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Show Saved Her Life by Hearty Laugh Girl Dislodges "Watermelon Seed in Her Throat Which Doctors Said Would Kill Her. GR1SAT HARRINGTON, Maw., May 27. For ten months, In fear of death, Florence Whiting, aged 12, today laughed co heartily that she la saved. Last July she swallowed a watermelon wa-termelon seed. It lodged In her throat, and at a consultation of physicians It waa decided tliat unless the soed wns dislodged It would kill her. The X raya were used, but tho eid could not be found, and hope for the Klrl was abandoned; She was critically criti-cally 111 for several weeks, but cradually recovered, to tho astonishment of tho dcclors. Sho hiiH been weak and Blckly and subject to throat trouble since. Today, while romping with Edith Chase, a playmate, Florence laughed to heartily that the wns seized with a fit of couching. couch-ing. In the midst of it tho watermelon seed Hew from her mouth. It was as perfect per-fect oa when Bho swallowed It. Her parents, par-ents, who conduct the Beech Grovo inn. eay that Florenco was as well a few hours after ejecting tho seed as she waa beforo tho accident. |