Damien tears filled his eyes and his lips trem- 



