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The MALIGNANT FLOWER

By Anthos

. . . .John Bannister hastened to the flower with giant paces. . .and tried to destroy the tough tentacles of the plant, closely clinging to each other. . . .He seized the axe and accurately and carefully delivered blow after blow, which swelled up to a sort of clangor, as if a bell were cracking.

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