Father Joseph Damien De Veuster's death has thrown upon Dutton much additional duty. Father Wendelin Moellers SS.CC. is in charge of the two parishes, one at Kalaupapa and Kalawao. Father Lambert Conrardy, the only secular priest in the group is an invalid. At Kalaupapa there is a Girls' Home, while the Boys' Home is located at Kalawao. Close by is their rock church just being completed. The Boy's Home has come under the control of the Board of Health, but it is still a Catholic work with Dutton is charge of it. Mother Marianne is in charge of the Girl's Home and has fifty patients. She is a delightful person and has four sisters with her. Others are near at Honolulu and Wailuku. Damien lay for three weeks in the last stages of his illness, unable to say Mass. He died about 8 A.M., April 15. Harper can help the lepers as well as Dutton by being a scribe for him. They had two other men helpers since he came, the first remained about 2 months; the other, Mr. Sinnott of St. Louis got off a couple of days ago. Conrardy is going to Honolulu tomorrow to see if the doctors there can do anything for him. Dutton doubts if he will be able to return and he will be alone at Kalawao for the present with his German assistant and one hundred boys. :: X-3-j Typed Copy 7pp. 4to.