| \F\"TOM!"#DrA01
\F\No
answer.
\F\"TOM!"#DrA01
\F\No
answer.
\-\[LNDO"What's
gone {with that boy,}]
I wonder? \F\You TOM!"#DrA02
\F\No
answer.
\-\The
old lady pulled her spectacles down and looked=CV
{over them} {about the room;} \C\then
she put them up and looked=CV out {under
them.} \-\She seldom or never looked
{THROUGH them} {for so small a thing} {as a boy;}
\C\they were her state pair, the pride#App05
{of her heart,} and were built=CV=PV
{for "style," not service--} \C\she
could have seen {through a pair} {of stove-lids}
just as well. \-\She looked perplexed {for
a moment,} and then said,=CV not fiercely,
but still loud enough {for the furniture to
hear:*INFOP04}
\-\"Well,#Inj03
I lay [RNDO[LAVFif I get hold {of
you}] I'll--"]
\-\She
did not finish, [RAVFfor {by
this time} she was bending down and punching=CV
{under the bed} {with the broom,}]
and [RAVFso she needed breath to
punctuate*INFAJ05 the punches {with.}]
\-\She resurrected nothing {but
the cat.}
\-\"I
never did see the beat {of that boy!"}
\-\She
went {to the open door} and stood=CV
{in it} and looked=CV
out {among the tomato vines and "jimpson" weeds}
[RAJFthat constituted the garden.]
\F\No Tom. \-\So
she lifted up her voice {at an angle} calculated*GiveR03
{for distance} and shouted:=CV
"Y-o-u-u TOM!"#DrA02
\-\There
was a slight noise {behind her} \C\and
she turned just {in time} to
seize*INFAJ11 a small boy {by the slack} {of
his roundabout} and arrest*INFAJ04
his flight.
\-\"There!#Inj01
\-\I might 'a' thought {of
that closet.} \-\What you been doing
{in there?"}
\F\"Nothing."
\F\"Nothing!
\-\Look {at your hands.} \-\And
look {at your mouth.} \-\What
IS that truck?"
\-\"I
don't know, aunt."#DrA01
\-\"Well,#Inj01
I know. \-\It's jam-- \C\that's
[RNPNwhat it is.]
\-\Forty times#NuA02
I've said [RNDO[LAVFif you didn't let that
jam alone] I'd skin you.]
\-\Hand me that switch."
\-\The
switch hovered {in the air--} \C\the
peril was desperate--
\-\"My!#Inj01
\-\Look {behind you,}
aunt!"#DrA01
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