By Ben Greenman
from forthcoming collection, as yet untitled
Among the 250 people who left last week to travel by bus to Ruby Springs, Hannah Filson, of Labrador Estates, a talented music teacher, has been cured. She has returned home, where she has told anyone who will listen that her ailment vanished instantaneously upon contact with the rock face of Red Cliff, and that she has had no relapse. She describes her symptoms as having been “coughing and sniffling and wiping watery eyes, sometimes excusing myself to dart into the bathroom, all the while feeling a pressure in my stomach and head at the same time.” Two visits to the doctor did her no good. She has already composed an art song and plans to play it for her students Monday. Half are thrilled.
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