The Ghost Orchid Ghost and Other Tales from the Swamp by Doug Alderson

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    tdl bcby stipplj `ryfgm cgj stcrtlj jifgm c efgj in `iifgm siugj.

    Jcvl kcgcmlj ti skfal. Dls efgj in `utl, dl scfj, cgj dls afmdt cs

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    c nlctdlr, ir kcybl dl fs c sdl. Dl dl`elj cgj cggiug`lj, Fts c dl.

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    kcybl niur ir ffivl kigtds iaj.

    F wigjlr diw aigm dls bllg iut dlrl, F scfj glrviusay, aiiefgm

    criugj. Ft wcsgt c pac`l wdlrl F wcgtlj ti dcgm iut. Jllp sdcjiws

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    fg rdytdkf` `dirusls, `rlctfgm c strcgml puasfgm siugj, afel c aiuj

    dlcrtblct. Kisquftils buzzlj fg ky lcr. ]lj blttlr mi, scfj Jcvl.

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    but tdl bcby sllklj ti bl mlttfgm dlcvflr wftd lvlry stlp. Dly Jcvl,

    yiu `crry dfk, F scfj. Ky crks crl durtfgm.

    Jcvl skfrelj. ]l dcvlgt lvlg migl ffinty nllt. Dl rlau`tcgtay

    tiie tdl bcby. Dl igay kcjl ft cgitdlr twlgty nllt blnirl dl stcrtlj

    `ikpacfgfgm. Mll, yiurl rfmdt. Zdfs bcby fs mlttfgm dlcvy. Fg cgitdlr kfgutl, wl bitd dcj ti `crry tdl bcby5 Jcvl `rcjalj

    tdl dlcj cgj upplr bc`e wdfal F dlaj dfs butt cgj alms. Zdl bcby giw

    wlfmdlj kirl tdcg iur Mlrkcg sdlpdlrj ct dikl. Zdfs wcs mlttfgm

    wlfrj. F macg`lj jiwg ct tdl bcby cgj glcray jripplj dfk fg tdl ricj.

    J-J-Jcvl, F stuttlrlj. Aaaaiiiiiie.

    Jcvl aiielj jiwg cgj glcray jripplj dfs lgj in tdl bcby. Pkfafgm

    up ct us wcs gi aigmlr tdl nc`l in c bcby but tdct in cg iaj kcg, mrcy-dcfrlj cgj wrfgealj. ]dct ji wl ji giw9 F wdfsplrlj, stfnn wftd

    nlcr.

    ]l dcvl ti tcel dfk bc`e, Jcvl wdfsplrlj bc`e. Jcvl cawcys

    sllklj ti dcvl cg cgswlr nir lvlrytdfgm. F cjkfrlj dfk nir tdct, cgj

    wcs c afttal lgvfius, but Jcvl jfjgt cawcys mfvl miij rlcsigs nir dfs

    cgswlrs cgj tdfs wcs igl in tdisl tfkls.

    Diw `ikl9 F cselj. Diw `ikl wdct9

    Diw `ikl wl dcvl ti tcel dfk bc`e9 Ky vif`l sdiie. F jfjgt

    wcgt ti rlturg ti tdct spiiey mrcvlycrj.

    Mdist Bcby

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    > Zdl Mdist Ir`dfj Mdist cgj Itdlr Zcals nrik tdl Pwckp

    Jcvls vif`l aiwlrlj lvlg kirl ti wdlrl F `iuaj bcrlay dlcr dfk.

    F tdfge dls c mdist bcby, dl scfj. Fn wl alcvl dfk fg tdl ricj, tdlrls

    gi tlaafgm wdct kfmdt dcpplg.

    Fk git surl wdct dcj sujjlgay kcjl Jcvl tdl mdist lxplrt, but

    strcgmlay, dfs cgswlr kcjl slgsl. ]l rlau`tcgtay turglj criugj cgj

    dlcjlj bc`e tiwcrj tdl mrcvlycrj. Cs wl jfj, tdl bcby bl`ckl afmdtlr

    cgj tdl iaj kcgs nc`l rlturglj ti tdct in c bcby. Glcr jcre, wdlg

    wl ffigcaay acfj tdl mdist bcby bc`e jiwg ig wdct kust dcvl bllg tdl

    sdcaaiw jlprlssfig in dfs mrcvl, dl stcrtlj `ryfgm cmcfg. ]dct ji wlji giw9 F cselj, pcgf`elj. F nlat afel `ryfgm, tii.

    Nir tdl ffirst tfkl, c nrfmdtlglj aiie `ckl c`riss Jcvls nc`l. Alts

    mlt tdl dlaa iut in dlrl, dl scfj.

    Dl jfjgt gllj ti scy ft twf`l. ]l rcg iut in tdct mrcvlycrj, trfppfgm

    ivlr dlcjstigls cgj ncaafgm fgti brusd. ]dlg wl rlc`dlj tdl scgjy

    ricj, wl rcg rfmdt pcst iur bfels cgj elpt mifgm.

    Crrfvfgm dikl brlctdalss cgj wlaa pcst jcre, wl burst tdriumdtdl jiir cgj mcvl Kik cgj Jcj tdl wdial stiry fg cbiut ffintllg

    sl`igjs.

    Ft wcsgt nug ti bl mriugjlj nir tdl acst twi wlles in sukklr

    vc`ctfig, but wl giw eglw tdl siur`l in tdl aiglay `ry tdct `rlpt

    tdriumd tdl gfmdt cfr afel swckp nim.

    Cutdirs GitlsMdist Bcby wcs fgspfrlj nrik rlcjfgm c brfln jls`rfptfig in c

    sfkfacr stiry fg Mdist Ptirfls nrik tdl Cklrf`cg Piutd,c s`diacray

    wire `ikpfalj cgj ljftlj by ].E. K`Glfa. F wcs `iaal`tfgm spiiey

    stirfls ti sdcrl ct cg up`ikfgm Dcaaiwllg mctdlrfgm cgj wcs slcr`dfgm

    nir acst-kfgutl fgspfrctfig. F wrcpplj c plrsigca stiry criugj tdfs iaj

    tcal, strlt`dfgm c twi-pcrcmrcpd stiry fgti igl tdct acstlj cbiut ffintllg

    kfgutls. Zdl cujflg`l wcs splaabiugj cgj Mdist Bcby turglj fgtiigl in ky plrsigca ncvirftls.

    C``irjfgm ti K`Glfas rlslcr`d, mdist bcby stirfls crl intlg

    cssi`fctlj wftd Klxf`cgs cgj Klxf`cg-Cklrf`cgs, cgj wftd plipal

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    nrik itdlr Actfg Cklrf`cg `iugtrfls. Zdlsl stirfls `cg fgviavl tdl

    bcby mriwfgm c mrcy blcrj, ir sdcrp tlltd ir ncgms. Pikltfkls tdl

    bcby mriws acrmlr, git oust dlcvflr, cgj turgs fgti c typl in jlvfa, wftd

    `acws, dirgs cgj tcfa. Pikl vlrsfigs dcvl tdl bcby jripplj cgj ft

    jfscpplcrs, ir ft kust bl rlturglj ti tdl mrcvlycrj, cs wcs tdl `csl fg

    tdl stiry F sdcrlj.

    Kirl cbiut Pwckps, Aimmfgm, cgj Mrcvlycrjs

    Nairfjcs yprlss trlls wlrl ig`l rlkfgfs`lgt in tdl @cafnirgfc rljwiijsjul ti tdlfr sfzl. Kcssfvl yprlssls, sikltfkls tdiuscgjs in ylcrs iaj,

    rlc`dlj ainty dlfmdts up ti 3

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