Mrs. Otoorcre ITartman, 'aged 19, wiho has been married only two months, decided to share a living death with her hnsKnud, who had b*?eii adjudged a leper nt St. Louis, and will be sent_to a leiwr fnrin. Hart.man was a tidier in the Philippics, and once pnarded a leper cainn there. The onlv other oernnant- of tiie leper farm is a Chinaman. Tlio hns. band tried his hardest to persuade Ins wife to remain away, hut she replied: "Nn; I'm your wife for hotter or for worse, lily place is hv your side." Like her husband 'and til© Chinese leper, she will have to wear a white robe and a monk-like cowl covering on her face. A bell will he attached to her neck, that, the rinsiner may mark tho approach of one with tho plague. "What is it," inquired the Sunday school superintendent, "that causes us to stumble and fall by tlio way?" "Tho hobblo skirt, sir," replied a fair member of tho class,
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1873, 6 October 1913, Page 8
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165Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1873, 6 October 1913, Page 8
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