"Look!" he said to the others, who were trooping inside. "It's a newspaper! Maybe now we'll find out what's been happening!"
With gentle hands, Matt took the brittle paper from the mantel, unfolded it as they crowded around.
SHEPHERDSVILLE GAZETTE
Shepherdsville, Ky.
Founded 1827
"Well," he said. "We're in Kentucky!" He glanced at the headlines.
PLAGUE PARALYZES EARTH
"What's the date?" Lynn asked.
"October 19th. Not quite seven months ago."
"Read it aloud, Matt," said Captain Bascom.
Plague paralyzes Earth as workers walk out of factories and power plants. Cities being abandoned by hordes of fear-crazed people
Washington (WP)—By yesterday at seven A.M. the plague had struck down over a hundred million people in the United States alone, it is estimated. Hysteria has gripped the world. Men and women refused to go to work for fear of catching the plague from their co-workers.