In Couch

In her henhouse in the quiet Ozark village of Couch, Mo. (pop. 59) last week, Mrs. Henry Bennett found an egg imprinted with the phrase: "Here my word 35." Viewing this as a religious portent, Mrs. Bennett told her neighbors about it. A wave of excited piety overtook Couch. To Mrs. Bennett's home went visitor after visitor, to emit fervent prayers. When, in a fit of devout jitters, a female preacher dropped the egg and broke it, Mrs. Bennett succeeded in gluing enough pieces on another egg so that the words were still visible. Said Mrs. Bennett: "The egg was put here for some good reason. Why it was sent to us I don't know, but there is no need for the children of God to be afraid."

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