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It was a selfish act to do, and he and his fellow villagers paid dearly for it. Three days after he had entered his house he and all his family lay dead, and the plague was raging through the valley, and nothing seemed able to stay its course. IT WAS A SELFISH ACT TO DO AND HE AND HIS FELLOW VILLAGERS PAID DEARLY FOR IT THREE DAYS AFTER HE HAD ENTERED HIS HOUSE HE AND ALL HIS FAMILY LAY DEAD AND THE PLAGUE WAS RAGING THROUGH THE VALLEY AND NOTHING SEEMED ABLE TO STAY ITS COURSE
tter for you," is his reply. Having previously heard precisely the same story from half a dozen other sources, the public will be tempted to believe you when you repeat the account. Tell them that during the thirty year's war a terrible plague (as if half a dozen different armies, marching up and down their country, fighting each other about the Lord only knows what, and living on them while doing it, was not plague enough) swept over Bavaria, devastating each town and hamlet. Of all the highland villages, Ober-Ammergau by means of a strictly enforced quarantine alone kept, for a while, the black foe at bay. No soul was allowed to leave the village; no living thing to enter it. "But one dark night Caspar Schuchler, an inhabitant of Ober-Ammergau, who had been working in the plague-stricken neighbouring village of Eschenlohe, creeping low on his belly, passed the drowsy sentinels, and gained his home, and saw what for many a day he had been hungering for--a sight of his wife and bairns. LREADY I SAY AGAIN SO MUCH THE BETTER FOR YOU IS HIS REPLY HAVING PREVIOUSLY HEARD PRECISELY THE SAME STORY FROM HALF A DOZEN OTHER SOURCES THE PUBLIC WILL BE TEMPTED TO BELIEVE YOU WHEN YOU REPEAT THE ACCOUNT TELL THEM THAT DURING THE THIRTY YEARS WAR A TERRIBLE PLAGUE AS IF HALF A DOZEN DIFFERENT ARMIES MARCHING UP AND DOWN THEIR COUNTRY FIGHTING EACH OTHER ABOUT THE LORD ONLY KNOWS WHAT AND LIVING ON THEM WHILE DOING IT WAS NOT PLAGUE ENOUGH SWEPT OVER BAVARIA DEVASTATING EACH TOWN AND HAMLET OF ALL THE HIGHLAND VILLAGES OBER AMMERGAU BY MEANS OF A STRICTLY ENFORCED QUARANTINE ALONE KEPT FOR A WHILE THE BLACK FOE AT BAY NO SOUL WAS ALLOWED TO LEAVE THE VILLAGE NO LIVING THING TO ENTER IT BUT ONE DARK NIGHT CASPAR CHUKLA AN INHABITANT OF OBER AMMERICAU WHO HAD BEEN WORKING IN THE PLAGUE STRICKEN NEIGHBOURING VILLAGE OF ESCHELLO CREEPING LOW ON HIS BELLY PASSED THE DROWSY SENTINELS AND GAINED HIS HOME AND SAW WHAT FOR MANY A DAY HE HAD BEEN HUNGERING FOR A SIGHT OF HIS WIFE AND BAIRNS
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