Based on Edgar Lee Master's "Spoon River Anthology" from 1915, this is the story of Tom Merritt. | dG1fNVVfUnhyOEZLTFE
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00:00 (wind howling)
00:02 (eerie music)
00:18 - At first I suspected something.
00:29 She acted so calm and absent-minded.
00:32 And one day I heard the back door shut
00:38 as I entered the front and I saw him
00:43 slink back of the smokehouse into the lot
00:47 and run across the field.
00:49 And I meant to kill him on sight.
00:55 (wind howling)
00:57 (footsteps crunching)
01:00 (birds chirping)
01:03 (birds chirping)
01:06 (wind howling)
01:08 (wind howling)
01:11 (eerie music)
01:28 (wind howling)
01:30 (wind howling)
01:33 (birds chirping)
01:52 (wind howling)
01:55 (birds chirping)
01:58 (wind howling)
02:07 (wind howling)
02:24 (birds chirping)
02:27 (wind howling)
02:29 (wind howling)
02:33 (man grunting)
02:35 (wood thudding)
02:40 (wood thudding)
02:43 (birds chirping)
02:51 (wind howling)
03:04 (wind howling)
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03:33 But that day, walking near Fourth Bridge
03:44 without a stick or a stone at hand,
03:47 all of a sudden I saw him standing,
03:52 scared to death,
03:55 holding his rabbits.
03:58 (wind howling)
04:01 (wind howling)
04:04 (wind howling)
04:06 (wood thudding)
04:30 (wood thudding)
04:32 And all I could say was,
04:38 "Don't, don't, don't,"
04:40 as he aimed and fired at my heart.
04:49 (gun firing)
04:53 (wind howling)
04:58 (wind howling)
05:00 (somber music)
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05:21 (somber music)
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06:33 [Music]