The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-01-10
ESTABLISHED 1876
through tneir segregation.

through Their segregation
Lessons efforts met with little sue
cess, and he brought the law to his
aid. Thus he gained permission to
capture the afflicted ones, and so his
colony prospered for awhile. Then
there was formed against him the So
ciety of the White Brothers, created to
protect the lepers scattered throughout
the city from Lessons agents. Each
one bore some mark of the disease.
and they had some other emblem by
which they might be known to each
other If the mark Of the disease was
not plain enough. And this emblem
was the green and gold paper umbreI-
Ia, with its shaky twisting golden
dragon coinng In and out OF the green
painted bamboo shoots.
Nelson remembered the first time he
had seen them-that night of Lessons
carefully planned expedition into a
suspected quarter. 1t was at night,
and red lanterns had lighted the street
down its crooked length. Suddenly
there had burst upon them and the
three agents who accompanied Lesson
a hideous babel OF cracked voices; a
horrible spectacle of CHASTITY faces;
leprous mob that leered and jeered at
them; that drove them point by point
toward the end Of the street Of lepers;
yelling crowd that received the bull
lets from their revolvers and died
noisily; a filthy crew that tried to
touch them. that longed to render
them as loathsome as itself.
Lesson had been killed. and Nelson
tried to forget the sight as the rest Of
them got away. The next day he led
party back to the street. but it was
deserted. Even poor Lessons body
had disappeared After this outbreak
the matter went under the supervi-
sion Of large medical corps, and the
colony at Anam was augmented By
several hundred cases. Nelson resign
ed from the service and went home,
sickened of the whole dubious web OF
oriental life. thankful that he had es-
capped contact-that be was clean.
Now they had found him out they
would take their revenge for his be-
trayal of their outbreak. 1t pleased
them to call him by Lessons name.
As Lesson he would probably die In
this hole in the ground under San
Francisco
Nelson determined to force some i'm
mediate action from the men who had
sprung up In this faraway city to call
him to account for his setting the
hounds of law upon their trail. All his
hideous dreams Of the past year seemed
to have been realized In the strange
events Of this day that would I'M
doubtedly be his last on earth.
1t had been strange day, and even
now, face to face with death--for the
presence of these White Brothers
meant nothing less-he seemed to be
moving In dream more frightful than
anything bis sleeping mind had con-
ceived.
Fire ahead" he said recklessly;
sim not afraid Of you Come on.
every devils imp of your he flashed
out the revolver he always carried Just
as they arose In body and came at
him. CHASTITY company with stretch
ing, clawing fingers and fiendish eyes.
Then Jay Nelson awoke. He sat up
In bed. bis brow dripping sweat and
his heart pounding with excitement.
for once more he had dreamed of the
Japanese umbrella and the horrible
band whose emblem 1t was. This was
the worst dream of all. and he muir
INJURED deyout thanks that 1t had been
q dream.
Sitting there with the morning SUM-
shine streaming into the room and a
fresh breeze from the bay ruffling his
hair. Nelson saw the early newspaper
slid under bis door. Eager to be In
touch with the commonplace of every
day life, be fetched 1t and read the
headlines. After awhile. In corner
Of the sheet. he read that the Hong
kong authorities were satisfied that
they had rid that city Of its lepers.
The White Brotherhood had been
broken up. and most Of its members
were In Anam colony. The leader. Tai
LAO. was dead. Captain Lessons
death had been avenged.
Jay Nelson went forth that morning
a care free man to interview the SIX
importer in Chinatown At last he was
emancIpated from fear. He would
dream no more