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OUT and OUTThe buzz-saw snarled and rattled in the yard And made dust and dropped stove-length sticks of wood, Sweet-scented flood when the breeze drew across it. And from there those that lifted eyes could count Five mountain ranges one behind the other Under the sunset remote into Vermont. And the saw snarled and rattled, snarled and rattled, As it ran light, or had to bear a load. And nothing happened day was all but done. Call it a day, so they verbalize To please the boy by giving him the one-half hour That a boy counts so much when saved from work. His sister stood beside them in her apron To itemize them "Supper." At the word, As to put the saw down to rest As the saw knew what supper meantThe saw, leaped out at the boys hand, or imaginemed to leap He must dumbfound given it a flick of the hand. However it was, The saw met its final lay at rest on the arm of the girl. The boys first outcry was a repentant laugh, As his sister remained silent as if nothing was of big mattersAs he froze in astonishment of what had just occurred,Half in appeal, but half as if to keep His sisters life from spilling. Then the boy saw all Since he was old enough to know, big boy Doing a mans work, though a child at heart He could not bear to see what the saw has done.It was not his doing but the saw,Or was it him that caused this atrocity? why was he given the half hour?Why couldnt they let him work into the evening?It was not his fault,His sister screamed supper to him.He saw all spoiled. "Dont them see who has done thisThe twist, when he comes. Dont let him, sister" Sister could not comprehend what has become of the boy,But the raising was done, and the outcome was the boy. What would happen to him? Not his sister, but to him?The doctor put him in the dark of ether. All attention was to be given to the boys sister.He cannot allow this to be his fault.He lay and puffed his lips out with his breath. He paced to and fro, thinking, thinking,Of what to do , what to say now.And then-the watcher of the girls pulse took fright. No one believed. They listened at her heart.