"TOM!" /
No answer.
/
"TOM!" /
No answer.
/
["What's
gone {with that boy},]
I
wonder?
/
You TOM!"/
No answer.
/
The old lady
pulled
her
spectacles
down
and
looked
{over
them}{about the room}; /
then
she
put
themup
and
looked
out {under
them}. / She
seldom
or never looked
{THROUGH
them} {for so small
a thing} {as a boy}; /
they
were
her state pair,
the
pride {of her heart},
and
were built
{for "style," not service} /
--
she
could
have seen
{through a pair} {of stove-lids} just as well.
/
She
looked
perplexed (Gerundive
- PA to "She looked"Note # 1)
{for a moment},
and
then
said,
not
fiercely, but still loud
enough {for the furniture to
hear (Inf - Object of "for" Note
#2 )} /
"Well, I
lay
[[if
Iget hold {of
you}] I'll--"]
/
She
did not
finish,
[for
{by this time} she
was bending down
and
punching
{under
the bed} {with the broom}],
and
[so she
needed
breathto
punctuate(Inf - Adverb to
"needed," or Adjective
to "breath" )thepunches
(DO of "to punctuate") with.]
/
She resurrected
nothing
{but
the cat}. /
"I never
did
see the
beat
{of
that boy}!" /
She
went
{to
the open door} and
stood
{in
it} and
looked
out
{among the tomato vines and "jimpson" weeds}
[that
constituted
the
garden.]
/ No Tom.
/
So
she
lifted
up
her voice
{at
an angle}
calculated (Gerundive
to "angle") {for distance} and
shouted:
"Y-o-u-u TOM!" /
There
was a
slight noise
{behind
her} /
andshe
turned just
{in time} to
seize (Inf
- Adjective to "time") a
small
boy (DO of "seize")
{by the slack} {of his roundabout} and
arrest(Inf - Adjective
to "time")his flight
(DO of "arrest"). /
"There! /
I
might 'a' thought
{of that closet}. / What
youbeen
doing {in
there}?" /
"Nothing."/
"Nothing!
/
Look
{at your hands}. /And
look
{at
your mouth}./
What IS
that
truck?"
/
"I don't
know,
aunt."
/
"Well, I
know.
/
It's
jam
/
-- that's
[what
it
is.]
/
Forty times
I've said [[if
you
didn't
let
that
jam
alone]
I'd
skin you.]
/ Hand
me
that
switch."
/
The
switch
hovered{in
the air} /
-- the
peril was
desperate
-- /
"My! /Look
{behind
you}, aunt!" /
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