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Updated: May 27, 2025
"Thet thar Mercedy.... Why, I hed sich a little mite once...." and he chewed fiercely at the fresh plug he had thrust into his cheek. "Dead?" queried Prout, softly. "Yes; diphthery. Yew see it came about th' way.
"Captain Baker," he said simply, "I must ask you and your wife to be brave. The child has diphtheria and " "Diphthery!" gasped Sophronia, as white as her best tablecloth. "Good Lord above!" cried the Captain. "Diphtheria," repeated the Doctor; "and, although I dislike extremely to criticize a member of my own profession, I must say that any physician should have recognized it."
Then SHE 'lowed I'd better 'git up and git, and shet the door to! Then I 'lowed she might tell me what was up through the door. Then she said, through the door, as how the chillern lay all sick with that hoss-distemper, diphthery. Then she 'lowed she'd use a doctor ef I'd fetch him.
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