Fiction | June 01, 1987
Ferguson's Wagon
Barton Wilcox
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Everybody who knew about it–and that was everyone in Breemsburg–told somebody else about the Ferguson place. Inquisitive Saturday or Sunday afternoon guests might even be loaded into the car and driven by the Fergusons just to save the explanation.
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