Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-03-12
THE DEMON PLAQUE.
A STORY IN TWO PARTS.
by Frank Il. stockton.
Copyrighted, ls,6 by $. $. Mcclure. All
rights rest rvcd.l
.I'AR'rIl


1ouhd uhe oIu man III HIS garueh uisSins
early potatoes ana carefully searching
the ground he turned up for every tub
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iuIsiiouh'e" anu "e'!O up W n',"' ".'t 90
briefly us possible, tolu MIN WhaU hau
heard and why | had come and asked
him what he had to say about it,
old Rillv raised bimself IN. and after
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having S"Heu le" HIoii'ei'9 at " i"'ie
potato no bigger than pea, he dropped
it respectfully and then said.
'"Yon're not the same gentleman as was
bare aforn ,bont tbis ~
"IiS "io' .n INC .,,. =. ,...
NO, sald u ne couldl come to-uay
and asked me to do 50. But It's all the
same"
"Well. wish he'd a Gomez said the
old man nueruIonslv ,.IJe told mo I was
CIV i '',', , 80 ,iI,,,,
all rlght, ana II Stfey 6rome dldnt give
me half her last years crap ! could sue
for if an ,,it if "
"rh.r ,,... hoc,,,.o ~, h,,ir,t bo,rd oil
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uhe o'"iH' sun.
'Ile was diff rent kind of man, v
said Mr.. Haskell, with cloud upon his
hrovy He didn't On rnlnd iistpni1, to old
,ro,,,o,,,s +oI.s .i,,,,,, ,hi,,ry ,In,. Io,,,t
Noilou ''ieH ""o"' ''i,,S' ''oS "oii
understand, slch as husses'
eff you thought Your neighbor didn't
understand the care of horses" sad |
"and - ,,o, Lo1tara1 ,.nNr ani,nai ,,n,
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Worth any u"i'N' So" "oui''n nave pun
MN mo her charge.
81 don't want to hear nothin' more
about that" said the old man. impatient-
lv 81 agreed to furnish . boss an, work
On her niarn an' I did if an; She ntrend +"
s,i,,a n,i. hoif ~ cr,r nm, Cha diJnit aui
fhernit IN" Iona, ,ll IN" .bnrt of if ;, y '''
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, en-, S''l' - IL you Per ,sii III your
IN t fi, ,,.,,,, fn th ,mrl vm
ni,a w. ,,'NV ~ III 'I vow "il ,,ot
n"te uoiiV' IT. - Pi'1{Piv ,ii't sV'' " ~ KY
Nv, ; ~ ''i,,,
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turnad ,' l o., IN III,
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tbe o hfIea WIZ lis III itt lee Sou as" linz
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w. MINI, ,.tti,
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o,ii I ao th, te a" II. !, "U "1 or pa
nGnt trbo 80 av,Iniw.d .ionnin,r in
s,,,. uoo VINO eAci''iiieu' 9'opp'"S !"
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wall Sa ,i Ivy ,taf,iI, 1.Wnn
, meai Nv -, n ,', y, tpa
gentlemen iwnnid comsnrn vonrselvrs
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tpouu pvoptV, a. 10 uiv,, W.,
~ 9V9 u,.ii fMPeG' ~ I'm t ~
90 o E,L in.t ~ pm'"cb sen'.e
moiii"n W ~ Law 80 a. VI o. Ely
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lb vC[' ti , e' ola ' trev TS m % i'
enc d a., t%iNea pier Ui,a ou',eI ne ".nyr
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. an HT"W ',e ~" ~ ~ ~ IN h 'o'
"i PIi nv ,,tiI,, and roda
away ST[y ,..., .,..., 30 ". c,u.,.,
ne ny u4 tS ic'ntet ~ ~ IN ei
hnwaya, ap " rrfsr4m '' to ihe old man7s