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[  22] ,SAWY]0'1 &! AU?OR IS ,8,M>K ,TWA90'4                                           Sawyer', and the author is `Mark Twain'.                                        
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[  79]   7,SAMUEL ,LANGHORNE ,CLEM5S7                                                    (Samuel Langhorne Clemens)                                                    
[  83] [N1 ! RE/ ^? ( BOYS :O 7 S*OOLMATES (                                           own, the rest those of boys who were schoolmates of                             
[  87] KNEW1 & "!=E 2L;GS 6! -POSITE ORD] (                                            knew, and therefore belongs to the composite order of                           
[  91] ( ? /ORY -- T IS 6SAY1 ?IRTY OR =TY YE>S                                        of this story -- that is to say, thirty or for ty years                         
[ 102]   ;,T ,O ;,M ;,S ,A ;,W ;,Y ;,E ;,R                                               T O M S A W Y E R                                                             
[ 111]   ,! OLD LADY PULL$ H] SPECTACLES D[N &                                           The old lady pulled her spectacles down and                                   
[ 124] BR1? 6PUNCTUATE ! PUN*ES )4 ,%E                                                 breath to punctuate the punches with . She                                      
[ 130] H] VOICE AT AN ANGLE CALCULAT$ = 4T.E &                                         her voice at an angle calculated for distance and                               
[ 132]   8;,Y-;O-;U-;U ,,TOM60                                                           "Y-o-u-u TOM!"                                                                
[ 134] 9 "T 6SEIZE A SMALL BOY 0! SLACK ( 8                                            in time to seize a small boy by the slack of his                                
[ 136]   8,"!6 ,I MI<T ,8A0' ?"\ ( T CLOSET4                                             "There! I might `a' thought of that closet.                                   
[ 143] IS4 ,=TY "TS ,I'VE SD IF Y DIDN'T LET T                                         is. For ty times I've said if you didn't let that                               
[ 145]   ,! SWIT* HOV]$ 9 ! AIR -- ! P]IL 0                                              The switch hovered in the air -- the peril was                                
[ 152]   ,8 AUNT ,POLLY /OOD SURPRIS$ A MO;T1 &                                          his aunt Polly stood surprised a moment, and                                  
[ 154]   8,HANG ! BOY1 C'T ,I N"E LE>N ANY?+8                                            "Hang the boy, can't I never learn anything?                                  
[ 160] A BODY 6"K :AT'S -+8 ,HE ,8PE>S 6"K J H[                                        a body to know what's coming? He `pears to know just how                        
[ 161] L;G HE C TOR;T ME 2F ,I GET MY D&] UP1 &                                        long he can torment me before I get my dander up, and                           
[ 163] M9UTE OR MAKE ME LAU<1 X'S ALL D[N AG &                                         minute or make me laugh, it's all down again and                                
[ 167] ,BOOK SAYS4 ,I'M A LAY+ UP S9 & SU6]+ =                                         Book says. I'm a laying up sin and suffering for                                
[ 174] ,WELL-A-WELL1 MAN T IS BORN ( WOMAN IS (                                        Well-a-well, man that is born of woman is of                                    
[ 179]   ,I'LL J 2 O#EG$ 6MAKE HM "W1 TM1                                                I'll just be obleeged to make him work, tomorrow,                             
[ 192] 0 ALR "? ) 8 "P (! "W 7PICK+ UP *IPS71 =                                        was already through with his part of the work (picking up chips), for           
[ 200] 62LIEVE %E 0 5D[$ )A TAL5T = D>K &                                              to believe she was endowed with a talent for dark and                           
[ 210]   ,A BIT (A SC>E %OT "? ,TOM -- A T\* (                                           A bit of a scare shot through Tom -- a touch of                               
[ 230] ": ,I SEW$ X1 6PUMP ON YR H1D1 DID Y8                                           where I sewed it, to pump on your head, did you?                                
[ 233] OP5$ 8 JACKET4 ,8 %IRT COLL> 0 SECURELY                                         opened his jacket. his shirt collar was securely                                
[ 237] ,I =GIVE YE1 ,TOM4 ,I RECKON Y'RE A K9D                                         I for give ye, Tom. I reckon you're a kind                                      
[ 244]   8,WELL1 N[1 IF ,I DIDN'T ?9K Y SEW$ 8                                           "Well, now, if I didn't think you sewed his                                   
[ 254]   8,%E'D N"E NOTIC$ IF X _HN'T BE5 =                                              "She'd never noticed if it hadn't been for                                    
[ 255] ,SID4 ,3F.D X6 "S"TS %E SEWS X ) :ITE1 &                                        Sid. Confound it! sometimes she sews it with white, and                         
[ 263]   ,)9 TWO M9UTES1 OR EV5 LESS1 HE _H                                              With in two minutes, or even less, he had                                     
[ 264] =GOTT5 ALL 8 TR\#S4 ,N 2C 8 TR\#S 7 "O                                          for gotten all his troubles. Not because his troubles were one                  
[ 268] M5'S MIS=TUNES >E =GOTT5 9 ! EXCITE- M5T                                        men's misfortunes are for gotten in the excite- ment                            
[ 278] KNACK ( X1 & HE /RODE D[N ! /REET ) 8                                           knack of it, and he strode down the street with his                             
[ 279] M\? FULL ( H>MONY & 8 S\L FULL (                                                mouth full of harmony and his soul full of                                      
[ 292] ,? 0 SIMPLY Z- T.D+4 ,8 CAP 0 A DA9TY                                           This was simply as- tounding. his cap was a dainty                              
[ 293] ?+1 8 CLOSE- BUTTON$ BLUE CLO? R.DAB 0                                          thing, his close- buttoned blue cloth roundabout was                            
[ 299] M>VEL1 ! HI<] HE TURN$ UP 8 NOSE AT 8                                           marvel, the higher he turned up his nose at his                                 
[ 344]   8,WELL ,I ,,W40                                                                 "Well I WILL."                                                                
[ 346] KEEP ,,SAY+ Y W =8 ,:Y DON'T Y ,,D X8                                           keep SAYING you will for? Why don't you DO it?                                  
[ 360] ANGLE Z A BRACE1 & BO? %OV+ ) MI<T &                                            angle as a brace, and both shoving with might and                               
[ 363] 7 HOT & FLU%$1 EA* RELAX$ 8 /RA9 )                                              were hot and flushed, each relaxed his strain with                              
[ 369] GOT A BRO!R T'S BI7] ?AN HE IS -- &                                             got a brother that's bigger than he is -- and                                   
[ 374]   ,TOM DREW A L9E 9 ! DU/ ) 8 BIG TOE1 &                                          Tom drew a line in the dust with his big toe, and                             
[ 385]   8,0J+O6 = TWO C5TS ,I ,,W D X40                                                 "Byjingo! for two cents I WILL do it."                                        
[ 386]   ,! NEW BOY TOOK TWO BROAD COPP]S \ ( 8                                          The new boy took two broad coppers out of his                                 
[ 390] &=! SPACE (A M9UTE !Y TU7$ & TORE AT EA*                                        and forthe space of a minute they tugged and tore at each                       
[ 393] ,PRES5TLY ! 3FU.N TOOK =M1 & "? ! FOG (                                         Presently the confusion took form, and through the fog of                       
[ 397]   ,! BOY ONLY /RU7L$ 6FREE HMF4 ,HE 0                                             The boy only struggled to free himself. He was                                
[ 401] 8',NUFF60 & ,TOM LET HM UP & SD3     #AG                                        "'ationuff!" and Tom let him up and said:     17                                
[ 404]   ,! NEW BOY W5T (F BRU%+ ! DU/ F 8                                               The new boy went off brushing the dust from his                               
[ 423] UNCOV]$ AN AMBUSCADE1 9 ! P]SON ( 8                                             uncovered an ambuscade, in the person of his                                    
[ 437] ,HILL1 2Y ! VILLAGE & ABV X1 0 GRE5 )                                           Hill, beyond the village and above it, was green with                           
[ 440]   ,TOM APPE>$ ON ! SIDEWALK )A BUCKET (                                           Tom appeared on the sidewalk with a bucket of                                 
[ 443] AN*OLY SETTL$ D[N ^U 8 _S4 ,?IRTY Y>DS (                                        ancholy settled down upon his spirit. Thirty yards of                           
[ 454] DID N /RIKE HM S4 ,HE REMEMB]$ T "! 0                                           did not strike him so. He remembered that there was                             
[ 458] SKYL>K+4 ,& HE REMEMB]$ T AL? ! PUMP 0                                          skylarking. And he remembered that although the pump was                        
[ 460] GOT BACK )A BUCKET ( WAT] "U AN H\R -- &                                        got back with a bucket of water under an hour -- and                            
[ 467] ME ,I GOT 6G AN0' GIT DIS WAT] AN' N /OP                                        me I got to go an' git dis water an' not stop                                   
[ 470] AN' S %E TOLE ME G ,8L;G AN0' ,8T5D 6MY                                         an' so she tole me go `long an' `tend to my                                     
[ 472] :ITEWA%90'40                                                                    whitewashin'."                                                                  
[ 479] ,8,DE$ %E WD40                                                                  `Deed she would."                                                               
[ 481] 'EM OV] ! H1D ) H] ?IM# -- & :O C>ES =                                          'em over the head with her thimble -- and who cares for                         
[ 503] 6?9K (! FUN HE _H PLANN$ = ? "D1 & 8                                            to think of the fun he had planned for this day, and his                        
[ 506] EXP$I;NS1 & !Y WD MAKE A _W ( FUN ( HM =                                        expeditions, and they would make a world of fun of him for                      
[ 512] RETURN$ 8 /RAIT5$ M1NS 6HIS POCKET1 &                                           returned his straitened means to his pocket, and                                
[ 521] HOP-SKIP-&-JUMP -- PRO( 5 T 8 HE>T 0                                            hop-skip-and -jump -- proof enough that his heart was                           
[ 529] &) LABORI\S POMP & CIRCUM/.E -- = HE 0                                          and with laborious pomp and circumstance -- for he was                          
[ 531] 6BE DRAW+ N9E FEET ( WAT]4 ,HE 0 BOAT &                                         to be drawing nine feet of water. He was boat and                               
[ 538]   8,%IP UP 6BACK6 ,T+-A-L+-L+60 ,8 >MS                                            "Ship up to back! Ting-a-ling-ling!" his arms                                 
[ 541] ,T+-A-L+-L+6 ,*[6 *-*[-W[6 ,*[60 ,8 "R                                          Ting-a-ling-ling! Chow! child-chow-wow! Chow!" his right                        
[ 543] = X 0 REPRES5T+ A =TY-FOOT :EEL4                                                for it was representing a for ty-foot wheel.                                    
[ 550] ,T+-A-L+-L+6 ,*[-[-[6 ,GET \ T H1D-L9E6                                         Ting-a-ling-ling! Chow--ow! Get out that head-line!                             
[ 555] ,T+-A-L+-L+6 ,,SH'T6 ,S',H',T6 ,,SH'T60                                         Ting-a-ling-ling! SH'T! S'H'T! SH'T!"                                           
[ 559] 8,HI-,,YI6 ,,Y'RE UP A /UMP1 A9'T Y60                                           "Hi-YI! YOU'RE up a stump, ain't you!"                                          
[ 593]   ,TOM 3SID]$1 0 AB 63S5T2 B HE ALT]$ 8                                           Tom considered, was about to consent; but he altered his                      
[ 598] "K -- B IF X 0 ! BACK F;E ,I WDN'T M9D &                                        know -- but if it was the back fence I wouldn't mind and                        
[ 610] FIX$8 ,IF Y 0 6TACKLE ? F;E & ANY?+ 0                                           fixed? If you was to tackle this fence and anything was                         
[ 613] LEMME TRY4 ,SAY -- ,I'LL GIVE Y ! CORE (                                        lemme try. Say -- I'll give you the core of                                     
[ 618]   ,TOM GAVE UP ! BRU% ) RELUCT.E 9 8                                              Tom gave up the brush with reluctance in his                                  
[ 636] KEY T WDN'T UNLOCK ANY?+1 A FRAG;T (                                            key that wouldn't unlock anything, a fragment of                                
[ 641] DOG -- ! H&LE (A KNIFE1 F\R PIECES (                                            dog -- the handle of a knife, four pieces of                                    
[ 674]   PL1SANT RE>W>D A"P;T1 : 0                                                       pleasant rearward apartment, which was                                        
[ 679] E6ECT1 & %E 0 NO4+ OV] H] KNIT- T+ -- =                                         effect, and she was nodding over her knit- ting -- for                          
[ 685] 9TREPID WAY4 ,HE SD3 8,MAYN'T ,I G &                                            intrepid way. He said: "Mayn't I go and                                         
[ 721] USE ( X4 ,8 S\L 0 AT P1CE1 N[ T HE _H                                           use of it. his soul was at peace, now that he had                               
[ 729] 8MILIT>Y0 -PANIES ( BOYS _H MET =                                               "military" companies of boys had met for                                        
[ 730] 3FLICT1 AC 6PREVI\S APPO9T;T4 ,TOM 0                                            conflict, according to previous appointment. Tom was                            
[ 737] >MY WON A GRT VICTORY1 AF A L;G &                                               army won a great victory, after a long and                                      
[ 761] HE PRE- T5D$ HE DID N "K %E 0 PRES5T1 &                                         he pre- tended he did not know she was present, and                             
[ 765] BY-&-BY1 :ILE HE 0 9 ! MID/ ( "S DANG]\S                                        by-and -by, while he was in the midst of some dangerous                         
[ 775]   ,! BOY RAN >.D & /OPP$ )9 A FOOT OR                                             The boy ran around and stopped with in a foot or                              
[ 779] DIREC;N4 ,PRES5TLY HE PICK$ UP A /RAW &                                         direction. Presently he picked up a straw and                                   
[ 783] PANSY2 F9,Y 8 B>E FOOT RE/$ ^U X1 8                                             pansy; finally his bare foot rested upon it, his                                
[ 800] X 9 ! L1/4 ,HE TRI$ 6/1L SUG> "U 8                                              it in the least. He tried to steal sugar under his                              
[ 813] EC/ASIES T HE EV5 3TROLL$ 8 T;GUE & 0                                           ecstasies that he even controlled his tongue and was                            
[ 838] & 4CIPL9E =BADE T4 ,S %E KEPT SIL;E1 &                                          and discipline for bade that. So she kept silence, and                          
[ 847] ,HE PICTUR$ HM- SELF LY+ SICK UNTO D1? &                                        He pictured him- self lying sick unto death and                                 
[ 848] 8 AUNT B5D+ OV] HM 2SEE*+ "O LL =GIV+                                           his aunt bending over him besideeeching one little for giving                   
[ 849] ^W1 B HE WD TURN 8 FACE 6! WALL1 & DIE )                                        word, but he would turn his face to the wall, and die with                      
[ 856] ABUSE HM ANY M6 ,B HE WD LIE "! COLD &                                          abuse him any more! But he would lie there cold and                             
[ 858] ^: GRIEFS 7 AT AN 5D4 ,HE S "W$ ^U 8                                            whose griefs were at an end. He so worked upon his                              
[ 862] W9K$1 & RAN D[N & TRICKL$ F ! 5D ( 8                                            winked, and ran down and trickled from the end of his                           
[ 863] NOSE4 ,& S* A LUXURY 6HM 0 ? PETT+ ( 8                                          nose. And such a luxury to him was this petting of his                          
[ 866] SACR$ = S* 3TACT2 & S1 PRES5TLY1 :5 8                                           sacred for such contact; and so, presently, when his                            
[ 867] C\S9 ,M>Y D.ED IN1 ALL ALIVE )! JOY (                                           cousin Mary danced in, all alive with the joy of                                
[ 870] & D>K;S \ AT "O DOOR Z %E BR"\ S;G &                                            and darkness out at one door as she brought song and                            
[ 873] & S"\ DESOLATE PLACES T 7 9 H>- MONY ) 8                                        and sought desolate places that were in har- mony with his                      
[ 879] R\T9E DEVIS$ 0NATURE4 ,!N HE ?"\ ( 8                                            routine devised by nature. Then he thought of his                               
[ 893] LIV$2 HE PAUS$ A MO;T2 NO S.D FELL ^U 8                                         lived; he paused a moment; no sound fell upon his                               
[ 896] PRES;E "!8 ,HE CLIMB$ ! F;E1 ?R1D$ 8                                            presence there? He climbed the fence, threaded his                              
[ 905] P;Y+LY OV] HM :5 ! GRT AGONY CAME4 ,&                                           pityingly over him when the great agony came. And                               
[ 910] $1 S UN"TLY CUT D[N8                                                            ed, so untimely cut down?                                                       
[ 913] DELUGE ( WAT] DR5*$ ! PR"O M>TYR'S                                              deluge of water drenched the prone martyr's                                     
[ 924] ?"\ BETT] ( X & HELD 8 P1CE1 = "! 0                                             thought better of it and held his peace, for there was                          
[ 930]   ,,! SUN ROSE ^U A TRANQUIL _W1 &                                                THE sun rose upon a tranquil world, and                                       
[ 939]   ,!N ,TOM GIRD$ UP 8 LO9S1 S 6SP1K1 &                                            Then Tom girded up his loins, so to speak, and                                
[ 946] NO M1 = 8 M9D 0 TRAV]S+ ! :OLE FIELD (                                          no more, for his mind was traversing the whole field of                         
[ 959] IS ! K+DOM ( H1V54 ,B.S$ >E !Y T M\RN1 =                                        is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they that mourn, for                      
[ 970] % ,,:AT8 ,:Y DON'T Y TELL ME1 ,M>Y8 --                                          shall WHAT? WHY don't you tell me, Mary? --                                     
[ 971] :AT D Y WANT 6BE S M1N =80                                                      what do you want to be so mean for?"                                            
[ 990] ANY?+1 B X 0 A 8SURE-5\<0 ,B>L[1 & "! 0                                         anything, but it was a "sure-enough" Barlow, and there was                      
[1008]   ,TOM 0 A TRIFLE 4CONC]T$4 ,! BAS9 0                                             Tom was a trifle disconcerted. The basin was                                  
[1010] GA!R+ RESOLU;N2 TOOK 9 A BIG BR1? &                                             gathering resolution; took in a big breath and                                  
[1011] 2GAN4 ,:5 HE 5T]$ ! KIT*5 PRES5TLY1 )                                           began. When he entered the kitchen presently, with                              
[1014] F 8 FACE4 ,B :5 HE EM]G$ F ! T[EL1 HE 0                                         from his face. But when he emerged from the towel, he was                       
[1017] 2L & 2Y ? L9E "! 0 A D>K EXPANSE (                                              below and beyond this line there was a dark expanse of                          
[1018] UNIRRIGAT$ SOIL T SPR1D D[NW>D 9 FRONT &                                        unirrigated soil that spread downward in front and                              
[1019] BACKW>D >.D 8 NECK4 ,M>Y TOOK HM 9 H&1 &                                        backward around his neck. Mary took him in hand, and                            
[1021] )\T 4T9C;N ( COLOR1 & 8 SATURAT$ HAIR 0                                         without distinction of color, and his saturated hair was                        
[1024] PRIVATELY SMOO!D \ ! CURLS1 ) LABOR &                                           privately smoothed out the curls, with labor and                                
[1027] E6EM9ATE1 & 8 [N FILL$ 8 LIFE )                                                 effeminate, and his own filled his life with                                    
[1028] BITT];S47' ,!N ,M>Y GOT \ A SUIT ( 8                                            bitterness.] Then Mary got out a suit of his                                    
[1031] CLO!S0 -- & S 0T WE "K ! SIZE ( 8                                               clothes" -- and so by that we know the size of his                              
[1035] OV] 8 %\LD]S1 BRU%$ HM (F & CR[N$ HM ) 8                                        over his shoulders, brushed him off and crowned him with his                    
[1040] HOP$ T ,M>Y WD =GET 8 %OES1 B ! HOPE 0                                          hoped that Mary would for get his shoes, but the hope was                       
[1041] BLI<T$2 %E COAT$ !M ?OR\<LY ) TALL[1 Z 0                                        blighted; she coated them thoroughly with tallow, as was                        
[1042] ! CU/OM1 & BR"\ !M \4 ,HE LO/ 8 TEMP] &                                         the custom, and brought them out. He lost his temper and                        
[1068] C\PLE ( :ITE ALLEYS = ?REE R$ TICKETS1 &                                        couple of white alleys for three red tickets, and                               
[1070] "OS4 ,HE WAYLAID O!R BOYS Z !Y CAME1 &                                          ones. He waylaid other boys as they came, and                                   
[1085] AL;G4 ,H["E1 !Y WORRI$ "?1 & EA* GOT 8                                          along. However, they worried through, and each got his                          
[1093] 7WOR? =TY C5TS 9 ^? EASY "TS7 6! PUPIL4                                         (worth for ty cents in those easy times) to the pupil.                          
[1094] ,H[ _M ( MY R1D]S WD H ! 9DU/RY &                                               How many of my readers would have the industry and                              
[1097] TWO ,BI#S 9 ? WAY -- X 0 ! PATI5T "W (                                          two Bibles in this way -- it was the patient work of                            
[1100] ?\S& V]SES )\T /OPP+2 B ! /RA9 ^U 8                                             thousand verses without stopping; but the strain upon his                       
[1105] EXPRESS$ X7 _H ALW MADE ? BOY -E \ &                                            expressed it) had always made this boy come out and                             
[1118] FRONT (! PULPIT1 )A CLOS$ HYMN-BOOK 9 8                                         front of the pulpit, with a closed hymn-book in his                             
[1122] ! H& IS Z NEC Z IS ! 9EVITA# %EET (                                             the hand is as necessary as is the inevitable sheet of                          
[1123] MUSIC 9 ! H& (A S+] :O /&S =W>D ON !                                            music in the hand of a singer who stands for ward on the                        
[1126] ( MUSIC IS "E REF]R$ 60! SU6]]4 ,?   #DF                                        of music is ever referred to bythe sufferer. This   46                          
[1127] SUP]9T5D5T 0 A SLIM CR1TURE (                                                   superintendent was a slim creature of                                           
[1131] =W>D ABR1/ ! CORN]S ( 8 M\? -- A F;E T                                          for ward abreast the corners of his mouth -- a fence that                       
[1135] & Z L;G Z A BANK-NOTE1 & _H FR+$ 5DS2 8                                         and as long as a bank-note, and had fringed ends; his                           
[1139] 0SITT+ ) _! TOES PRESS$ AG/ A WALL =                                            by sitting with their toes pressed against a wall for                           
[1167] SUBSID;E ( ,MR4 ,WALT]S0' VOICE1 &! CON-                                        subsidence of Mr. Walters' voice, and the con-                                  
[1171] EV5T : 0 M OR LESS R>E -- ! 5TR.E (                                             event which was more or less rare -- the entrance of                            
[1180] ? SMALL NEW-COM] 8 S\L 0 ALL ABLAZE )                                           this small new-comer his soul was all ablaze with                               
[1185] APPLAUSE4 ,8 EXALT,N _H B "O ALLOY -- !                                         applause. his exaltation had but one alloy -- the                               
[1189]   ,! VISITORS 7 GIV5 ! HI<E/ S1T (                                                The visitors were given the highest seat of                                   
[1190] HONOR1 & Z SOON Z ,MR4 ,WALT]S' SPEE* 0                                         honor, and as soon as Mr. Walters' speech was                                   
[1195] "E LOOK$ ^U -- & !Y WOND]$ :AT K9D (                                            ever looked upon -- and they wondered what kind of                              
[1205] ,JEFF ,?AT*] IMMLY W5T =W>D1 6BE FAMILI>                                        Jeff Thatcher immediately went for ward, to be familiar                         
[1223] G5TLEM5 T1*]S 8%[$ (F0 ) SMALL SCOLD+S &                                        gentlemen teachers "showed off" with small scoldings and                        
[1231] ! AIR 0 ?ICK ) PAP] WADS &! MURMUR (                                            the air was thick with paper wads and the murmur of                             
[1232] SCU6L+S4 ,& ABV X ALL ! GRT MAN SAT &                                           scufflings. And above it all the great man sat and                              
[1245] ,SAWY] CAME =W>D ) N9E YELL[ TICKETS1                                           Sawyer came for ward with nine yellow tickets,                                  
[1271] TWO ?\S& %1VES ( ,SCRIPTURAL WISDOM ON 8                                        two thousand sheaves of Scriptural wisdom on his                                
[1282]   ,TOM 0 9TRODUC$ 6! ,JUDGE2 B 8 T;GUE 0                                          Tom was introduced to the Judge; but his tongue was                           
[1285] HE 0 H] P>5T4 ,HE WD H LIK$ 6FALL D[N &                                         he was her parent. He would have liked to fall down and                         
[1297] SD ,WALT]S1 8& SAY SIR4 ,Y M/N'T =GET YR                                        said Walters, "and say sir. You mustn't for get your                            
[1303] N"E C 2 SORRY =! TR\# Y TOOK 6LE>N !M2 =                                        never can be sorry for the trouble you took to learn them; for                  
[1325] ,MR4 ,WALT]S' HE>T SANK )9 HM4 ,HE SD                                           Mr. Walters' heart sank with in him. He said                                    
[1328] ASK HM8 ,YET HE FELT OBLIG$ 6SP1K UP &                                          ask him? Yet he felt obliged to speak up and                                    
[1339]   ,,AB HALF-PA/ T5 ! CRACK$ BELL (                                                ABOUT half-past ten the cracked bell of                                       
[1354] ! WID[ ,D\GLASS1 FAIR1 SM>T1 & =TY1 A                                           the widow Douglass, fair, smart, and for ty, a                                  
[1357] HOSPITA# & M* ! MO/ LAVI% 9 ! MATT] (                                           hospitable and much the most lavish in the matter of                            
[1361] ! BELLE (! VILLAGE1 FOLL[$ 0A TROOP (                                           the belle of the village, followed by a troop of                                
[1372] 8?R[N UP 6!M0 S M*4 ,8 :ITE H&K]*IEF 0                                          "thrown up to them" so much. his white handkerchief was                         
[1379] & !N A SOLEMN HU% FELL ^U ! *UR* : 0                                            and then a solemn hush fell upon the church which was                           
[1383] 0 N ILL-BR$1 B ,I H =- GOTT5 ": X WAS1                                          was not ill-bred, but I have for - gotten where it was,                         
[1385] SC>CELY REMEMB] ANY?+ AB X1 B ,I ?9K X 0                                        scarcely remember anything about it, but I think it was                         
[1389] 9 T "P (! C.TRY4 ,8 VOICE 2GAN ON A                                             in that part of the country. his voice began on a                               
[1397] ?RO' ,,BLOOD- ;Y S1S8                                                           thro' BLOOD- y seas?                                                            
[1407] ,SPRAGUE TURN$ HMF 96A BULLET9-BO>D1 &                                          Sprague turned himself into a bulletin-board, and                               
[1408] R1D (F 8NOTICES0 ( MEET+S & SOCIETIES &                                         read off "notices" of meetings and societies and                                
[1420] ,/ATES2 =! *UR*ES (! ,UNIT$ ,/ATES2 =                                           States; for the churches of the United States; for                              
[1427] )AL2 =! H1!N 9 ! F> ISL&S (! SEA2 &                                             with also; for the heathen in the far islands of the sea; and                   
[1435] DUR$ X -- IF HE EV5 DID T M*4 ,HE 0                                             dured it -- if he even did that much. He was                                    
[1457] 2GAN 6CURVE & /1L =W>D2 &! 9/ANT !                                              began to curve and steal for ward; and the instant the                          
[1458] 8,AM50 0 \ ! FLY 0 A PRISON] ( W>4 ,8                                           "Amen" was out the fly was a prisoner of war. his                               
[1463] >GU;T T D1LT 9 LIMIT.S FIRE & BRIM/"O &                                         argument that dealt in limitless fire and brimstone and                         
[1484] P]CUS.N-CAP BOX4 ,! F/ ?+ ! BEETLE DID 0                                        percussion-cap box. The first thing the beetle did was                          
[1486] FOLL[$1 ! BEETLE W5T FL.D]+ 96! AISLE &                                         followed, the beetle went floundering into the aisle and                        
[1496] SPI$ ! BEETLE2 ! DROOP+ TAIL LIFT$ &                                            spied the beetle; the drooping tail lifted and                                  
[1504] GREW WE>Y AT LA/1 & !N 9DI6]5T &                                                grew weary at last, and then indifferent and                                    
[1505] ABS5T-M9D$4 ,8 H1D NO4$1 & LL 0LL 8 *9                                          absent-minded. his head nodded, and little by little his chin                   
[1506] DESC5D$ & T\*$ ! 5EMY1 :O SEIZ$ X4 ,"! 0                                        descended and touched the enemy, who seized it. There was                       
[1512] 0 5TIRELY HAPPY4 ,! DOG LOOK$ FOOLI%1 &                                         was entirely happy. The dog looked foolish, and                                 
[1513] PROBABLY FELT S2 B "! 0 RES5T;T 9 8                                             probably felt so; but there was resentment in his                               
[1517] ) 8 =E-PAWS )9 AN 9* (! CR1TURE1 MAK+                                           with his fore-paws with in an inch of the creature, making                      
[1523] WE>I$ ( T2 YAWN$1 SI<$1 =GOT ! BEETLE                                           wearied of that; yawned, sighed, for got the beetle                             
[1529] DOORS2 HE CLAMOR$ UP ! HOME-/RET*2 8                                            doors; he clamored up the home-stretch; his                                     
[1537]   ,0? "T ! :OLE *UR* 0 R$-FAC$ &                                                  By this time the whole church was red-faced and                               
[1541] POSSIBIL;Y ( IMPRESSIVE;S 2+ AT AN 5D2 =                                        possibility of impressiveness being at an end; for                              
[1568] ) 3SID]A# HOPE4 ,B !Y SOON GREW FEE#1 &                                         with considerable hope. But they soon grew feeble, and                          
[1570] FUR!R4 ,SU45LY HE 4COV]$ "S?+4 ,"O ( 8                                          further. Suddenly he discovered something. One of his                           
[1573] X1 :5 X O3URR$ 6HM T IF HE CAME 96C\RT )                                        it, when it occurred to him that if he came into court with                     
[1577] ,NO?+ (- F]$ = "S LL "T1 & !N HE                                                Nothing of - fered for some little time, and then he                            
[1581] BOY EAG]LY DREW 8 SORE TOE F "U ! %EET &                                        boy eagerly drew his sore toe from under the sheet and                          
[1584] WOR? :ILE 6*.E X1 S HE FELL 6GROAN+ )                                           worth while to chance it, so he fell to groaning with                           
[1602] MATT]1 ,TOM80 ,& HE %OOK HM & LOOK$ 9 8                                         matter, Tom?" And he shook him and looked in his                                
[1614]   8,TOM1 :Y DIDN'T Y WAKE ME SOON] 8                                              "Tom, why didn't you wake me sooner his                                       
[1617]   8,I =GIVE Y "EY?+1 ,SID4 ,7,GROAN47'                                            "I for give you everything, Sid. [Groan.]                                     
[1621]   8,I =GIVE "EYBODY1 ,SID4 ,7,GROAN47'                                            "I for give everybody, Sid. [Groan.]                                          
[1622] ,TELL ,8EM S1 ,SID4 ,& ,SID1 Y GIVE MY                                          Tell `em so, Sid. And Sid, you give my                                          
[1634]   ,B %E FL$ UP-/AIRS1 N"E!.S1 ) ,SID &                                            But she fled up-stairs, nevertheless, with Sid and                            
[1667]   8,OH1 Y DON'T1 DON'T Y8 ,S ALL ? R[ 0                                           "Oh, you don't, don't you? So all this row was                                
[1670] SEEM 6TRY E WAY Y C 6BR1K MY OLD HE>T )                                         seem to try every way you can to break my old heart with                        
[1684] N[ F.D HMF SUD- D5LY )\T AN ADH]5T1 &                                           now found himself sud- denly without an adherent, and                           
[1685] %ORN ( 8 GLORY4 ,8 HE>T 0 H1VY1 & HE SD                                         shorn of his glory. his heart was heavy, and he said                            
[1692] DRUNK>D4 ,HUCKLEB]RY 0 CORDI,Y HAT$ &                                           drunkard. Huckleberry was cordially hated and                                   
[1693] DR1D$ 0ALL ! "MS (! T[N1 2C HE 0 IDLE &                                         dreaded by all the mothers of the town, because he was idle and                 
[1695] *N ADMIR$ HM S1 & DELI<T$ 9 8 =BI45                                             children admired him so, and delighted in his for bidden                        
[1696] SOCIETY1 & WI%$ !Y D>$ 6BE L HM4 ,TOM 0                                         society, and wished they dared to be like him. Tom was                          
[1700] ) HM E "T HE GOT A *.E4 ,HUCKLEB]RY 0                                           with him every time he got a chance. Huckleberry was                            
[1702] FULL-GR[N M51 & !Y 7 9 P]5NIAL BLOOM &                                          full-grown men, and they were in perennial bloom and                            
[1703] FLUTT]+ ) RAGS4 ,8 HAT 0 A VA/ RU9 )A                                           fluttering with rags. his hat was a vast ruin with a                            
[1705] :5 HE WORE "O1 HUNG NE>LY 6HIS HEELS &                                          when he wore one, hung nearly to his heels and                                  
[1716] NOBODY =BADE HM 6FI<T2 HE CD SIT UP Z                                           nobody for bade him to fight; he could sit up as                                
[1738]   8,SAY -- :AT IS D1D CATS GD =1 ,HUCK80                                          "Say -- what is dead cats good for , Huck?"                                   
[1739]   8,GD =8 ,CURE W>TS )40                                                          "Good for? Cure warts with ."                                                 
[1743]   8,SPUNK-WAT]6 ,I WDN'T GIVE A D]N =                                             "Spunk-water! I wouldn't give a dern for                                      
[1766]   8,AHA6 ,TALK AB TRY+ 6CURE W>TS )                                               "Aha! Talk about trying to cure warts with                                    
[1775] ^! W>TS10'                                                                      these warts,'                                                                   
[1777] YR EYES %UT1 & !N TURN >.D ?REE "TS &                                           your eyes shut, and then turn around three times and                            
[1788] ,I TAKE ,8EM (F )A B1N40                                                        I take `em off with a bean."                                                    
[1793] "O PIECE (! B1N & TAKE & DIG A HOLE &                                           one piece of the bean and take and dig a hole and                               
[1802] (F W>T2 -E NO M 6BO!R ME60' X'S BETT]4                                          off wart; come no more to bother me!' it's better.                              
[1805] -- H[ D Y CURE ,8EM ) D1D CATS80                                                -- how do you cure `em with dead cats?"                                         
[1807] GRAVE- Y>D 'L;G AB MIDNI<T :5 "SBODY T 0                                        grave- yard 'long about midnight when somebody that was                         
[1814] W>TS FOLL[ CAT1 ,I'M D"O ) YE60' ,T'LL                                          warts follow cat, I'm done with ye!' That'll                                    
[1827]   8,:Y1 T'S AW;L4 ,H[ DID HE "K %E 0                                              "Why, that's awful. How did he know she was                                   
[1843]   8,I N"E ?"\ ( T4 ,T'S S4 ,LEMME G )                                             "I never thought of that. That's so. Lemme go with                            
[1846]   8,AFE>D6 ,8,TA9'T LIKELY4 ,W Y ME[80                                            "Afeard! `Tain't likely. Will you meow?"                                      
[1848] ,LA/ "T1 Y KEP0' ME A-ME[+ >.D TILL OLD                                         Last time, you kep' me a-meowing around till old                                
[1850] ,8,D]N T CAT60' & S ,I HOVE A BRICK "? 8                                        `Dern that cat!' and so I hove a brick through his                              
[1866] ?\- S& ( ,8EM IF ,I WANT$ TO40                                                  thou- sand of `em if I wanted to."                                              
[1870]   8,SAY1 ,HUCK -- ,I'LL GIVE Y MY TOO? =                                          "Say, Huck -- I'll give you my tooth for                                      
[1889] >M-*AIR1 0 DOZ+1 LULL$ 0! DR[SY HUM (                                           arm-chair, was dozing, lulled by the drowsy hum of                              
[1901] ,,VACANT ,,PLACE ON ! GIRLS0' SIDE   #GG                                        VACANT PLACE on the girls' side   77                                            
[1923] DR1D PL1SURE T LAY 9 8 HI< GD =TUNE4 ,HE                                        dread pleasure that lay in his high good for tune. He                           
[1946] P>5TLY UNCONSCI\S4 ,! GIRL MADE A SORT (                                        parently unconscious. The girl made a sort of                                   
[1954] ! GIRL'S 9T]E/ 2GAN 6FA/5 XF ^U ! "W &                                          the girl's interest began to fasten itself upon the work and                    
[1955] %E =GOT "EY?+ ELSE4 ,:5 X 0 F9I%$1 %E                                           she for got everything else. When it was finished, she                          
[1960] H\SE2 B ! GIRL 0 N HYP]CRITICAL2 %E 0                                           house; but the girl was not hypercritical; she was                              
[1964]   ,TOM DREW AN H\R-GLASS )A FULL MOON &                                           Tom drew an hour-glass with a full moon and                                   
[1998] ,,LOVE ,,Y40                                                                    LOVE YOU."                                                                      
[2011] H"O/ EF=T 6/UDY1 B ! TURMOIL )9 HM 0 TOO                                        honest effort to study, but the turmoil with in him was too                     
[2019] PEWT] M$AL : HE _H WORN ) O/5T,N =                                              pewter medal which he had worn with ostentation for                             
[2035] LAZY W+ HI< 9 ! AIR2 NO O!R LIV+ ?+ 0                                           lazy wing high in the air; no other living thing was                            
[2037] HE>T A*$ 6BE FREE1 OR ELSE 6H "S?+ (                                            heart ached to be free, or else to have something of                            
[2038] 9T]E/ 6D 6PASS ! DRE>Y "T4 ,8 H& W&]$                                           interest to do to pass the dreary time. his hand wandered                       
[2039] 96HIS POCKET & 8 FACE LIT UP )A GL[ (                                           into his pocket and his face lit up with a glow of                              
[2053] 5EMIES ON ,SATUR"DS4 ,JOE TOOK A P9 \ (                                         enemies on Saturdays. Joe took a pin out of                                     
[2056] ,SOON ,TOM SD T !Y 7 9T]F]+ ) EA* O!R1 &                                        Soon Tom said that they were interfering with each other, and                   
[2066]   ,! TICK ESCAP$ F ,TOM1 PRES5TLY1 &                                              The tick escaped from Tom, presently, and                                     
[2069] *ANGE ( BASE O3URR$ (T54 ,:ILE "O BOY 0                                         change of base occurred often. While one boy was                                
[2073] ?+S ELSE4 ,AT LA/ LUCK SEEM$ 6SETTLE &                                          things else. At last luck seemed to settle and                                  
[2080] LA/ ,TOM CD /& X NO L;G]4 ,! TEMPT,N 0                                          last Tom could stand it no longer. The temptation was                           
[2081] TOO /R;G4 ,S HE R1*$ \ & L5T A H& ) 8                                           too strong. So he reached out and lent a hand with his                          
[2096] MY TICK & ,I'LL D :AT ,I BLAME PL1SE )                                          my tick and I'll do what I blame please with                                    
[2099] %\L- D]S1 & XS DUPLICATE ON ,JOE'S2 &=!                                         shoul- ders, and its duplicate on Joe's; and forthe                             
[2110] HOME2 & :5 Y GET 6! CORN]1 GIVE ! RE/ (                                         home; and when you get to the corner, give the rest of                          
[2111] ,8EM ! SLIP1 & TURN D[N "? ! LANE & -E                                          `em the slip, and turn down through the lane and come                           
[2134]   ,T 0 AGREEA#1 S !Y *EW$ X TURN AB1 &                                            That was agreeable, so they chewed it turn about, and                         
[2135] DANGL$ _! LEGS AG/ ! B5* 9 EXCESS (                                             dangled their legs against the bench in excess of                               
[2160]   8,KISS8 ,:AT D Y KISS =80                                                       "Kiss? What do you kiss for?"                                                 
[2182]   8,Y TURN YR FACE AWAY S Y C'T SEE1 &                                            "You turn your face away so you can't see, and                                
[2200] FACE1 ALL GL[+ )! /RU7LE1 CAME UP &                                             face, all glowing with the struggle, came up and                                
[2205] A9'T "E 6M>RY ANYBODY B ME1 "E N"E &                                            ain't ever to marry anybody but me, ever never and                              
[2206] ="E4 ,W Y80                                                                     for ever. Will you?"                                                            
[2208] ,TOM1 & ,I'LL N"E M>RY ANYBODY B Y -- &                                         Tom, and I'll never marry anybody but you -- and                                
[2210]   8,C]TA9LY4 ,( C\RSE4 ,T'S ,,"P ( X4 ,&                                          "Certainly. Of course. That's PART of it. And                                 
[2228] WALL1 & W5T ON CRY+4 ,TOM TRI$ AG1 )                                            wall, and went on crying. Tom tried again, with                                 
[2248] KNOB F ! TOP ( AN &IRON1 & PASS$ X >.D                                          knob from the top of an and iron, and passed it around                          
[2264] ! /RANG]S AB H] 6EX*ANGE SORR[S )4                                              the strangers about her to exchange sorrows with .                              
[2273] 9G 2H ! ,D\GLAS MAN.N ON ! SUMMIT (                                             ing behind the Douglas mansion on the summit of                                 
[2279] A ZEPHYR /IRR+2 ! D1D NOON"D H1T _H EV5                                         a zephyr stirring; the dead noonday heat had even                               
[2285] MELAN*OLY2 8 FEEL+S 7 9 HAPPY A3ORD ) 8                                         melancholy; his feelings were in happy accord with his                          
[2286] SURR.D+S4 ,HE SAT L;G ) 8 ELB[S ON 8                                            surroundings. He sat long with his elbows on his                                
[2290] REL1S$2 X M/ 2 V P1CE;L1 HE ?"\1 6LIE &                                         released; it must be very peaceful, he thought, to lie and                      
[2291] SLUMB] & DR1M ="E & "E1 )! W9D :ISP]+ "?                                        slumber and dream for ever and ever, with the wind whispering through           
[2296] ALL4 ,N[ Z 6? GIRL4 ,:AT _H HE D"O8                                             all. Now as to this girl. What had he done?                                     
[2305] TURN$ 8 BACK1 N[1 & 4APPE>$ MY/]I\SLY8                                          turned his back, now, and disappeared mysteriously?                             
[2308] BACK ANY M6 ,H[ WD %E FEEL !N6 ,! IDEA (                                        back any more! How would she feel then! The idea of                             
[2313] ROMANTIC4 ,NO1 HE WD 2 A SOLDI]1 &                                              romantic. No, he would be a soldier, and                                        
[2314] RETURN AF L;G YE>S1 ALL W>-WORN &                                               return after long years, all war-worn and                                       
[2331] HE WD SU45LY APPE> AT ! OLD VILLAGE &                                           he would suddenly appear at the old village and                                 
[2334] 8 CRIMSON SA%1 8 BELT BRI/L+ )                                                  his crimson sash, his belt bristling with                                       
[2336] 8 SIDE1 8 SL\* HAT ) WAV+ PLUMES1 8                                             his side, his slouch hat with waving plumes, his                                
[2340] ,AV5G] (! ,SPANI% ,MA960                                                        Avenger of the Spanish Mainto"                                                  
[2345] TGR4 ,HE W5T 6A ROTT5 LOG NE> AT H& &                                           together. He went to a rotten log near at hand and                              
[2359]   ,!N HE TOSS$ ! M># AWAY PETTI%LY1 &                                             Then he tossed the marble away pettishly, and                                 
[2387]   8,HE DASN'T TELL6 ,S X ,,0 A WIT* T                                             "He dasn't tell! So it WAS A witch that                                       
[2396] ! M># AWAY2 !N HE TOOK ANO!R M># F 8                                            the marble away; then he took another marble from his                           
[2399]   ,HE WAT*$ ": X /OPP$1 & W5T "! &                                                He watched where it stopped, and went there and                               
[2402] REPETI;N 0 SU3ESS;L4 ,! TWO M>#S LAY )9                                         repetition was successful. The two marbles lay with in                          
[2410] SEIZ$ ^! ?+S & B.D$ AWAY1 B>ELE7$1 )                                            seized these things and bounded away, barelegged, with                          
[2417]   ,N[ APPE>$ ,JOE ,H>P]1 Z AIRILY CLAD &                                          Now appeared Joe Harper, as airily clad and                                   
[2424] PROMPT- 9G -- = !Y TALK$ 80! BOOK10 F                                           prompt- ing -- for they talked ?"the book," from                                
[2441]   8,I %A'N'T6 ,:Y DON'T Y FALL YRF8                                               "I sha'n't! Why don't you fall yourself?                                      
[2446] ,GUY ( ,GUIS- BORNE40' ,Y'RE 6TURN >.D &                                        Guy of Guis- borne.' You're to turn around and                                  
[2451] ME KILL ,,Y4 ,T'S FAIR40             #II                                        me kill YOU. That's fair."             99                                       
[2456] QU>T]-/AFF2 OR ,I'LL 2 ! ,%]IFF (                                               quarter-staff; or I'll be the Sheriff of                                        
[2457] ,NOTT+HAM & Y 2 ,ROB9 ,HOOD A LL :ILE &                                         Nottingham and you be Robin Hood a little while and                             
[2473] CD CLAIM 6H D"O 6-P5SATE = _! LOSS4 ,!Y                                         could claim to have done to compensate for their loss. They                     
[2475] ?AN ,PRESID5T (! ,UNIT$ ,/ATES ="E4                                             than President of the United States for ever.                                   
[2477]   ,,AT HALF-PA/ N9E1 T NI<T1 ,TOM &                                               AT half-past nine, that night, Tom and                                        
[2486] ,S HE LAY /1 & />$ UP 96! D>K4 ,"EY?+ 0                                         So he lay still, and stared up into the dark. Everything was                    
[2487] 4M,Y /4 ,0& BY1 \ (! /ILL;S1 LL1 SC>CELY                                        dismally st. By and by, out of the stillness, little, scarcely                  
[2493] SNORE ISSU$ F ,AUNT ,POLLY'S *AMB]4 ,&                                          snore issued from Aunt Polly's chamber. And                                     
[2504] DID N HE> X4 ,& !N "! CAME1 M+L+ ) 8                                            did not hear it. And then there came, mingling with his                         
[2508] CRA% ( AN EMPTY BOTTLE AG/ ! BACK ( 8                                           crash of an empty bottle against the back of his                                
[2513] Z HE W5T2 !N JUMP$ 6! RO( (! WOOD%$ &                                           as he went; then jumped to the roof of the woodshed and                         
[2514] ?;E 6! GR.D4 ,HUCKLEB]RY ,F9N 0 "!1 ) 8                                         thence to the ground. Huckleberry Finn was there, with his                      
[2527] & F9D+ N"O4 8,SACR$ 6! MEMORY (0 ,S-&-,S                                        and finding none. "Sacred to the memory of was So-and -So                       
[2537] !MVS )9 ! PROTEC;N ( ?REE GRT ELMS T                                            themselves with in the protection of three great elms that                      
[2538] GREW 9 A BUN* )9 A FEW FEET (! GRAVE4                                           grew in a bunch with in a few feet of the grave.                                
[2542] GREW OPPRESSIVE4 ,HE M/ =CE "S TALK4 ,S                                         grew oppressive. He must for ce some talk. So                                   
[2562] ,8B\T ^!-Y] D1D P1 ,TOM40                                                       `bout these-yer dead people, Tom."                                              
[2564]   ,PRES5TLY ,TOM SEIZ$ 8 -RADE'S >M &                                             Presently Tom seized his comrade's arm and                                    
[2567]   8,:AT IS X1 ,TOM80 ,&! TWO CLUNG TGR )                                          "What is it, Tom?" And the two clung together with                            
[2598] A9'T GO+ 6HURT U4 ',N[ ,I LAY ME D[N                                            ain't going to hurt us. 'ationow I lay me down                                  
[2599] 6SLEEP1 ,I --0'0                                                                to sleep, I --'"                                                                
[2602]   8,!Y'RE ,,HUMANS6 ,"O ( ,8EM IS1                                                "They're HUMANS! One of `em is,                                               
[2610]   8,ALL "R1 ,I'LL KEEP /4 ,N[ !Y'RE                                               "All right, I'll keep st. Now they're                                         
[2614] "K ANO!R ;O0' !M VOICES2 X'S ,9JUN                                              know another o' them voices; it's Injun                                         
[2620] _H R1*$ ! GRAVE & /OOD )9 A FEW FEET (!                                         had reached the grave and stood with in a few feet of the                       
[2622]   8,"H X IS10 SD ! ?IRD VOICE2 &! [N] (                                           "Here it is," said the third voice; and the owner of                          
[2634]   ,!Y GR[L$ A RESPONSE & W5T ON DI7+4 ,=                                          They growled a response and went on digging. For                              
[2638] ! C(F9 )A DULL WOODY A35T1 & )9 ANO!R                                           the coffin with a dull woody accent, and with in another                        
[2644] CORPSE PLAC$ ON X1 COV]$ )A BLANKET1 &                                          corpse placed on it, covered with a blanket, and                                
[2648]   8,N[ ! CUSS$ ?+'S R1DY1 ,SAWB"OS1 &                                             "Now the cussed thing's ready, Sawbones, and                                  
[2652] ! DOCTOR4 8,Y REQUIR$ YR PAY 9 ADV.E1 &                                         the doctor. "You required your pay in advance, and                              
[2661] VAGRANT4 ,DID Y ?9K ,I'D =GET8 ,! ,9JUN                                         vagrant. Did you think I'd for get? The Injun                                   
[2664]   ,HE 0 ?R1T5+ ! DOCTOR1 ) 8 FI/ 9 8                                              He was threatening the doctor, with his fist in his                           
[2665] FACE1 0? "T4 ,! DOCTOR /RUCK \ SU45LY &                                         face, by this time. The doctor struck out suddenly and                          
[2670] /RU7L+ ) MI<T & MA91 TRAMPL+ ! GRASS &                                          struggling with might and main, trampling the grass and                         
[2681] REEL$ & FELL "PLY ^U ,POTT]1 FLOOD+ HM )                                        reeled and fell partly upon Potter, flooding him with                           
[2688] L;G GASP OR TWO & 0 /4 ,! HALF-BRE$ MUT-                                        long gasp or two and was st. The half-breed mut-                                
[2695] & MOAN4 ,8 H& CLOS$ ^U ! KNIFE2 HE RAIS$                                        and moan. his hand closed upon the knife; he raised                             
[2696] X1 GL.ED AT X1 & LET X FALL1 )A %U4]4                                           it, glanced at it, and let it fall, with a shu.er.                              
[2698] AT X1 & !N >.D HM1 3FUS$LY4 ,8 EYES MET                                         at it, and then around him, confusedly. his eyes met                            
[2703]   8,:AT DID Y D X =80                                                             "What did you do it for?"                                                     
[2712] D X8 ,JOE1 ,I N"E M1NT TO -- ,8PON MY                                           do it? Joe, I never meant to -- `pon my                                         
[2718] ALL REEL+ & /A7]+ L1 & SNAT*$ ! KNIFE &                                         all reeling and staggering like, and snatched the knife and                     
[2723] WI% ,I MAY DIE ? M9UTE IF ,I DID4 ,X 0                                          wish I may die this minute if I did. It was                                     
[2732] DROPP$ ON 8 KNEES 2F ! /OLID MURD]]1 &                                          dropped on his knees before the stolid murderer, and                            
[2740]   8,-E1 N[1 T'S 5 ( T4 ,? A9'T ANY "T =                                           "Come, now, that's enough of that. This ain't any time for                    
[2771] REPLY1 &! BOYS FIX$ _! EYES ON ! GOAL (                                         reply, and the boys fixed their eyes on the goal of                             
[2774] BUR/ "? ! OP5 DOOR & FELL GRATE;L &                                             burst through the open door and fell grateful and                               
[2777]   8,HUCKLEB]RY1 :AT D Y RECKON'LL -E (                                            "Huckleberry, what do you reckon'll come of                                   
[2799] D"O X4 ,D'Y\ RECKON HE CD SEE ANY?+8                                            done it. D'you reckon he could see anything?                                    
[2801]   8,0HOKEY1 T'S S1 ,TOM60           #AAC                                          "Byhokey, that's so, Tom!"           113                                      
[2806] HAS4 ,WELL1 :5 PAP'S FULL1 Y MI<T TAKE &                                        has. Well, when pap's full, you might take and                                  
[2815]   ,T ,9JUN DEVIL WDN'T MAKE ANY M (                                               That Injun devil wouldn't make any more of                                    
[2816] DR[ND- 9G U ?AN A C\PLE ( CATS1 IF WE 0                                         drownd- ing us than a couple of cats, if we was                                 
[2828]   ,TOM'S :OLE 2+ APPLAUD$ ? IDEA4 ,X 0                                            Tom's whole being applauded this idea. It was                                 
[2832] LI<T1 TOOK A LL FRAG;T ( 8R$ KEEL0 \ ( 8                                        light, took a little fragment of "red keel" out of his                          
[2835] D[N-/ROKE 0CLAMP+ 8 T;GUE 2T 8 TEE?1 &                                          down-stroke by clamping his tongue between his teeth, and                       
[2838]   8,HUCK ,F9N &                                                                   "Huck Finn and                                                                
[2847] FACIL;Y 9 WRIT+1 &! SUBLIM;Y ( 8                                                facility in writing, and the sublimity of his                                   
[2848] LANGUAGE4 ,HE AT ONCE TOOK A P9 F 8                                             language. He at once took a pin from his                                        
[2856] & EA* BOY PRICK$ ! BALL ( 8 ?UMB &                                              and each boy pricked the ball of his thumb and                                  
[2876] \TSIDE -- )9 T5 FEET ( !M4 ,!       #AAF                                        outside -- with in ten feet of them. The       116                              
[2877] BOYS CLASP$ EA* O!R SU45LY1 9 AN AGONY (                                        boys clasped each other suddenly, in an agony of                                
[2891]   8,OH1 T'S GD -- ,I TELL Y1 ,TOM1 ,I 0                                           "Oh, that's good -- I tell you, Tom, I was                                    
[2894]   ,! DOG H[L$ AG4 ,! BOYS0' HE>TS SANK                                            The dog howled again. The boys' hearts sank                                   
[2899] 6! CRACK4 ,8 :ISP] 0 H>DLY AUDI# :5 HE                                          to the crack. his whisper was hardly audible when he                            
[2907] RECKON "! A9'T NO MISTAKE ,8B\T ":                                              reckon there ain't no mistake `bout where                                       
[2909]   8,DAD FET* X6 ,? -ES ( PLAY+ HOOKEY &                                           "Dad fetch it! This comes of playing hookey and                               
[2918] PIE1 'L;G- SIDE ;O0' :AT ,I AM4 ,OH1                                            pie, 'long- side o' what I am. Oh,                                              
[2922]   8,LOOK1 ,HUCKY1 LOOK6 ,HE'S GOT 8                                               "Look, Hucky, look! He's got his                                              
[2933]   8,T ,,IS X6 ,": ,8B\TS IS X1 ,HUCK80                                            "That IS it! Where `bouts is it, Huck?"                                       
[2936] 'L;G )! HOGS1 B LAWS B.S Y1 HE J LIFTS                                          'long with the hogs, but laws bless you, he just lifts                          
[2939]   ,! _S ( ADV5TURE ROSE 9 ! BOYS0' S\LS                                           The spirit of adventure rose in the boys' souls                               
[2958] TURN$ & SAW ! /RANGE DOG /&+ )9 A FEW                                           turned and saw the strange dog standing with in a few                           
[2964] H[L+ >.D ,JOHNNY ,MILL]'S H\SE1 ,8B\T                                           howling around Johnny Miller's house, `bout                                     
[2966] :IPPOORWILL -E 9 & LIT ON ! BANI/]S &                                           whippoorwill come in and lit on the banisters and                               
[2981] SP5T4 ,HE UNDRESS$ ) EXCESSIVE CAU;N1 &                                         spent. He undressed with excessive caution, and                                 
[2984] G5TLY-SNOR+ ,SID 0 AWAKE1 & _H BE5 S =                                          gently-snoring Sid was awake, and had been so for                               
[2990] USUAL8 ,! ?"\ FILL$ HM ) BOD+S4 ,)9 FIVE                                        usual? The thought filled him with bodings. With in five                        
[2993] _H F9I%$ BR1KFA/4 ,"! 0 NO VOICE (                                              had finished breakfast. There was no voice of                                   
[2998] NO RESPONSE1 & HE LAPS$ 96SIL;E & LET 8                                         no response, and he lapsed into silence and let his                             
[3000]   ,AF BR1KFA/ 8 AUNT TOOK HM ASIDE1 &                                             After breakfast his aunt took him aside, and                                  
[3002] GO+ 6BE FLO7$2 B X 0 N S4 ,8 AUNT WEPT                                          going to be flogged; but it was not so. his aunt wept                           
[3009] = =GIVE;S1 PROMIS$ 6RE=M OV] & OV] AG1 &                                        for for giveness, promised to reform over and over again, and                   
[3011] AN IMP]FECT =GIVE;S & E/ABLI%$ B A FEE#                                         an imperfect for giveness and established but a feeble                          
[3016] ,HE MOP$ 6S*OOL GLOOMY & SAD1 & TOOK 8                                          He moped to school gloomy and sad, and took his                                 
[3018] ! "D 2F1 )! AIR ( "O ^: HE>T 0 BUSY )                                           the day before, with the air of one whose heart was busy with                   
[3022] )! /ONY />E ( SU6]+ T HAS R1*$ ! LIMIT &                                        with the stony stare of suffering that has reached the limit and                
[3023] C NO FUR!R G4 ,8 ELB[ 0 PRESS+ AG/ "S                                           can no further go. his elbow was pressing against some                          
[3024] H>D SUB/.E4 ,AF A L;G "T HE SL[LY &                                             hard substance. After a long time he slowly and                                 
[3029] &IRON KNOB6                                                                     and iron knob!                                                                  
[3050] 8MURD]]0 7! PUBLIC >E N SL[ 9 ! MATT] (                                         "murderer" (the public are not slow in the matter of                            
[3071] ,POTT]'LL HANG = ? IF !Y CAT* HM60 ,? 0                                         Potter'll hang for this if they catch him!" This was                            
[3073] JUDG;T2 ,8 H& IS "H40                                                           judgment; his hand is here."                                                    
[3100] LESS;S 9 8 EYES4 ,HE SAW ,9JUN ,JOE1 &                                          lessness in his eyes. He saw Injun Joe, and                                     
[3113] 9G1 & HE>D ! /ONY-HE>T$ LI> REEL (F 8                                           ing, and heard the stony-hearted liar reel off his                              
[3115] CLE> SKY WD DELIV] ,GOD'S LI<TN+S ^U 8                                          clear sky would deliver God's lightnings upon his                               
[3116] H1D1 & WOND]+ 6SEE H[ L;G ! /ROKE 0                                             head, and wondering to see how long the stroke was                              
[3118] & :OLE1 _! WAV]+ IMPULSE 6BR1K _! OA? &                                         and whole, their wavering impulse to break their oath and                       
[3119] SAVE ! POOR 2TRAY$ PRISON]'S LIFE FAD$ &                                        save the poor betrayed prisoner's life faded and                                
[3132] )HELD1 7 3FIRM$ 9 _! 2LIEF T ,JOE _H                                            with held, were confirmed in their belief that Joe had                          
[3146]   8,X 0 )9 ?REE FEET ( ,MUFF ,POTT] :5 X                                          "It was with in three feet of Muff Potter when it                             
[3156]   8,NO?+4 ,NO?+ 'T ,I "K (40 ,B ! BOY'S                                           "Nothing. Nothing 't I know of ." But the boy's                               
[3160] :AT X IS60' ,Y SD T OV] & OV]4 ,& Y SD1                                         what it is!' You said that over and over. And you said,                         
[3161] ,8,DON'T TOR;T ME S -- ,I'LL TELL60'                                            `Don't torment me so -- I'll tell!'                                             
[3162] ,TELL ,,:AT8 ,:AT IS X Y'LL TELL80                                              Tell WHAT? WHAT is it you'll tell?"                                             
[3173] -PLA9$ ( TOO?A*E =A WEEK1 & TI$ UP 8                                            complained of toothache for a week, and tied up his                             
[3179] WORE (F GRADU,Y &! TOO?A*E GREW IRK"S &                                         wore off gradually and the toothache grew irksome and                           
[3189] T ,TOM N"E ACT$ Z A WIT;S -- & T 0                                              that Tom never acted as a witness -- and that was                               
[3191] ,TOM EV5 %[$ A M>K$ AV].N 6^! 9QUE/S1 &                                         Tom even showed a marked aversion to these inquests, and                        
[3193] SD NO?+4 ,H[- "E1 EV5 9QUE/S W5T \ (                                            said nothing. How- ever, even inquests went out of                              
[3199] 8MURD]]0 Z HE CD GET HOLD (4 ,! JAIL 0 A                                        "murderer" as he could get hold of . The jail was a                             
[3205] 6T>-&-F1!R ,9JUN ,JOE & RIDE HM ON A                                            to tar-and -feather Injun Joe and ride him on a                                 
[3225] 9T]E/ 9 W>1 NOR EV5 9 PIRACY4 ,! *>M (                                          interest in war, nor even in piracy. The charm of                               
[3227] LEFT4 ,HE PUT 8 HOOP AWAY1 & 8 BAT2 "! 0                                        left. He put his hoop away, and his bat; there was                              
[3228] NO JOY 9 !M ANY M4 ,8 AUNT 0 3C]N$4 ,%E                                         no joy in them any more. his aunt was concerned. She                            
[3231] M$IC9ES & ALL NEW-FANGL$ ME?ODS (                                               medicines and all new-fangled methods of                                        
[3237] SUBSCRIB] = ALL ! 8,H1L?0 P]IODICALS &                                          subscriber for all the "Health" periodicals and                                 
[3241] & H[ 6GET UP1 & :AT 6EAT1 & :AT 6DR9K1 &                                        and how to get up, and what to eat, and what to drink, and                      
[3253]   ,B %E N"E SUSPECT$ T %E 0 N AN ANGEL (                                          But she never suspected that she was not an angel of                          
[3261] HM TO2 !N %E ROLL$ HM UP 9 A WET %EET &                                         him to; then she rolled him up in a wet sheet and                               
[3269] 6ASSI/ ! WAT] )A SLIM OATM1L DIET &                                             to assist the water with a slim oatmeal diet and                                
[3271] %E WD A JUG'S1 & FILL$ HM UP E "D )                                             she would a jug's, and filled him up every day with                             
[3274] ,? PHASE FILL$ ! OLD LADY'S HE>T )                                              This phase filled the old lady's heart with                                     
[3281] 6,PA9-KILL]4 ,%E GAVE ,TOM A T1SPOON;L &                                        to Pain-killer. She gave Tom a teaspoonful and                                  
[3287]   ,TOM FELT T X 0 "T 6WAKE UP2 ? SORT (                                           Tom felt that it was time to wake up; this sort of                            
[3293] ASK$ = X S (T5 T HE 2CAME A NUIS.E1 & 8                                         asked for it so often that he became a nuisance, and his                        
[3296] NO MISGIV+S 6ALLOY H] DELI<T2 B S9CE X 0                                        no misgivings to alloy her delight; but since it was                            
[3303] PURR+1 EY- 9G ! T1SPOON AV>ICI\SLY1 &                                           purring, ey- ing the teaspoon avariciously, and                                 
[3320] FR5ZY ( 5JOY;T1 ) 8 H1D OV] 8 %\LD] & 8                                         frenzy of enjoyment, with his head over his shoulder and his                    
[3325] SUMM]SETS1 DELIV] A F9AL MI<TY HURRAH1 &                                        summersets, deliver a final mighty hurrah, and                                  
[3329] GLASSES2 ,TOM LAY ON ! FLOOR EXPIR+ )                                           glasses; Tom lay on the floor expiring with                                     
[3342]   ,! OLD LADY 0 B5D+ D[N1 ,TOM WAT*+1 )                                           The old lady was bending down, Tom watching, with                             
[3346] ,POLLY TOOK X1 HELD X UP4 ,TOM W9C$1 &                                          Polly took it, held it up. Tom winced, and                                      
[3358] ,8?\T ANY M FEEL+ ?AN IF HE 0 A HUMAN60                                         `thout any more feeling than if he was a human!"                                
[3359]   ,AUNT ,POLLY FELT A SU45 PANG (                                                 Aunt Polly felt a sudden pang of                                              
[3365]   8,I 0 M1N+ =! BE/1 ,TOM4 ,&1 ,TOM1 X                                            "I was meaning for the best, Tom. And , Tom, it                               
[3369]   8,I "K Y 0 M1N+ =! BE/1 AUNTY1 & S 0                                            "I know you was meaning for the best, aunty, and so was                       
[3379] AB ! GATE (! S*OOLY>D 9/1D ( PLAY+ ) 8                                          about the gate of the schoolyard instead of playing with his                    
[3395] GAVE A GRT B.D4 ,! NEXT 9/ANT HE 0 \1 &                                         gave a great bound. The next instant he was out, and                            
[3397] BOYS1 JUMP+ OV] ! F;E AT RISK ( LIFE &                                          boys, jumping over the fence at risk of life and                                
[3399] ALL ! H]OIC ?+S HE CD 3CV (1 & KEEP+ A                                          all the heroic things he could conceive of , and keeping a                      
[3413]   ,TOM'S *EEKS BURN$4 ,HE GA!R$ HMF UP &                                          Tom's cheeks burned. He gathered himself up and                               
[3416]   ,,TOM'S M9D 0 MADE UP N[4 ,HE 0                                                 TOM'S mind was made up now. He was                                            
[3417]   GLOOMY & DESP]ATE4 ,HE 0 A =-                                                   gloomy and desperate. He was a for -                                          
[3425] _H ! FR.S 6-PLA98 ,YES1 !Y _H =C$ HM 6X                                         had the friendless to complain? Yes, they had for ced him to it                 
[3432] H>D1 B X 0 =C$ ON HM2 S9CE HE 0 DRIV5 \                                         hard, but it was for ced on him; since he was driven out                        
[3433] 96! COLD _W1 HE M/ SUBMIT -- B HE =GAVE                                         into the cold world, he must submit -- but he for gave                          
[3436] -RADE1 ,JOE ,H>P] -- H>D-EY$1 &)                                                comrade, Joe Harper -- hard-eyed, and with                                      
[3442] 0ROAM+ ABROAD 96! GRT _W N"E 6RETURN2 &                                         by roaming abroad into the great world never to return; and                     
[3443] 5D$ 0HOP+ T ,JOE WD N =GET HM4                                                  ended by hoping that Joe would not for get him.                                 
[3446] HM UP = T PURPOSE4 ,8 "M _H :IPP$ HM =                                          him up for that purpose. his mother had whipped him for                         
[3448] NO?+ AB2 X 0 PLA9 T %E 0 TIR$ ( HM &                                            nothing about; it was plain that she was tired of him and                       
[3456] TR\#S4 ,!N !Y 2GAN 6LAY _! PLANS4 ,JOE 0                                        troubles. Then they began to lay their plans. Joe was                           
[3458] CAVE1 & DY+1 "S "T1 ( COLD & WANT &                                             cave, and dying, some time, of cold and want and                                
[3460] "S 3SPICU\S ADVANTAGES AB A LIFE (                                              some conspicuous advantages about a life of                                     
[3479] PROVI.N Z HE CD /1L 9 ! MO/ D>K &                                               provision as he could steal in the most dark and                                
[3488] 0 />LI<T1 & V /4 ,! MI<TY RIV] LAY L AN                                         was starlight, and very st. The mighty river lay like an                        
[3507] EXT5T 9 ! EF=T4 ,"! 0 AN EASY1 COM- =TA#                                        extent in the effort. There was an easy, com- for table                         
[3511]   ,! ,T]ROR (! ,S1S _H BR"\ A SIDE (                                              The Terror of the Seas had brought a side of                                  
[3515] AL BR"\ A FEW CORN-COBS 6MAKE PIPES )4                                          also brought a few corn-cobs to make pipes with .                               
[3522] 6A *UNK4 ,!Y MADE AN IMPOS+ AD- V5TURE (                                        to a chunk. They made an imposing ad- venture of                                
[3533] ,HUCK AT ! AF O> & ,JOE AT ! =W>D4 ,TOM                                         Huck at the after oar and Joe at the for ward. Tom                              
[3549] HALF A DOZ5 ( YE -- =ETOPMA//UNS'L6                                             half a dozen of ye -- foretopmaststuns'l!                                       
[3552]   8,%AKE \ T MA9TOGALANS'L6 ,%EETS &                                              "Shake out that maintogalans'l! Sheets and                                    
[3556] 06MEET H] :5 %E -ES6 ,PORT1 PORT6 ,,N[1                                         by tomeet her when she comes! Port, port! NOW,                                  
[3562] TWO OR ?REE MILE CURR5T4 ,H>DLY A ^W 0                                          two or three mile current. Hardly a word was                                    
[3566] P1CE;LLY SLEEP+1 2Y ! VAGUE VA/ SWEEP (                                         peacefully sleeping, beyond the vague vast sweep of                             
[3569] ) FOLD$ >MS1 8LOOK+ 8 LA/0 ^U ! SC5E ( 8                                        with folded arms, "looking his last" upon the scene of his                      
[3590] TW5TY OR ?IRTY /EPS )9 ! SOMBRE DEP?S (!                                        twenty or thirty steps with in the sombre depths of the                         
[3591] =E/1 & !N COOK$ "S BACON 9 ! FRY+-PAN =                                         forest, and then cooked some bacon in the frying-pan for                        
[3603] BOYS /RET*$ !MVS \ ON ! GRASS1 FILL$ )                                          boys stretched themselves out on the grass, filled with                         
[3615] -- & "H !Y C'T -E & PICK AT A FELL] &                                           -- and here they can't come and pick at a feller and                            
[3633]   8,:AT DOES HE PUT SACKCLO? & A%ES ON 8                                          "What does he put sackcloth and ashes on his                                  
[3656]   8,OH1 !Y H J A BULLY "T -- TAKE %IPS &                                          "Oh, they have just a bully time -- take ships and                            
[3671]   ,HUCK SCANN$ 8 [N CLO?+ =LORNLY4                                                Huck scanned his own clothing for lornly.                                     
[3673] PIRATE10 SD HE1 )A REGRET;L PA?OS 9 8                                           pirate," said he, with a regretful pathos in his                                
[3678] RAGS WD D 62G9 )1 ?\< X 0 CU/OM>Y =                                             rags would do to begin with , though it was customary for                       
[3707] PIRACIES %D N AG 2 SULLI$ )! CRIME (                                            piracies should not again be sullied with the crime of                          
[3713]   WOND]$ ": HE WAS4 ,HE SAT UP &                                                  wondered where he was. He sat up and                                          
[3716]   DAWN1 & "! 0 A DELICI\S S5SE (                                                  dawn, and there was a delicious sense of                                      
[3720] ,B1D- $ DEWDROPS /OOD ^U ! L1VES &                                              Bead- ed dewdrops stood upon the leaves and                                     
[3732] TWO-?IRDS ( 8 BODY 96! AIR F "T 6"T &                                           two-thirds of his body into the air from time to time and                       
[3733] 8SNI6+ >.D10 !N PROCE$+ AG -- = HE 0                                            "sniffing around," then proceeding again -- for he was                          
[3735] HM1 ( XS [N A3ORD1 HE SAT Z / Z A /"O1 )                                        him, of its own accord, he sat as still as a stone, with                        
[3746] "O /RU7L$ MAN- FULLY 0)A D1D SPID] FIVE                                         one struggled man- fully by witha dead spider five                              
[3749] CLIMB$ ! DIZZY HEI<T (A GRASS BLADE1 &                                          climbed the dizzy height of a grass blade, and                                  
[3765] ON A TWIG ALM )9 ! BOY'S R1*1 COCK$ 8                                           on a twig almost with in the boy's reach, cocked his                            
[3781] SLEEP+ 9 ! 4T.E 2Y ! MAJE/IC WA/E (                                             sleeping in the distance beyond the majestic waste of                           
[3790] CUPS ( BROAD OAK OR HICKORY L1VES1 &                                            cups of broad oak or hickory leaves, and                                        
[3795] /EPP$ 6A PROMIS+ NOOK 9 ! RIV]-BANK &                                           stepped to a promising nook in the river-bank and                               
[3798] !Y 7 BACK AG ) "S H&"S BASS1 A C\PLE (                                          they were back again with some handsome bass, a couple of                       
[3799] SUN-P]* &A SMALL CATFI% -- PROVI.NS 5 =                                         sun-perch and a small catfish -- provisions enough for                          
[3813] CR[NS 6! GR.D )A DROOP+ REGALIA (                                               crowns to the ground with a drooping regalia of                                 
[3816]   ,!Y F.D PL5TY ( ?+S 6BE DELI<T$ )1 B                                            They found plenty of things to be delighted with , but                        
[3824] 6FI%1 B !Y F>$ SUMPTU\SLY ^U COLD HAM1 &                                        to fish, but they fared sumptuously upon cold ham, and                          
[3829] ! _SS (! BOYS4 ,!Y FELL 6?9K+4 ,A SORT (                                        the spirits of the boys. They fell to thinking. A sort of                       
[3832] ,EV5 ,F9N ! ,R$-,H&$ 0 DR1M+ ( 8                                                Even Finn the Red-Handed was dreaming of his                                    
[3839] 4T9CT NOTE (4 ,B N[ ? MY/]I\S S.D BE-                                           distinct note of . But now this mysterious sound be-                            
[3840] CAME M PRON\NC$1 & =C$ A RECOGNI;N4 ,!                                          came more pronounced, and for ced a recognition. The                            
[3856] T[>D ! T[N4 ,!Y "P$ ! BU%ES ON ! BANK &                                         toward the town. They parted the bushes on the bank and                         
[3865] A LAZY CL\D1 T SAME DULL ?ROB ( S.D 0                                           a lazy cloud, that same dull throb of sound was                                 
[3872] -E UP 6! TOP4 ,YES1 & !Y TAKE LOAVES (                                          come up to the top. Yes, and they take loaves of                                
[3891]   8,0J+S1 ,I WI% ,I 0 OV] "!1 N[10 SD                                             "Byjings, I wish I was over there, now," said                                 
[3903] LO/ LADS 7 RIS+ UP1 & UNAVAIL+ REGRETS &                                        lost lads were rising up, and unavailing regrets and                            
[3905] DE"P- $ 7 ! TALK (! :OLE T[N1 &! 5VY (                                          depart- ed were the talk of the whole town, and the envy of                     
[3906] ALL ! BOYS1 Z F> Z ? DAZZL+ NOTORIETY 0                                         all the boys, as far as this dazzling notoriety was                             
[3921] ELSE":4 ,! EXCITE;T 0 G"O1 N[1 & ,TOM &                                         elsewhere. The excitement was gone, now, and Tom and                            
[3924] !Y W]E4 ,MISGIV+S CAME2 !Y GREW TR\#D &                                         they were. Misgivings came; they grew troubled and                              
[3933] SICK;S CL++ 6HIS G>;TS Z HE CD4 ,MUT9Y 0                                        sickness clinging to his garments as he could. Mutiny was                       
[3935]   ,Z ! NI<T DEEP5$1 ,HUCK 2GAN 6NOD1 &                                            As the night deepened, Huck began to nod, and                                 
[3945] EA* ( ^! ) 8 8R$ KEEL02 "O HE ROLL$ UP &                                        each of these with his "red keel"; one he rolled up and                         
[3954] TREES TILL HE FELT T HE 0 \ ( HE>+1 &                                           trees till he felt that he was out of hearing, and                              
[3968] PLACE & DREW HMF \4 ,HE PUT 8 H& ON 8                                           place and drew himself out. He put his hand on his                              
[3969] JACKET POCKET1 F.D 8 PIECE ( B>K SAFE1 &                                        jacket pocket, found his piece of bark safe, and                                
[3970] !N /RUCK "? ! WOODS1 FOLL[+ ! %ORE1 )                                           then struck through the woods, following the shore, with                        
[3986] TWELVE OR FIFTE5 M9UTES ! :EELS /OPP$1 &                                        twelve or fifteen minutes the wheels stopped, and                               
[3988] DUSK1 L&+ FIFTY Y>DS D[N- /R1M1 \ (                                             dusk, landing fifty yards down- stream, out of                                  
[3990]   ,HE FLEW AL;G UNFREQU5T$ ALLEYS1 &                                              He flew along unfrequented alleys, and                                        
[3994] "!4 ,"! SAT ,AUNT ,POLLY1 ,SID1 ,M>Y1 &                                         there. There sat Aunt Polly, Sid, Mary, and                                     
[4008]   ,TOM 4APPE>$ "U ! B$ J 9 "T4 ,HE LAY &                                          Tom disappeared under the bed just in time. He lay and                        
[4013] MIS*,,EE-V\S4 ,ONLY J GI4Y1 &                                                   mischEE-VOUS. Only just giddy, and                                              
[4018]   8,X 0 J S ) MY ,JOE -- ALW FULL ( 8                                             "It was just so with my Joe -- always full of his                             
[4024] _W1 N"E1 N"E1 N"E1 POOR ABUS$ BOY60 ,&                                          world, never, never, never, poor abused boy!" And                               
[4040] ,JOE BU/$ A FIRECRACK] "R "U MY NOSE &                                          Joe busted a firecracker right under my nose and                                
[4047] TOOK & FILL$ ! CAT FULL ( ,PA9-KILL]1 &                                         took and filled the cat full of Pain-killer, and                                
[4049] ,& ,GOD =GIVE ME1 ,I CRACK$ ,TOM'S H1D )                                        And God for give me, I cracked Tom's head with                                  
[4058] OP9ION ( HMF ?AN "E 2F4 ,/1 HE 0                                                opinion of himself than ever before. Still, he was                              
[4062] /R;GLY 6HIS NATURE1 TOO1 B HE RE- SI/$ &                                        strongly to his nature, too, but he re- sisted and                              
[4063] LAY /4                                                                          lay st.                                                                         
[4069] SOON2 ! WISE-H1DS _H 8PUT ? & T TGR0 &                                          soon; the wise-heads had "put this and that together" and                       
[4084] %U4]$4                                                                          shu.ered.                                                                       
[4085]   ,MRS4 ,H>P] GAVE A SO2+ GD-NI<T &                                               Mrs. Harper gave a sobbing good-night and                                     
[4087] 2R1V$ WOM5 FLUNG !MVS 96EA* O!R'S >MS &                                         bereaved women flung themselves into each other's arms and                      
[4102] & /OOD RE- G>D+ H]4 ,8 HE>T 0 FULL ( P;Y                                        and stood re- garding her. his heart was full of pity                           
[4103] = H]4 ,HE TOOK \ 8 SYCAMORE SCROLL &                                            for her. He took out his sycamore scroll and                                    
[4104] PLAC$ X 0! C&LE4 ,B "S?+ O3URR$ 6HM1 &                                          placed it by the candle. But something occurred to him, and                     
[4105] HE L+]$ CON- SID]+4 ,8 FACE LI<T$ )A                                            he lingered con- sidering. his face lighted with a                              
[4107] HA/ILY 9 8 POCKET4 ,!N HE B5T OV] &                                             hastily in his pocket. Then he bent over and                                    
[4108] KISS$ ! FAD$ LIPS1 & /RAI<TWAY MADE 8                                           kissed the faded lips, and straightway made his                                 
[4117] MILE ABV ! VILLAGE1 HE />T$ QU>T]+ ACR &                                        mile above the village, he started quartering across and                        
[4119] ! O!R SIDE N1TLY1 = ? 0 A FAMILI> BIT (                                         the other side neatly, for this was a familiar bit of                           
[4127] TORTUR+ HM- SELF M1N:ILE 6KEEP AWAKE1 &                                         torturing him- self meanwhile to keep awake, and                                
[4137] A 4GRACE 6A PIRATE1 & ,TOM'S TOO PR\D =                                         a disgrace to a pirate, and Tom's too proud for                                 
[4146]   ,A SUMPTU\S BR1KFA/ ( BACON & FI% 0                                             A sumptuous breakfast of bacon and fish was                                   
[4158]   W5T D[N ON _! KNEES & DUG )                                                     went down on their knees and dug with                                         
[4171] FUN4 ,& N[ & !N !Y /OOP$ 9 A GR\P &                                             fun. And now and then they stooped in a group and                               
[4173] PALMS1 GRADU,Y APPROA*- 9G EA* O!R1 )                                           palms, gradually approach- ing each other, with                                 
[4174] AV]T$ FACES 6AVOID ! /RAN- GL+ SPRAYS1 &                                        averted faces to avoid the stran- gling sprays, and                             
[4180]   ,:5 !Y 7 WELL EXHAU/$1 !Y WD RUN \ &                                            When they were well exhausted, they would run out and                         
[4197] HE _H F.D X1 & 0T "T ! O!R BOYS 7 TIR$ &                                        he had found it, and by that time the other boys were tired and                 
[4202] 9 ! S& ) 8 BIG TOE2 HE SCRAT*$ X \1 & 0                                         in the sand with his big toe; he scratched it out, and was                      
[4223] "W4 ,JOE SAT POK+ UP ! S& )A /ICK &                                             work. Joe sat poking up the sand with a stick and                               
[4233]   8,SWIMM+'S NO GD4 ,I DON'T SEEM 6C>E =                                          "Swimming's no good. I don't seem to care for                                 
[4246]   ,HUCK SD1 8;,Y-;E-;S0 -- )\T ANY HE>T                                           Huck said, "Y-e-s -- without any heart                                        
[4254] CRY-BABIES4 ,WE'LL /AY1 WON'T WE1 ,HUCK8                                        cry-babies. We'll stay, won't we, Huck?                                         
[4264] ,HUCK4 ,HUCK CD N BE> ! LOOK1 & DROPP$ 8                                        Huck. Huck could not bear the look, and dropped his                             
[4281] LOOK+ AF HM1 )A /R;G DESIRE TU7+ AT 8                                           looking after him, with a strong desire tugging at his                          
[4285] V L"OLY & /4 ,HE MADE "O F9AL /RU7LE ) 8                                        very lonely and st. He made one final struggle with his                         
[4289] GOT 6": !Y W]E1 HE 2GAN UNFOLD+ 8                                               got to where they were, he began unfolding his                                  
[4292] SET UP A W>-:OOP ( APPLAUSE & SD X 0                                            set up a war-whoop of applause and said it was                                  
[4307] MADE ( GRAPE-V9E1 & !Y 8BIT0 ! T;GUE1 &                                         made of grape-vine, and they "bit" the tongue, and                              
[4309]   ,N[ !Y /RET*$ !MVS \ ON _! ELB[S &                                              Now they stretched themselves out on their elbows and                         
[4313]   8,:Y1 X'S J Z EASY6 ,IF ,I'D A "K$ ? 0                                          "Why, it's just as easy! If I'd a knowed this was                             
[4319]   8,T'S J ! WAY ) ME1 HA9'T X1 ,HUCK8                                             "That's just the way with me, hain't it, Huck?                                
[4340]   8,JEFF ,?AT*]6 ,:Y1 HE'D KEEL OV] J )                                           "Jeff Thatcher! Why, he'd keel over just with                                 
[4352]   8,SAY -- BOYS1 DON'T SAY ANY?+ AB X1 &                                          "Say -- boys, don't say anything about it, and                                
[4353] "S "T :5 !Y'RE >.D1 ,I'LL -E UP 6Y &                                            some time when they're around, I'll come up to you and                          
[4355] SMOKE40' ,& Y'LL SAY1 K9D ( C>E.S L1 Z                                          smoke.' And you'll say, kind of careless like, as                               
[4356] IF X W>N'T ANY?+1 Y'LL SAY1 ,8,YES1 ,I                                          if it warn't anything, you'll say, `Yes, I                                      
[4358] TOBACK] A9'T V GD40' ,& ,I'LL SAY1                                              tobacker ain't very good.' And I'll say,                                        
[4359] ,8,OH1 T'S ALL "R1 IF X'S ,,/R;G 5\<40'                                         `Oh, that's all right, if it's STRONG enough.'                                  
[4361] Z CA'M1 & !N J SEE ,8EM LOOK60                                                  as ca'm, and then just see `em look!"                                           
[4362]   8,0J+S1 T'LL 2 GAY1 ,TOM6 ,I WI% X 0                                            "Byjings, that'll be gay, Tom! I wish it was                                  
[4372] ,E PORE 9SIDE ! BOYS0' *EEKS 2CAME A                                            Every pore inside the boys' cheeks became a                                     
[4414] 96"D & %[$ E LL GRASS-BLADE1 SEP>ATE &                                          into day and showed every little grass-blade, separate and                      
[4416] :ITE1 />TL$ FACES1 TOO4 ,A DEEP P1L (                                           white, startled faces, too. A deep peal of                                      
[4418] XF 9 SULL5 RUMBL+S 9 ! 4T.E4 ,A SWEEP (                                         itself in sullen rumblings in the distance. A sweep of                          
[4419] *ILLY AIR PASS$ BY1 RU/L+ ALL ! L1VES &                                         chilly air passed by, rustling all the leaves and                               
[4428]   ,!Y SPRANG AWAY1 /UMBL+ OV] ROOTS &                                             They sprang away, stumbling over roots and                                    
[4438] LA/ & TOOK %ELT] "U ! T5T1 COLD1 SC>$1 &                                        last and took shelter under the tent, cold, scared, and                         
[4440] "S?+ 6BE GRATE;L =4 ,!Y CD N TALK1 ! OLD                                        something to be grateful for . They could not talk, the old                     
[4448] 0 AT XS HI<E/4 ,"U ! C1SE.S 3FLAGR,N (                                          was at its highest. Under the ceaseless conflagration of                        
[4458] E>-SPLITT+ EXPLOSIVE BUR/S1 KE5 & %>P1 &                                        ear-splitting explosive bursts, keen and sharp, and                             
[4465]   ,B AT LA/ ! BATTLE 0 D"O1 &! =CES RE-                                           But at last the battle was done, and the for ces re-                          
[4469] "S?+ 6BE ?ANK;L =1 2C ! GRT SYCAMORE1 !                                         something to be thankful for , because the great sycamore, the                  
[4474] WELL2 = !Y 7 B HE$.S LADS1 L _! G5],N1 &                                        well; for they were but heedless lads, like their generation, and               
[4487] & _H A F1/1 & AF T !Y SAT 0! FIRE &                                             and had a feast, and after that they sat by the fire and                        
[4506] MUD1 L S _M ZEBRAS -- ALL ( !M *IEFS1 (                                         mud, like so many zebras -- all of them chiefs, of                              
[4512] 0?\S&S4 ,X 0 A GORY "D4 ,3SEQU5TLY X 0                                          by thousands. It was a gory day. Consequently it was                            
[4516] HO/ILE ,9DIANS CD N BR1K ! BR1D (                                               hostile Indians could not break the bread of                                    
[4517] HOSPITAL;Y TGR )- \ F/ MAK+ P1CE1 & ? 0                                         hospitality together with - out first making peace, and this was                
[4520] HE>D (4 ,TWO (! SAVAGES ALM WI%$ !Y _H                                          heard of . Two of the savages almost wished they had                            
[4527] F.D T !Y CD N[ SMOKE A LL )\T HAV+ 6G &                                         found that they could now smoke a little without having to go and               
[4531] ,NO1 !Y PRACTIS$ CAUTI\SLY1 AF SUPP]1 )                                         No, they practised cautiously, after supper, with                               
[4534] ACQUIRE;T ?AN !Y WD H BE5 9 ! SCALP+ &                                          acquirement than they would have been in the scalping and                       
[4554]   8,OH1 IF ,I ONLY _H A BRASS &IRON-KNOB                                          "Oh, if I only had a brass and iron-knob                                      
[4563]   ,? ?"\ BROKE H] D[N1 & %E W&]$ AWAY1 )                                          This thought broke her down, and she wandered away, with                      
[4564] TE>S ROLL+ D[N H] *EEKS4 ,!N Q A GR\P (                                         tears rolling down her cheeks. Then quite a group of                            
[4565] BOYS & GIRLS -- PLAYMATES ( ,TOM'S &                                            boys and girls -- playmates of Tom's and                                        
[4568] DID S-&-S ! LA/ "T !Y SAW HM1 & H[ ,JOE                                         did so-and -so the last time they saw him, and how Joe                          
[4570] PROPHECY1 Z !Y CD EASILY SEE N[67 -- &                                          prophecy, as they could easily see now!) -- and                                 
[4572] LADS /OOD AT ! "T1 & !N A4$ "S?+ L 8& ,I                                        lads stood at the time, and then added something like "and I                    
[4573] 0 A-/&+ J S -- J Z ,I AM N[1 & Z IF Y 0                                         was a-standing just so -- just as I am now, and as if you was                   
[4624] & B1UTI;L ^? EPISODES W]E1 & REMEMB]$ )                                         and beautiful those episodes were, and remembered with                          
[4657]   ,SU45LY ! M9I/] %\T$ AT ! TOP ( 8                                               Suddenly the minister shouted at the top of his                               
[4691] JOKE1 ,TOM1 6KEEP "EYBODY SU6]+ ,8MO/ A                                         joke, Tom, to keep everybody suffering `most a                                  
[4702]   8,I -- WELL1 ,I DON'T "K4 ',TWD 'A0'                                            "I -- well, I don't know. 'Twd 'a'                                            
[4723]   8,:Y1 ,W$NES"D NI<T ,I DR1MT T Y 0                                              "Why, Wednesday night I dreamt that you was                                   
[4742]   8,& X SEEMS 6ME T Y SD1 ,8,:Y1 ,I                                               "And it seems to me that you said, `Why, I                                    
[4743] 2LIEVE T T DOOR --0'0                                                           believe that that door --'"                                                     
[4750] C]TA91 B X SEEMS L Z IF Y MADE ,SID G &                                         certain, but it seems like as if you made Sid go and                            
[4760] L 6SEE H] GET >.D ,,? ) H] RU2AGE ,8B\T                                         like to see her get around THIS with her rubbage `bout                          
[4784]   8,HE SD -- ,I ,,?9K HE SD HE HOP$ ,I 0                                          "He said -- I THINK he said he hoped I was                                    
[4789]   8,I LAY ,I DID6 ,"! M/ 'A0' BE5 AN                                              "I lay I did! There must 'a' been an                                          
[4790] ANGEL "!4 ,"! ,,0 AN ANGEL "!1 "S":S60                                          angel there. There WAS AN angel there, somewheres!"                             
[4795]   8,& !N "! 0 A :OLE LOT ( TALK ,8B\T                                             "And then there was a whole lot of talk `bout                                 
[4801] CDN'T TOLD X M L IF Y'D 'A0' SE5    #AIC                                        couldn't told it more like if you'd 'a' seen    193                             
[4804] SEE Y & HE> E ^W Y SD4 ,& Y W5T 6B$1 &                                          see you and hear every word you said. And you went to bed, and                  
[4806] PIECE ( SYCAMORE B>K1 ,8,WE A9'T D1D --                                         piece of sycamore bark, `We ain't dead --                                       
[4807] WE >E ONLY (F 2+ PIRATES10' & PUT X ON !                                        we are only off being pirates,' and put it on the                               
[4809] ASLEEP1 T ,I ?"\ ,I W5T & L1N$ OV] &                                            asleep, that I thought I went and leaned over and                               
[4811]   8,DID Y1 ,TOM1 ,,DID Y6 ,I J =GIVE Y                                            "Did you, Tom, DID you! I just for give you                                   
[4813] EMBRACE T MADE HM FEEL L ! GUILTIE/ (                                           embrace that made him feel like the guiltiest of                                
[4820] ,TOM1 IF Y 0 "E F.D AG -- N[ G ,8L;G                                            Tom, if you was ever found again -- now go `long                                
[4822] ALL ,I'VE GOT Y BACK1 T'S L;G-SU6]+ &                                           all I've got you back, that's long-suffering and                                
[4823] M]CI;L 6!M T 2LIEVE ON ,HM & KEEP ,8 ^W1                                        merciful to them that believe on Him and keep his word,                         
[4825] ONLY ! WOR?Y "OS GOT ,8 B.S+S & _H ,8 H&                                        only the worthy ones got his blessings and had his hand                         
[4832] ON ,MRS4 ,H>P] & VANQUI% H] R1LISM )                                            on Mrs. Harper and vanquish her realism with                                    
[4842] REM>KS Z HE PASS$ AL;G1 B !Y 7 FOOD &                                           remarks as he passed along, but they were food and                              
[4848] HE _H BE5 AWAY AT ALL2 B !Y 7 3SUM+ )                                           he had been away at all; but they were consuming with                           
[4858] 2GAN2 X 0 N A ?+ LIKELY 6H AN 5D1 )                                             began; it was not a thing likely to have an end, with                           
[4862]   ,TOM DECID$ T HE CD 2 9DEP5D5T (                                                Tom decided that he could be independent of                                   
[4872] 6BE BUSY *AS+ S*OOL- MATES1 & SCR1M+ )                                          to be busy chasing school- mates, and screaming with                            
[4875] & T %E SEEM$ 6CA/ A CON- SCI\S EYE 9 8                                          and that she seemed to cast a con- scious eye in his                            
[4878] 9/1D ( W9N+ HM1 X ONLY 8SET HM UP0 ! M &                                        instead of winning him, it only "set him up" the more and                       
[4883] T[>D ,TOM4 ,!N %E OBS]V$ T N[ ,TOM 0                                            toward Tom. Then she observed that now Tom was                                  
[4890]   8,:Y1 ,M>Y ,AU/96 Y BAD GIRL1 :Y                                                "Why, Mary Austinto you bad girl, why                                         
[4894]   8,I 0 9 ,MISS ,PET]S0' CLASS1 ": ,I                                             "I was in Miss Peters' class, where I                                         
[4895] ALW G4 ,I SAW ,,Y40                                                             always go. I saw YOU."                                                          
[4900]   8,OH1 GDY2 ,I HOPE %E'LL LET ,,ME -E40                                          "Oh, (good)y; I hope she'll let ME come."                                     
[4905]   8,0& BY4 ,MAYBE AB VAC,N40                                                      "Byand by. Maybe about vacation."                                             
[4913] HE 0 8/&+ )9 ?REE FEET ( X40                                                    he was "standing with in three feet of it."                                     
[4918]   8,& ME1 TOO80 SD ,SUSY ,H>P]4 8,&                                               "And me, too?" said Susy Harper. "And                                         
[4923] ,!N ,TOM TURN$ COOLLY AWAY1 / TALK+1 &                                          Then Tom turned coolly away, still talking, and                                 
[4926] =C$ GAYETY & W5T ON *ATT]+1 B !     #AIH                                        for ced gayety and went on chattering, but the     198                          
[4940] AT A PICTURE-BOOK ) ,ALFR$ ,TEMPLE -- &                                         at a picture-book with Alfred Temple -- and                                     
[4942] OV] ! BOOK1 T !Y DID N SEEM 6BE 3SCI\S (                                        over the book, that they did not seem to be conscious of                        
[4947] ! H>D "NS HE CD ?9K (4 ,HE WANT$ 6CRY )                                         the hard names he could think of . He wanted to cry with                        
[4954] KEPT DRIFT+ 6! RE> (! S*OOL- H\SE1 AG &                                         kept drifting to the rear of the school- house, again and                       
[4959] ,B %E DID SEE1 N"E!.S2 & %E KNEW %E 0                                           But she did see, nevertheless; and she knew she was                             
[4970]   8,ANY O!R BOY60 ,TOM ?"\1 GRAT+ 8                                               "Any other boy!" Tom thought, grating his                                     
[4978] IMAG9>Y BOY -- PUMMELL+ ! AIR1 & KICK+ &                                        imaginary boy -- pummelling the air, and kicking and                            
[4979] G\G+4 8,OH1 Y D1 D Y8 ,Y HOLL] ,8N\<1 D                                         gouging. "Oh, you do, do you? You holler `nough, do                             
[4982]   ,TOM FL$ HOME AT NOON4 ,8 3SCI;E CD N                                           Tom fled home at noon. his conscience could not                               
[4983] 5DURE ANY M ( ,AMY'S GRATE;L HAPPI;S1 &                                         endure any more of Amy's grateful happiness, and                                
[4985] ,BECKY RESUM$ H] PICTURE 9SPEC;NS )                                             Becky resumed her picture inspections with                                      
[4987] ,TOM CAME 6SU6]1 H] TRIUMPH 2GAN 6CL\D &                                        Tom came to suffer, her triumph began to cloud and                              
[4997] DON'T BO!R ME6 ,I DON'T C>E = !M60 &                                            don't bother me! I don't care for them!" and                                    
[5013] ,TOM'S SPELL+-BOOK FELL "U 8 EYE4 ,"H 0                                         Tom's spelling-book fell under his eye. Here was                                
[5021] H["E1 %E _H *ANG$ H] M9D4 ,! ?"\ (                                              however, she had changed her mind. The thought of                               
[5023] PICNIC CAME SCOR*+ BACK & FILL$ H] )                                            picnic came scorching back and filled her with                                  
[5026] ="E1 96! B>GA94                     #BJB                                        for ever, into the bargain.                     202                             
[5030]   %[$ HM T HE _H BR"\ 8                                                           showed him that he had brought his                                            
[5044]   ,? 0 A NEW ASPECT (! ?+4 ,8 SM>T;S (!                                           This was a new aspect of the thing. his smartness of the                      
[5045] MORN+ _H SEEM$ 6,TOM A GD JOKE BE- =E1 &                                        morning had seemed to Tom a good joke be- fore, and                             
[5058] DIDN'T M1N 6BE M1N4 ,I DIDN'T1 H"O/4 ,&                                         didn't mean to be mean. I didn't, honest. And                                   
[5061]   8,:AT DID Y -E =1 !N80                                                          "What did you come for , then?"                                               
[5096]   8,:AT DID Y KISS ME =1 ,TOM80                                                   "What did you kiss me for , Tom?"                                             
[5097]   8,2C ,I LOV$ Y S1 & Y LAID "! MOAN+ &                                           "Because I loved you so, and you laid there moaning and                       
[5103]   ,! MO;T HE 0 G"O1 %E RAN 6A CLOSET &                                            The moment he was gone, she ran to a closet and                               
[5105] PIRAT+ IN4 ,!N %E /OPP$1 ) X 9 H] H&1 &                                         pirating in. Then she stopped, with it in her hand, and                         
[5110] ! ,"L -- ,I ,,"K ! ,"L W =GIVE HM1 2C X                                         the Lord -- I KNOW the Lord will for give him, because it                       
[5117] V5TUR$1 & ? "T %E =TIFI$ H]F )! ?"\3                                            ventured, and this time she for tified herself with the thought:                
[5122] 8,I CD =GIVE ! BOY1 N[1 IF HE'D -MITT$ A                                        "I could for give the boy, now, if he'd committed a                             
[5132]   ,LANE4 ,8 MOOD ALW DET]M9$ 8 MANN]4                                             Lane. his mood always determined his manner.                                  
[5145] 6SAY X _H G"O BY4 ,S HE SD NO?+4 ,B HE 0                                        to say it had gone by. So he said nothing. But he was                           
[5152] 9 H] HOT RES5T;T1 T %E CD H>DLY WAIT =                                          in her hot resentment, that she could hardly wait for                           
[5158]   ,POOR GIRL1 %E DID N "K H[ FA/ %E 0                                             Poor girl, she did not know how fast she was                                  
[5164] HE TOOK A MY/]I\S BOOK \ ( 8 DESK &                                             he took a mysterious book out of his desk and                                   
[5166] RECIT+4 ,HE KEPT T BOOK UN- D] LOCK &                                           reciting. He kept that book un- der lock and                                    
[5173] DOOR1 %E NOTIC$ T ! KEY 0 9 ! LOCK6 ,X 0                                        door, she noticed that the key was in the lock! It was                          
[5181] NAK$4 ,AT T MO;T A %AD[ FELL ON ! PAGE &                                        naked. At that moment a shadow fell on the page and                             
[5185] PICTUR$ PAGE HALF D[N ! MI4LE4 ,%E ?RU/                                         pictured page half down the mi.le. She thrust                                   
[5194] D1 :AT % ,I D6 ,I'LL 2 :IPP$1 & ,I N"E 0                                        do, what shall I do! I'll be whipped, and I never was                           
[5214] ,GIRLS0' FACES ALW TELL ON !M4 ,!Y A9'T                                         Girls' faces always tell on them. They ain't                                    
[5222] \TSIDE4 ,9 A FEW MO;TS ! MA/] >RIV$ &                                           outside. In a few moments the master arrived and                                
[5228] 6HELP X4 ,HE CD GET UP NO EXULT,N T 0                                           to help it. He could get up no exultation that was                              
[5230] 9G-BOOK 4COV]Y 0 MADE1 & ,TOM'S M9D 0                                           ing-book discovery was made, and Tom's mind was                                 
[5232] T4 ,BECKY R\S$ UP F H] LE?>GY ( 4TRESS &                                        that. Becky roused up from her lethargy of distress and                         
[5236] ,! D5IAL ONLY SEEM$ 6MAKE ! ?+ WORSE =                                          The denial only seemed to make the thing worse for                              
[5237] ,TOM4 ,BECKY SUPPOS$ %E WD 2 GLAD ( T1 &                                        Tom. Becky supposed she would be glad of that, and                              
[5241] ,ALFR$ ,TEMPLE1 B %E MADE AN EF=T & =C$                                         Alfred Temple, but she made an effort and for ced                               
[5246] N AT ALL BROK5-HE>T$1 = HE ?"\ X 0                                              not at all broken-hearted, for he thought it was                                
[5249] _H D5I$ X = =M'S SAKE & 2C X 0 CU/OM1 &                                         had denied it for form's sake and because it was custom, and                    
[5254] UP1 YAWN- $1 !N UNLOCK$ 8 DESK1 & R1*$ =                                        up, yawn- ed, then unlocked his desk, and reached for                           
[5257] LANGUIDLY1 B "! 7 TWO AM;G !M T WAT*$ 8                                         languidly, but there were two among them that watched his                       
[5259] 8 BOOK ABS5TLY =A :ILE1 !N TOOK X \ &                                           his book absently for a while, then took it out and                             
[5261] GL.E AT ,BECKY4 ,HE _H SE5 A HUNT$ &                                            glance at Becky. He had seen a hunted and                                       
[5263] LEVELL$ AT XS H1D4 ,9/ANTLY HE =GOT 8                                           levelled at its head. Instantly he for got his                                  
[5273] MA/] FAC$ ! S*OOL4 ,E EYE SANK "U 8                                             master faced the school. Every eye sank under his                               
[5274] GAZE4 ,"! 0 T 9 X : SMOTE EV5 ! 9NOC5T )                                        gaze. There was that in it which smote even the innocent with                   
[5284]   ,ANO!R D5IAL4 ,TOM'S UNEASI;S GREW M &                                          Another denial. Tom's uneasiness grew more and                                
[5294] ,?AT*]4 ,TOM 0 TREMBL+ F H1D 6FOOT )                                            Thatcher. Tom was trembling from head to foot with                              
[5305] B]$ FACULTIES2 & :5 HE /EPP$ =W>D 6G                                            bered faculties; and when he stepped for ward to go                             
[5311] ,MR4 ,DO29S _H "E ADM9I/]$2 & AL RCVD )                                         Mr. Dobbins had ever administered; and also received with                       
[5314] :O WD WAIT = HM \TSIDE TILL 8 CAPTIV;Y 0                                        who would wait for him outside till his captivity was                           
[5317] ,ALFR$ ,TEMPLE2 =) %AME & REP5T.E ,BECKY                                        Alfred Temple; for with shame and repentance Becky                              
[5318] _H TOLD HM ALL1 N =GETT+ H] [N TR1*]Y2 B                                        had told him all, not for getting her own treachery; but                        
[5322] @@
[5329]   8,EXAM9,N0 "D4 ,8 ROD & 8                                                       "Examination" day. his rod and his                                            
[5334] VIGOR\S "OS1 TOO2 = AL? HE C>RI$1 "U 8                                          vigorous ones, too; for although he carried, under his                          
[5336] ONLY R1*$ MI4LE AGE1 & "! 0 NO SIGN (                                           only reached middle age, and there was no sign of                               
[5341] T ! SMALL] BOYS SP5T _! "DS 9 T]ROR &                                           that the smaller boys spent their days in terror and                            
[5350] TOLD HM ! S*EME1 & ASK$ 8 HELP4 ,HE _H 8                                        told him the scheme, and asked his help. He had his                             
[5362]   ,9 ! FUL;S ( "T ! 9T]E/+ O3A.N >-                                               In the fulness of time the interesting occasion >-                            
[5363] RIV$4 ,AT EI<T 9 ! EV5+ ! S*OOLH\SE 0                                           rived. At eight in the evening the schoolhouse was                              
[5364] BRILLIANTLY LI<T$1 & ADORN$ ) WR1?S &                                           brilliantly lighted, and adorned with wreaths and                               
[5367] PLAT=M1 ) 8 BLACKBO>D 2H HM4 ,HE 0 LOOK+                                        platform, with his blackboard behind him. He was looking                        
[5380] FL[]S 9 _! HAIR4 ,ALL ! RE/ (! H\SE 0                                           flowers in their hair. All the rest of the house was                            
[5385] -- A3OMPANY- 9G HMF )! PA9;LLY EXACT &                                          -- accompany- ing himself with the painfully exact and                          
[5387] -- SUPPOS+ ! MA*9E 6BE A TRIFLE \ (                                             -- supposing the machine to be a trifle out of                                  
[5395]   ,TOM ,SAWY] /EPP$ =W>D ) 3CEIT$ CON-                                            Tom Sawyer stepped for ward with conceited con-                               
[5400] SEIZ$ HM1 8 LEGS QUAK$ "U HM & HE 0 L                                           seized him, his legs quaked under him and he was like                           
[5409] FOLL[$2 AL 8,! ,ASSYRIAN ,CAME ,D[N10 &                                         followed; also "The Assyrian Came Down," and                                    
[5414] 0! "Y LADIES4 ,EA* 9 H] TURN /EPP$ =W>D                                         by the young ladies. Each in her turn stepped for ward                          
[5416] UP H] MANUSCRIPT 7TI$ ) DA9TY RI2ON71 &                                         up her manuscript (tied with dainty ribbon), and                                
[5422] ,CRUSADES4 8,FR- %IP0 0 "O2 8,MEMORIES (                                        Crusades. "Friend- ship" was one; "Memories of                                  
[5424] 8,DR1M ,L&02 8,! ,ADVANTAGES (                                                  "Dream Land"; "The Advantages of                                                
[5436] S]MON T WA7$ XS CRIPPL$ TAIL AT ! 5D (                                          sermon that wagged its crippled tail at the end of                              
[5439] 6SQUIRM X 96"S ASPECT OR O!R T ! MORAL &                                        to squirm it into some aspect or other that the moral and                       
[5442] 6-PASS ! BANI%;T (! FA%ION F ! S*OOLS1 &                                        to compass the banishment of the fashion from the schools, and                  
[5457] =W>D 6"S ANTICIPAT$ SC5E ( FE/IV;Y6                                             for ward to some anticipated scene of festivity!                                
[5461] ?R;G1 ,8! OBS]V$ ( ALL OBS]V]S40' ,H]                                           throng, `the observed of all observers.' Her                                    
[5492] YES1 SAD ?"\S ( !E MY HE>T DO? SWELL1 ,&                                        yes, sad thoughts of thee my heart doth swell, And                              
[5499] ,NOR BLU% 6TURN 2H MY TE>;L EYES2 ,8,TIS                                        Nor blush to turn behind my tearful eyes; `Tis                                  
[5502] ,WELCOME & HOME 7 M9E )9 ? ,/ATE1 ,^:                                           Welcome and home were mine with in this State, Whose                            
[5520] ILLU/RI\S ,FRANKL96 ,EV5 ! BOI/]\S W9DS                                         illustrious Franklinto Even the boisterous winds                                
[5521] UNANIM\SLY CAME =? F _! MY/IC HOMES1 &                                          unanimously came forth from their mystic homes, and                             
[5528] SECOND BLISS 9 JOY10' CAME 6MY SIDE4 ,%E                                        second bliss in joy,' came to my side. She                                      
[5537] ^U H] F1TURES1 L ICY TE>S ^U ! ROBE (                                           upon her features, like icy tears upon the robe of                              
[5542] SCRIPT & W.D UP )A S]MON S DE/RUCTIVE (                                         script and wound up with a sermon so destructive of                             
[5550]   ,X MAY 2 REM>K$1 9 PASS+1 T ! NUMB] (                                           It may be remarked, in passing, that the number of                            
[5554]   ,N[ ! MA/]1 MELL[ ALM 6! V]GE (                                                 Now the master, mellow almost to the verge of                                 
[5558] CLASS ^U4 ,B HE MADE A SAD BUSI;S ( X )                                         class upon. But he made a sad business of it with                               
[5575] TITT]+ ROSE HI<] & HI<] -- ! CAT 0 )9                                           tittering rose higher and higher -- the cat was with in                         
[5577] D[N1 D[N1 A LL L[]1 & %E GRA2$ 8 WIG )                                          down, down, a little lower, and she grabbed his wig with                        
[5592]   ,,TOM JO9$ ! NEW ORD] ( ,CADETS (                                               TOM joined the new order of Cadets of                                         
[5595] F SMOK+1 *EW+1 &                                                                from smoking, chewing, and                                                      
[5603] HMF 9 8 R$ SA% KEPT HM F )DRAW+ F !                                             himself in his red sash kept him from with drawing from the                     
[5605] T UP -- GAVE X UP 2F HE _H WORN 8                                               that up -- gave it up before he had worn his                                    
[5606] %ACKLES OV] =TY-EI<T H\RS -- & FIX$ 8                                           shackles over for ty-eight hours -- and fixed his                               
[5611] 3C]N$ AB ! ,JUDGE'S 3DI;N & HUNGRY =                                            concerned about the Judge's condition and hungry for                            
[5613] HI< T HE WD V5TURE 6GET \ 8 REGALIA &                                           high that he would venture to get out his regalia and                           
[5617] 3VALESC5T4 ,TOM 0 4GU/$2 & FELT A S5SE (                                        convalescent. Tom was disgusted; and felt a sense of                            
[5623] 9 A /YLE CALCULAT$ 6KILL ! LATE MEMB] )                                         in a style calculated to kill the late member with                              
[5624] 5VY4 ,TOM 0 A FREE BOY AG1 H["E -- "! 0                                         envy. Tom was a free boy again, however -- there was                            
[5630] VAC,N 0 2G9N+ 6HANG A LL H1VILY ON 8                                            vacation was beginning to hang a little heavily on his                          
[5645]   ,A CIRCUS CAME4 ,! BOYS PLAY$ CIRCUS =                                          A circus came. The boys played circus for                                     
[5649]   ,A PHR5OLOGI/ &A MESM]IZ] CAME -- &                                             A phrenologist and a mesmerizer came -- and                                   
[5652]   ,"! 7 "S BOYS-&-GIRLS' "PIES1 B !Y 7 S                                          There were some boys-and -girls' parties, but they were so                    
[5663] ILL1 HE 0 9T]E/$ 9 NO?+4 ,:5 HE GOT ^U 8                                        ill, he was interested in nothing. When he got upon his                         
[5666] CR1TURE4 ,"! _H BE5 A 8REVIVAL10 &                                              creature. There had been a "revival," and                                       
[5671] F.D ,JOE ,H>P] /UDY- 9G A ,TE/A;T1 &                                            found Joe Harper study- ing a Testament, and                                    
[5680] ,F9N & 0 RCVD )A ,SCRIPTURAL QUOT,N1 8                                          Finn and was received with a Scriptural quotation, his                          
[5682] T HE AL"O ( ALL ! T[N 0 LO/1 ="E & ="E4                                         that he alone of all the town was lost, for ever and for ever.                  
[5683]   ,& T NI<T "! CAME ON A T]RIFIC /ORM1 )                                          And that night there came on a terrific storm, with                           
[5686] B$CLO!S & WAIT$ 9 A HORROR ( SUSP5SE = 8                                        bedclothes and waited in a horror of suspense for his                           
[5689] =BE>.E (! P[]S ABV 6! EXTREM;Y ( 5DUR.E                                         for bearance of the powers above to the extremity of endurance                  
[5698] 0 6BE GRATE;L1 & RE=M4 ,8 SECOND 0 6WAIT                                        was to be grateful, and reform. his second was to wait                          
[5704] T HE _H BE5 SP>$1 REMEM- B]+ H[ L"OLY 0                                         that he had been spared, remem- bering how lonely was                           
[5705] 8 E/ATE1 H[ -PANION.S & =LORN HE WAS4                                           his estate, how companionless and for lorn he was.                              
[5728] LL :ILE2 6DIVIDE 8 BURD5 ( 4TRESS )                                             little while; to divide his burden of distress with                             
[5732]   8,8,B\T :AT80                                                                   "`Bout what?"                                                                 
[5757] KEEPS ME 9 A SW1T1 CON- /ANT1 S'S ,I                                            keeps me in a sweat, con- stant, s's I                                          
[5768] HALF A FI%1 ONCE1 :5 "! W>N'T 5 = TWO2 &                                        half a fish, once, when there warn't enough for two; and                        
[5771]   8,WELL1 HE'S M5D$ KITES = ME1 ,HUCK1 &                                          "Well, he's mended kites for me, Huck, and                                    
[5775] 'TWDN'T D ANY GD2 !Y'D KET* HM AG40                                             'twdn't do any good; they'd ketch him again."                                   
[5795] 6! CELL GRAT+ & GAVE ,POTT] "S TOBA3O &                                         to the cell grating and gave Potter some tobacco and                            
[5798]   ,8 GRATITUDE = _! GIFTS _H ALW SMOTE                                            his gratitude for their gifts had always smote                                
[5804] DON'T =GET X1 ,I DON'T4 ,(T5 ,I SAYS                                            don't for get it, I don't. Often I says                                         
[5805] 6MYF1 SAYS ,I1 ',I US$ 6M5D ALL ! BOYS0'                                        to myself, says I, 'I used to mend all the boys'                                
[5806] KITES & ?+S1 & %[ ,8EM ": ! GD FI%90'                                           kites and things, and show `em where the good fishin'                           
[5807] PLACES WAS1 & 2FR ,8EM :AT ,I CD1 & N[                                          places was, and befriend `em what I could, and now                              
[5808] !Y'VE ALL =GOT OLD ,MUFF :5 HE'S 9 TR\#2                                        they've all for got old Muff when he's in trouble;                              
[5810] DON'T =GET HM1 SAYS ,I1 '& ,I DON'T =GET                                        don't for get him, says I, 'and I don't for get                                 
[5811] !M40' ,WELL1 BOYS1 ,I D"O AN AW;L ?+ --                                         them.' Well, boys, I done an awful thing --                                     
[5813] ,I A3.T = X -- & N[ ,I GOT 6SW+ = X1 &                                          I account for it -- and now I got to swing for it, and                          
[5817] Y'VE 2FRI5D$ ME4 ,B :AT ,I WANT 6SAY1                                           you've befriendiended me. But what I want to say,                               
[5821] FRLY :5 A BODY'S 9 S* A MUCK ( TR\#1 &                                          friendly when a body's in such a muck of trouble, and                           
[5824] ANO!R'S BACKS & LET ME T\* ,8EM4 ,T'S X4                                        another's backs and let me touch `em. That's it.                                
[5832] MO/ IRRESI/I# IMPULSE 6G IN1 B =C+ HMF                                          most irresistible impulse to go in, but for cing himself                        
[5840] ,AT ! 5D (! SECOND "D ! VILLAGE TALK 0                                          At the end of the second day the village talk was                               
[5852] & HA7>D1 TIMID & HOPE.S1 0 BR"\ IN1 )                                           and haggard, timid and hopeless, was brought in, with                           
[5854] CD />E AT HM2 NO LESS CON- SPICU\S 0                                            could stare at him; no less con- spicuous was                                   
[5864] E>LY H\R (! MORN+ T ! MURD] 0 4COV]$1 &                                         early hour of the morning that the murder was discovered, and                   
[5882] LIFE )\T AN EF=T8                                                               life without an effort?                                                         
[5890] 0,POTT]'S LAWY]4 ,! P]PLEX;Y &                                                  by Potter's lawyer. The perplexity and                                          
[5894]   8,0! OA?S ( CITIZ5S ^: SIMPLE ^W IS                                             "Bythe oaths of citizens whose simple word is                                 
[5917]   8,?OMAS ,SAWY]1 ": 7 Y ON ! SEV5TE5? (                                          "Thomas Sawyer, where were you on the seventeenth of                          
[5919]   ,TOM GL.ED AT ,9JUN ,JOE'S IRON FACE &                                          Tom glanced at Injun Joe's iron face and                                      
[5931]   8,W]E Y ANY": NE> ,HORSE ,WILLIAMS0'                                            "Were you anywhere near Horse Williams'                                       
[5960] VOICE2 E EYE FIX$ XF ^U HM2 ) "P$ LIPS &                                        voice; every eye fixed itself upon him; with parted lips and                    
[5965]   8-- & Z ! DOCTOR FET*$ ! BO>D >.D &                                             "-- and as the doctor fetched the board around and                            
[5969] =A W9D[1 TORE 8 WAY "? ALL OPPOS]S1 & 0                                         for a window, tore his way through all opposers, and was                        
[5974]   ,8 "N EV5 W5T 96IMMORTAL PR9T1                                                  his name even went into immortal print,                                       
[5980] LAVI%LY Z X _H ABUS$ HM 2F4 ,B T SORT (                                         lavishly as it had abused him before. But that sort of                          
[5985] ,JOE 9FE/$ ALL 8 DR1MS1 & ALW ) DOOM 9 8                                        Joe infested all his dreams, and always with doom in his                        
[5994] GOT ! ATTORNEY 6PROMISE SECRECY1 B :AT (                                        got the attorney to promise secrecy, but what of                                
[6015] CLEW40 ,B Y C'T HANG A 8CLEW0 = MURD]1 &                                        clew." But you can't hang a "clew" for murder, and                              
[6031] 6HM 3FI- D5TI,Y4 ,HUCK 0 WILL+4 ,HUCK 0                                         to him confi- dentially. Huck was willing. Huck was                             
[6033] (F]$ 5T]- TA9;T & REQUIR$ NO CAPITAL1 =                                         offered enter- tainment and required no capital, for                            
[6041] "S"TS 9 ROT- T5 *E/S "U ! 5D (A LIMB (                                          sometimes in rot- ten chests under the end of a limb of                         
[6046]   8,:Y1 RO2]S1 ( C\RSE -- :O'D Y RECKON8                                          "Why, robbers, of course -- who'd you reckon?                                 
[6053]   8,NO1 !Y ?9K !Y W1 B !Y G5],Y =GET !                                            "No, they think they will, but they generally for get the                     
[6058] WEEK 2C X'S MO/LY SIGNS &                                                       week because it's mostly signs and                                              
[6072] LOTS ( D1D- LIMB TREES -- D1D LOADS (                                           lots of dead- limb trees -- dead loads of                                       
[6073] ,8EM40                                                                          `em."                                                                           
[6096]   8,WELL1 ,I DON0' "K NO K+S1 ,TOM40                                              "Well, I don' know no kings, Tom."                                            
[6098] 6,EUROPE Y'D SEE A RAFT ( ,8EM HOPP+                                            to Europe you'd see a raft of `em hopping                                       
[6102]   8,WELL1 :AT DID Y SAY !Y DID1 =80                                               "Well, what did you say they did, for?"                                       
[6121]   ,S !Y GOT A CRIPPL$ PICK &A %OVEL1 &                                            So they got a crippled pick and a shovel, and                                 
[6133]   8,SAVE X8 ,:AT =80                                                              "Save it? What for?"                                                          
[6138] CL1N X \ PRETTY QK4 ,:AT Y GO+ 6D )                                             clean it out pretty quick. What you going to do with                            
[6188]   ,T 0 SATISFACTORY4 ,! "W W5T ON4 ,0&                                            That was satisfactory. The work went on. By and                               
[6198] ,I "K :AT ! MATT] IS6 ,:AT A BLAM$ LOT (                                        I know what the matter is! What a blamed lot of                                 
[6219] TWELVE _H -E2 !Y M>K$ ": ! %AD[ FELL1 &                                         twelve had come; they marked where the shadow fell, and                         
[6233]   8,:Y1 WE ONLY GUESS$ AT ! "T4 ,L 5 X 0                                          "Why, we only guessed at the time. Like enough it was                         
[6240] S4 ,I FEEL Z IF "S?+'S 2H ME ALL ! "T2 &                                        so. I feel as if something's behind me all the time; and                        
[6257]   8,SAY1 ,TOM1 LET'S GIVE ? PLACE UP1 &                                           "Say, Tom, let's give this place up, and                                      
[6305]   ,,AB NOON ! NEXT "D ! BOYS >-                                                   ABOUT noon the next day the boys >-                                           
[6318] ,HUCK4 ,WE MI<T 'A0' GOT 96AN AW;L                                              Huck. We might 'a' got into an awful                                            
[6324]   8,WELL1 ,I N"E SD ,I WAS1 DID ,I8 ,&                                            "Well, I never said I was, did I? And                                         
[6332] "K4 ,ALL WE GOT 6D IS 6LOOK MI<TY %>P &                                         know. All we got to do is to look mighty sharp and                              
[6333] KEEP \ ( X4 ,WE'LL DROP ? ?+ = TD1 &                                            keep out of it. We'll drop this thing for today, and                            
[6340]   8,ONLY %]I6S & BI%OPS & RI* P & K+S1 &                                          "Only sheriffs and bishops and rich people and kings, and                     
[6342] ,8EM4 ,HE ALW DIVID$ UP ) 'EM P]FECTLY                                          `em. He always divided up with 'em perfectly                                    
[6344]   8,WELL1 HE M/ 'A0' BE5 A BRICK40                                                "Well, he must 'a' been a brick."                                             
[6348] ,5GL&1 ) "O H& TI$ 2H HM2 & HE CD TAKE 8                                        England, with one hand tied behind him; and he could take his                   
[6352]   8,I DON'T "K4 ,X'S "S K9D (A B[1 (                                              "I don't know. It's some kind of a bow, of                                    
[6370] D[N )9 SIX 9*ES ( X1 & !N "SBODY ELSE _H                                        down with in six inches of it, and then somebody else had                       
[6374] N TRIFL$ ) =TUNE1 B _H FULFILL$ ALL !                                           not trifled with for tune, but had fulfilled all the                            
[6375] REQUIRE;TS T BE- L;G 6! BUSI;S (                                                requirements that be- long to the business of                                   
[6388] :ISP]S1 E>S AL]T 6CAT* ! SLI<TE/ S.D1 &                                         whispers, ears alert to catch the slightest sound, and                          
[6397] & MADE ! ASC5T4 ,UP "! 7 ! SAME SIGNS (                                         and made the ascent. Up there were the same signs of                            
[6402] @@
[6404]   8,:AT IS X80 :ISP]$ ,HUCK1 BLAN*+ )                                             "What is it?" whispered Huck, blanching with                                  
[6406]   8,SH6 ''' ,"!6 ''' ,HE> X80                                                     "Sh! ''' There! ''' Hear it?"                                                 
[6407]   8,YES6 ''' ,OH1 MY6 ,LET'S RUN60                                                "Yes! ''' Oh, my! Let's run!"                                                 
[6413]   8,!Y'VE /OPP$'''4 ,NO -- -+'''4 ,"H !Y                                          "They've stopped'''. No -- coming'''. Here they                               
[6420]   8,T'O!R0 0 A RA7$1 UNKEMPT CR1TURE1 )                                           "T'other" was a ragged, unkempt creature, with                                
[6421] NO?+ V PL1SANT 9 8 FACE4 ,! ,SPANI>D 0                                          nothing very pleasant in his face. The Spaniard was                             
[6423] :ISK]S2 L;G :ITE HAIR FL[$ F "U 8                                               whiskers; long white hair flowed from under his                                 
[6428] 8 REM>KS4 ,8 MANN] 2CAME LESS GU>D$ & 8                                         his remarks. his manner became less guarded and his                             
[6430]   8,NO10 SD HE1 8,I'VE ?"\ X ALL OV]1 &                                           "No," said he, "I've thought it all over, and                                 
[6441] ANO!R H\SE AB4 ,8,TWON'T "E 2 "KN T WE                                          another house about. `Twon't ever be known that we                              
[6463] ONCE M1 =A LOOK4 ,WE'LL D T 'DANG]\S0'                                          once more, for a look. We'll do that 'dangerous'                                
[6472] 6SNORE4 ,8 -RADE /IRR$ HM ONCE OR TWICE                                         to snore. his comrade stirred him once or twice                                 
[6484] F ! CRAZY FLOOR T HE SANK D[N ALM D1D )                                         from the crazy floor that he sank down almost dead with                         
[6492] H1D 0 DROOP+ ^U 8 KNEES -- /IRR$ HM UP )                                        head was drooping upon his knees -- stirred him up with                         
[6502] AWAY TILL WE />T S\?4 ,SIX HUNDR$ &                                             away till we start south. Six hundred and                                       
[6510] HAP- P52 ,8TA9'T 9 S* A V GD PLACE2                                             hap- pen; `tain't in such a very good place;                                    
[6520]   ,! BOYS =GOT ALL _! FE>S1 ALL _!                                                The boys for got all their fears, all their                                   
[6523] 0 2Y ALL IMAG9,N6 ,SIX HUNDR$ DOLL>S 0                                          was beyond all imagination! Six hundred dollars was                             
[6524] M"OY 5 6MAKE HALF A DOZ5 BOYS RI*6 ,"H 0                                        money enough to make half a dozen boys rich! Here was                           
[6536] :AT X'S "H =4 ,N"E M9D1 ,I'VE BROKE A                                           what it's here for . Never mind, I've broke a                                   
[6548]   ,HE RAN & BR"\ ! BOYS0' PICK & %OVEL4                                           He ran and brought the boys' pick and shovel.                                 
[6565] AB T ?+4 ,8,TA9'T RO2]Y ALT -- X'S                                              about that thing. `Tain't robbery altogether -- it's                            
[6568] !N ,TEXAS4 ,G HOME 6YR ,N.E & YR KIDS1 &                                        then Texas. Go home to your Nance and your kids, and                            
[6574] 4TRESS OV]H1D47' ,I'D NE>LY =GOT4 ,T                                            distress overhead.] I'd nearly for got. That                                    
[6580] ANYBODY8 ,:AT6 BURY X AG & L1VE !M 6-E &                                        anybody? What! bury it again and leave them to come and                         
[6593]   ,! BOYS0' BR1? =SOOK !M4 ,9JUN ,JOE                                             The boys' breath for sook them. Injun Joe                                     
[6602] RU9$ /AIRWAY4 ,HE GA!R$ HMF UP CURS+1 &                                         ruined stairway. He gathered himself up cursing, and                            
[6606] -- :O C>ES8 ,IF !Y WANT 6JUMP D[N1 N[1 &                                        -- who cares? If they want to jump down, now, and                               
[6610] :O"E HOVE ^? ?+S 9 "H CAU<T A SI<T ( U &                                        whoever hove those things in here caught a sight of us and                      
[6616] SLIPP$ \ (! H\SE 9 ! DEEP5+ TWILI<T1 &                                          slipped out of the house in the deepening twilight, and                         
[6627] )! GOLD 6WAIT "! TILL 8 8REV5GE0 0                                              with the gold to wait there till his "revenge" was                              
[6628] SATISFI$1 & !N HE WD H _H ! MIS- =TUNE                                          satisfied, and then he would have had the mis- for tune                         
[6652]   NO?+;S 9 8 F+]S Z SLEEP =-                                                      nothingness in his fingers as sleep for -                                     
[6658] !Y _H HAPP5$ 9 ANO!R _W1 OR 9 A "T L;G                                          they had happened in another world, or in a time long                           
[6672] ANALYZ$1 !Y WD H BE5 F.D 63SI/ (A H&;L (                                        analyzed, they would have been found to consist of a handful of                 
[6690]   8,TOM1 IF WE'D ,8A0' LEFT ! BLAME                                               "Tom, if we'd `a' left the blame                                              
[6691] TOOLS AT ! D1D TREE1 WE'D ,8A0' GOT !                                           tools at the dead tree, we'd `a' got the                                        
[6693]   8,8,TA9'T A DR1M1 !N1 'TA9'T A DR1M6                                            "`Tain't a dream, then, 'tain't a dream!                                      
[6700] Y'D 'A0' SE5 H[ M* DR1M X WAS6 ,I'VE _H                                         you'd 'a' seen how much dream it was! I've had                                  
[6702] ,SPANI% DEVIL GO+ = ME ALL "? ,8EM --                                           Spanish devil going for me all through `em --                                   
[6708] "O'S LO/4 ,I'D FEEL MI<TY %AKY IF ,I 0                                          one's lost. I'd feel mighty shaky if I was                                      
[6718]   8,GDY6 ''' ,NO1 ,TOM1 T A9'T X4 ,IF X                                           "(good)y! ''' NO, Tom, that ain't it. If it                                   
[6730] ,NO4 #B _H L;G BE5 O3UPI$ 0A "Y LAWY]1 &                                        No. 2 had long been occupied by a young lawyer, and                             
[6735] AT NI<T2 HE DID N "K ANY "PICUL> R1SON =                                        at night; he did not know any particular reason for                             
[6765] ,HUCK4 ,:Y1 HE MI<T 'A0' F.D \ HE CDN'T                                         Huck. Why, he might 'a' found out he couldn't                                   
[6789] T9 LANT]N1 &A L>GE T[EL 6BLFOLD X )4 ,HE                                        tin lantern, and a large towel to blindfold it with . He                        
[6811] ALLEY2 FE>+ ALL SORTS ( DR1D;L ?+S1 &                                           alley; fearing all sorts of dreadful things, and                                
[6821] ,HUCK 0 MAK+ ?IRTY OR =TY MILES AN H\R                                          Huck was making thirty or for ty miles an hour                                  
[6825] )9 XS %ELT] ! /ORM BUR/ &! RA9 P\R$ D[N4                                        with in its shelter the storm burst and the rain poured down.                   
[6831] LOCK1 EI4 ,WELL1 )\T NOTIC+ :AT ,I 0                                            lock, either. Well, without noticing what I was                                 
[6833] DOOR6 ,X W>N'T LOCK$6 ,I HOPP$ IN1 &                                            door! It warn't locked! I hopped in, and                                        
[6834] %OOK (F ! T[EL1 &1 ,,GRT ,,CAES>'S                                              shook off the towel, and , GREAT CAESAR'S                                       
[6846]   8,I'D N"E ,8A0' ?"\ (! T[EL1 ,I BET60                                           "I'd never `a' thought of the towel, I bet!"                                  
[6855] ROOM4 ,DON'T Y SEE1 N[1 :AT'S ! MATT] )                                         room. Don't you see, now, what's the matter with                                
[6862] ,8A0' ?"\ S* A ?+8 ,B SAY1 ,TOM1 N['S A                                         `a' thought such a thing? But say, Tom, now's a                                 
[6866]   ,HUCK %U4]$4                                                                    Huck shu.ered.                                                                
[6885] ,I'M ASLEEP1 Y ?R[ "S GRAVEL AT ! W9D[ &                                        I'm asleep, you throw some gravel at the window and                             
[6889] HOME4 ,X'LL 2G9 6BE "DLI<T 9 A C\PLE (                                          home. It'll begin to be daylight in a couple of                                 
[6902] ,"S"T ,I'VE SET "R D[N & EAT ,,) HM4 ,B                                         Sometime I've set right down and eat WITH HIM. But                              
[6930] GD HOPES ( HE>+ ,HUCK'S 8MA[10 &( HAV+ 8                                        good hopes of hearing Huck's "maow," and of having his                          
[6931] TR1SURE 6A/ONI% ,BECKY &! PICNICK]S )1                                          treasure to astonish Becky and the picnickers with ,                            
[6943] LAD5 ) PROVI.N- BASKETS4 ,SID 0 SICK &                                          laden with provision- baskets. Sid was sick and                                 
[6956] ,8,/1D ( GO+ 6,JOE ,H>P]'S WE'LL CLIMB                                          `Stead of going to Joe Harper's we'll climb                                     
[6957] "R UP ! HILL & /OP AT ! ,WID[ ,D\GLAS0'4                                        right up the hill and stop at the Widow Douglas'.                               
[6965]   ,! GIRL TURN$ ! IDEA OV] 9 H] M9D1 &                                            The girl turned the idea over in her mind, and                                
[6969] ! H>M8 ,ALL %E WANTS IS T Y'LL 2 SAFE2 &                                        the harm? All she wants is that you'll be safe; and                             
[6970] ,I BET Y %E'D ,8A0' SD G "! IF %E'D                                             I bet you she'd `a' said go there if she'd                                      
[6971] ,8A0' ?"\ ( X4 ,I "K %E WD60                                                    `a' thought of it. I know she would!"                                           
[6972]   ,! ,WID[ ,D\GLAS' SPL5DID HOSPITAL;Y 0                                          The Widow Douglas' splendid hospitality was                                   
[6978] ,! ?"\ TOOK A D1L (! _S \ ( 8                                                   The thought took a deal of the spirit out of his                                
[6984] UNC]TA9 TR1SURE2 &1 BOY- L1 HE DET]M9$                                          uncertain treasure; and , boy- like, he determined                              
[6992] G"O "? )1 & BY-&-BY ! ROV]S /RA7L$ BACK                                         gone through with , and by-and -by the rovers straggled back                    
[6993] 6CAMP =TIFI$ ) RESPONSI# APPETITES1 & !N                                        to camp for tified with responsible appetites, and then                         
[6995] 0 A REFRE%+ S1SON ( RE/ & *AT 9 ! %ADE (                                        was a refreshing season of rest and chat in the shade of                        
[6996] SPR1D+ OAKS4 ,BY- &-BY "SBODY %\T$3                                             spreading oaks. By- and comby somebody shouted:                                 
[7003] ,)9 0 A SMALL *AMB]1 *ILLY Z AN                                                 With in was a small chamber, chilly as an                                       
[7005] LIME/"O T 0 DEWY )A COLD SW1T4 ,X 0                                             limestone that was dewy with a cold sweat. It was                               
[7009] (F1 &! ROMP+ 2GAN AG4 ,! MO;T A C&LE 0                                          off, and the romping began again. The moment a candle was                       
[7014] ?+S H AN 5D4 ,BY-&- 0! PROCES.N W5T FIL+                                        things have an end. By-and - by the procession went filing                      
[7019] OR T5 FEET WIDE4 ,E FEW /EPS O!R L(TY &                                         or ten feet wide. Every few steps other lofty and                               
[7021] = ,MC,D\GAL'S CAVE 0 B A VA/ LABYR9? (                                          for McDougal's cave was but a vast labyrinth of                                 
[7022] CROOK$ AISLES T RAN 96EA* O!R & \ AG &                                          crooked aisles that ran into each other and out again and                       
[7023] L$ NO":4 ,X 0 SD T "O MI<T W&] "DS &                                            led nowhere. It was said that one might wander days and                         
[7040]   ,BY-&-BY1 "O GR\P AF ANO!R CAME /RA7L+                                          By-and -by, one group after another came straggling                           
[7067] ,8 FAI? 0 W1K5+4 ,0 "! ANY USE8 ,0 "!                                           his faith was weakening. Was there any use? Was there                           
[7068] RE,Y ANY USE8 ,:Y N GIVE X UP & TURN IN8                                        really any use? Why not give it up and turn in?                                 
[7072] /ORE4 ,! NEXT MO;T TWO M5 BRU%$ 0HM1 &                                          store. The next moment two men brushed by him, and                              
[7107] HE WAS4 ,HE KNEW HE 0 )9 FIVE /EPS (!                                           he was. He knew he was with in five steps of the                                
[7118] HE>T -- ?1 !N1 0 ! 8REV5GE0 JOB6 ,8 ?"\                                         heart -- this, then, was the "revenge" job! his thought                         
[7120] ,D\GLAS _H BE5 K9D 6HM M ?AN ONCE1 &                                            Douglas had been kind to him more than once, and                                
[7130]   8,GIVE X UP1 & ,I J L1V+ ? C.TRY ="E6                                           "Give it up, and I just leaving this country for ever!                        
[7140] -- D Y "U/&8 ,HE TOOK ADVANTAGE ( ME &                                          -- do you understand? He took advantage of me and                               
[7148]   8,0,GOD1 T'S --0                                                                "ByGod, that's --"                                                            
[7149]   8,KEEP YR OP9ION 6YRF6 ,X W 2 SAFE/ =                                           "Keep your opinion to yourself! It will be safest for                         
[7161]   8,D X ,,N[8 ,& -PANY "!8 ,LOOK "H --                                            "Do it NOW? AND COMPANY there? Look here --                                   
[7172] ELABOR,N &! SAME RISKS2 !N ANO!R &                                              elaboration and the same risks; then another and                                
[7173] ANO!R1 & -- A TWIG SNAPP$ "U 8 FOOT6 ,8                                         another, and -- a twig snapped under his foot! his                              
[7175] /ILL;S 0 P]FECT4 ,8 GRATITUDE 0                                                 stillness was perfect. his gratitude was                                        
[7178] TURN$ HMF Z C>E;LLY Z IF HE 7 A %IP -- &                                        turned himself as carefully as if he were a ship -- and                         
[7200]   8,0,GEORGE1 HE ,,HAS GOT "S?+ 6TELL1                                            "ByGeorge, he HAS got something to tell,                                      
[7235]   8,N[1 MY BOY1 ,I HOPE Y'RE GD &                                                 "Now, my boy, I hope you're good and                                          
[7252] TIPTOE TILL WE GOT )9 FIFTE5 FEET ( !M                                          tiptoe till we got with in fifteen feet of them                                 
[7259] ,I SUNG \1 ,8,FIRE BOYS60' & BLAZ$ AWAY                                         I sung out, `Fire boys!' and blazed away                                        
[7261] BOYS4 ,B !Y 7 (F 9 A JI6Y1 ^? VILLA9S1 &                                        boys. But they were off in a jiffy, those villains, and                         
[7272] ,8TWD HELP A GD D1L4 ,B Y CDN'T SEE :AT                                         `twd help a good deal. But you couldn't see what                                
[7282] ON !M 9 ! WOODS BACK (! WID['S "O "D1 &                                         on them in the woods back of the widow's one day, and                           
[7286] !Y 7 L1V+ ! ROOM ,HUCK SPRANG UP &                                              they were leaving the room Huck sprang up and                                   
[7288]   8,OH1 PL1SE DON'T TELL ,,ANY-BODY X 0                                           "Oh, please don't tell ANY-BODY it was                                        
[7300]   ,! OLD MAN PROMIS$ SECRECY ONCE M1 &                                            The old man promised secrecy once more, and                                   
[7302]   8,H[ DID Y -E 6FOLL[ ^! FELL[S1 LAD8                                            "How did you come to follow these fellows, lad?                               
[7316] -ES ^! TWO *APS SLIPP+ AL;G CLOSE 0ME1 )                                        comes these two chaps slipping along close by me, with                          
[7321] ,SPANI>D1 0HIS :ITE :ISK]S &! PAT* ON 8                                         Spaniard, by his white whiskers and the patch on his                            
[7339] FA9TE/ H9T ( :O ! ,SPANI>D MI<T BE1 &                                           faintest hint of who the Spaniard might be, and                                 
[7360] NOT*+ E>S & SLITT+ NOSES ,I JUDG$ T T 0                                         notching ears and slitting noses I judged that that was                         
[7365] C\RSE ( X ! OLD MAN SD T ! LA/ ?+ : HE &                                        course of it the old man said that the last thing which he and                  
[7367] LANT]N & EXAM9E ! /ILE & XS VIC9;Y =                                            lantern and examine the stile and its vicinity for                              
[7373] ,8 EYES 7 />+ WIDE1 N[1 & 8 BR1? SUSP5D$                                        his eyes were staring wide, now, and his breath suspended                       
[7381] ,WEL%MAN EY$ HM GRAVELY1 CURI\SLY -- &                                          Welshman eyed him gravely, curiously -- and                                     
[7387] EYE 0 ^U HM -- HE WD H GIV5 ANY?+ =                                             eye was upon him -- he would have given anything for                            
[7434] BOYS1 MAYBE1 B HE DON'T ALL[ ME 6TELL 8                                         boys, maybe, but he don't allow me to tell his                                  
[7438] ALL[$ X 6EAT 96! VITALS ( 8 VISITORS1 &                                         allowed it to eat into the vitals of his visitors, and                          
[7443] /RAI<T "? ALL T NOISE4 ,:Y DIDN'T Y -E &                                        straight through all that noise. Why didn't you come and                        
[7447] ANY TOOLS LEFT 6"W )1 & :AT 0 ! USE (                                           any tools left to work with , and what was the use of                           
[7459] ,H>P] Z %E MOV$ D[N ! AISLE )! CR[D &                                           Harper as she moved down the aisle with the crowd and                           
[7474] AFRAID 6-E 6*UR*4 ,I'VE GOT 6SETTLE )                                           afraid to come to church. I've got to settle with                               
[7496] 6GR\P1 F /REET 6/REET1 & )9 FIVE M9UTES                                         to group, from street to street, and with in five minutes                       
[7497] ! BELLS 7 WILDLY CLANG+ &! :OLE T[N 0                                           the bells were wildly clanging and the whole town was                           
[7500] =GOTT51 HORSES 7 SA4L$1 SKI6S 7 MANN$1 !                                        for gotten, horses were saddled, skiffs were manned, the                        
[7504]   ,ALL ! L;G AFN ! VILLAGE SEEM$ EMPTY &                                          All the long afternoon the village seemed empty and                           
[7505] D1D4 ,_M WOM5 VISIT$ ,AUNT ,POLLY &                                             dead. Many women visited Aunt Polly and                                         
[7506] ,MRS4 ,?AT*] & TRI$ 6-=T !M4 ,!Y CRI$ )                                         Mrs. Thatcher and tried to comfort them. They cried with                        
[7512] ,JUDGE ,?AT*] S5T MESSAGES ( HOPE &                                             Judge Thatcher sent messages of hope and                                        
[7516] SPATT]$ ) C&LE-GR1SE1 SME>$ ) CLAY1 &                                           spattered with candle-grease, smeared with clay, and                            
[7528] ,PUTS X "S- ": ON E CR1TURE T -ES F 8                                           Puts it some- where on every creature that comes from his                       
[7548] BODY 2F ! AW;L D1? CAME4 ,"S SD T N[ &                                          body before the awful death came. Some said that now and                        
[7579] TR1SURE 0 G"O ="E -- G"O ="E6 ,B :AT CD                                         treasure was gone for ever -- gone for ever! But what could                     
[7598] HIDE-&-SEEK FROLICK+ 2GAN1 & ,TOM &                                             hide-and -seek frolicking began, and Tom and                                    
[7615] GRATIFIC,N4 ,HE F.D T X CURTA9$ A SORT (                                        gratification. He found that it curtained a sort of                             
[7622] MADE ANO!R M>K1 & BRAN*$ (F 9 SE>* (                                            made another mark, and branched off in search of                                
[7627] !Y WALK$ ALL AB X1 WOND]+ & ADMIR+1 &                                           they walked all about it, wondering and admiring, and                           
[7630] SPR+1 ^: BAS9 0 9CRU/$ )A FRO/"W (                                              spring, whose basin was incrusted with a frostwork of                           
[7643] /RUCK ,BECKY'S LI<T \ ) XS W+ :ILE %E 0                                         struck Becky's light out with its wing while she was                            
[7678] MADE AN EXAM9,N1 ,BECKY WD WAT* 8 FACE =                                        made an examination, Becky would watch his face for                             
[7685] HOPE ( F9D+ ! "O T 0 WANT$4 ,HE / SD X 0                                        hope of finding the one that was wanted. He still said it was                   
[7686] 8ALL "R10 B "! 0 S* A L1D5 DR1D AT 8                                            "all right," but there was such a leaden dread at his                           
[7698] ,! CALL W5T E*O+ D[N ! EMPTY AISLES &                                           The call went echoing down the empty aisles and                                 
[7708] ,TOM TURN$ ^U ! BACK TRACK AT ONCE1 &                                           Tom turned upon the back track at once, and                                     
[7720]   ,%E SANK 6! GR.D & BUR/ 96S* A FR5ZY (                                          She sank to the ground and burst into such a frenzy of                        
[7722] DIE1 OR LOSE H] R1SON4 ,HE SAT D[N 0H] &                                        die, or lose her reason. He sat down by her and                                 
[7723] PUT 8 >MS >.D H]2 %E BURI$ H] FACE 9 8                                          put his arms around her; she buried her face in his                             
[7736] MOV+4 ,=A LL :ILE1 HOPE MADE A %[ (                                             moving. For a little while, hope made a show of                                 
[7739] N BE5 TAK5 \ ( X 0AGE & FAMILI>;Y )                                             not been taken out of it by age and familiarity with                            
[7741]   ,BY-&-BY ,TOM TOOK ,BECKY'S C&LE &                                              By-and -by Tom took Becky's candle and                                        
[7747]   ,BY-&-BY1 FATIGUE 2GAN 6ASS]T XS                                                By-and -by, fatigue began to assert its                                       
[7748] CLAIMS2 ! *N TRI$ 6PAY ATT5;N1 = X 0                                            claims; the children tried to pay attention, for it was                         
[7752] BE> FRUIT2 B 6SIT D[N 0 69VITE D1? &                                            bear fruit; but to sit down was to invite death and                             
[7755] 6C>RY H] F>!R4 ,%E SAT D[N4 ,TOM RE/$ )                                         to carry her farther. She sat down. Tom rested with                             
[7757] -=TA# B$S &1 ABV ALL1 ! LI<T6 ,BECKY                                            comfortable beds and , above all, the light! Becky                              
[7763] 96H] DRAWN FACE & SAW X GR[ SMOO? &                                             into her drawn face and saw it grow smooth and                                  
[7764] NATURAL "U ! 9FLU;E ( PL1SANT DR1MS2 &                                          natural under the influence of pleasant dreams; and                             
[7765] BY-&-BY A SMILE DAWN$ & RE/$ "!4 ,!                                             by-and -by a smile dawned and rested there. The                                 
[7781]   8,MAYBE N1 MAYBE N4 ,*E] UP1 ,BECKY1 &                                          "Maybe not, maybe not. Cheer up, Becky, and                                   
[7783]   ,!Y ROSE UP & W&]$ AL;G1 H& 9 H& &                                              They rose up and wandered along, hand in hand and                             
[7795] 6! WALL 9 FRONT ( !M ) "S CLAY4 ,?"\ 0                                          to the wall in front of them with some clay. Thought was                        
[7803]   8,YES -- ,I WI% X 0 Z BIG Z A B>REL1 =                                          "Yes -- I wish it was as big as a barrel, for                                 
[7812] )4 ,BY-&-BY ,BECKY SU7E/$ T !Y MOVE ON                                          with . By-and -by Becky suggested that they move on                             
[7817] "!'S WAT] 6DR9K4 ,T LL PIECE IS \R LA/                                          there's water to drink. That little piece is our last                           
[7844]   ,! *N FA/5$ _! EYES ^U _! BIT ( C&LE &                                          The children fastened their eyes upon their bit of candle and                 
[7848] COLUMN ( SMOKE1 L+] AT XS TOP A MO;T1 &                                         column of smoke, linger at its top a moment, and                                
[7868]   ,BY-&-BY ,TOM SD3                                                               By-and -by Tom said:                                                          
[7883] X AT ANY RATE4 ,TOM GOT D[N ON 8 BR1/ &                                         it at any rate. Tom got down on his breast and                                  
[7890] TALK$ HOPE;LLY 6,BECKY2 B AN AGE (                                              talked hopefully to Becky; but an age of                                        
[7899] "T 9 IDLE;S4 ,HE TOOK A KITE-L9E F 8                                            time in idleness. He took a kite-line from his                                  
[7918] R1SON$4 ,TOM'S F"R W1K- 5$ E MUSCLE 9 8                                         reasoned. Tom's fright weak- ened every muscle in his                           
[7940] T :5 ! AW;L "T CAME1 HE WD /AY 0H] &                                            that when the awful time came, he would stay by her and                         
[7942]   ,TOM KISS$ H]1 )A *OK+ S5S,N 9 8                                                Tom kissed her, with a choking sensation in his                               
[7946] PASSAGES ON 8 H&S & KNEES1 4TRESS$ )                                            passages on his hands and knees, distressed with                                
[7966] NI<T1 SAD & =LORN4                                                              night, sad and for lorn.                                                        
[7979] ,DUR+ ! F/ HALF-H\R A PROCES.N (                                                During the first half-hour a procession of                                      
[7984]   ,AUNT ,POLLY'S HAPPI;S 0 -PLETE1 &                                              Aunt Polly's happiness was complete, and                                      
[7990] PUTT+ 9 _M /RIK+ A4I;NS 6ADORN X )AL2 &                                         putting in many striking additions to adorn it with also; and                   
[7991] CLOS$ )A DESCRIP;N ( H[ HE LEFT ,BECKY &                                        closed with a description of how he left Becky and                              
[8002] PASSAGE ANY M6 ,HE TOLD H[ HE W5T BACK =                                        passage any more! He told how he went back for                                  
[8011] CAME AL;G 9 A SKIFF & ,TOM HAIL$ !M &                                           came along in a skiff and Tom hailed them and                                   
[8019]   ,2F "D-DAWN1 ,JUDGE ,?AT*] &! H&;L (                                            Before day-dawn, Judge Thatcher and the handful of                            
[8024] CAVE 7 N 6BE %AK5 (F AT ONCE1 Z ,TOM &                                          cave were not to be shaken off at once, as Tom and                              
[8025] ,BECKY SOON 4COV]$4 ,!Y 7 B$RI45 ALL (                                          Becky soon discovered. They were bedridden all of                               
[8037] TOPIC4 ,! ,WID[ ,D\GLAS /AY$ 06SEE T HE                                         topic. The Widow Douglas stayed by tosee that he                                
[8048] WAY1 & HE /OPP$ 6SEE ,BECKY4 ,! ,JUDGE &                                        way, and he stopped to see Becky. The Judge and                                 
[8058] IRON TWO WEEKS AGO1 & TRIPLE-LOCK$ -- &                                         iron two weeks ago, and triple-locked -- and                                    
[8064]   8,AH1 N[ Y'RE ALL "R4 ,:AT 0 ! MATT] )                                          "Ah, now you're all right. What was the matter with                           
[8068]   ,,)9 A FEW M9UTES ! NEWS _H                                                     WITH IN a few minutes the news had                                            
[8072]   S5G]S1 SOON FOLL[$4 ,TOM ,SAWY] 0                                               sengers, soon followed. Tom Sawyer was                                        
[8081] EXP]I;E H[ ? WRET* _H SU6]$4 ,8 P;Y 0                                           experience how this wretch had suffered. his pity was                           
[8082] MOV$1 B N"E!.S HE FELT AN AB.D+ S5SE (                                          moved, but nevertheless he felt an abounding sense of                           
[8097] CUT AWAY ,9JUN ,JOE CD N H SQUEEZ$ 8                                            cut away Injun Joe could not have squeezed his                                  
[8102] ,ORD9>ILY "O CD F9D HALF A DOZ5 BITS (                                          Ordinarily one could find half a dozen bits of                                  
[8123] H SUNK D[N ! AFN ( HI/ORY1 &! TWILI<T (                                         have sunk down the afternoon of history, and the twilight of                    
[8134] WAT] :5 HE -ES 6SEE ! WOND]S (                                                  water when he comes to see the wonders of                                       
[8141] >.D2 !Y BR"\ _! *N1 & ALL SORTS (                                               around; they brought their children, and all sorts of                           
[8150] DEEP M\RN+ & WAIL >.D ! GOV]NOR1 &                                              deep mourning and wail around the governor, and                                 
[8152] TRAMPLE 8 DUTY "U FOOT4 ,9JUN ,JOE 0                                            trample his duty under foot. Injun Joe was                                      
[8166]   8,I "K :AT X IS4 ,Y GOT 96,NO4 #B &                                             "I know what it is. You got into No. 2 and                                    
[8168] X 0 Y2 B ,I J "K$ X M/ 'A0' B5 Y1 SOON Z                                        it was you; but I just knowed it must 'a' ben you, soon as                      
[8169] ,I HE>D ,8B\T T :ISKEY BUSI;S2 & ,I "K$                                         I heard `bout that whiskey business; and I knowed                               
[8170] Y _HN'T GOT ! M"OY 2CUZ Y'D 'A0' GOT AT                                         you hadn't got the money becuz you'd 'a' got at                                 
[8171] ME "S WAY OR O!R & TOLD ME EV5 IF Y 0                                           me some way or other and told me even if you was                                
[8178]   8,OH YES6 ,:Y1 X SEEMS ,8B\T A YE>                                              "Oh yes! Why, it seems `bout a year                                           
[8180] ,JOE 6! WI4]'S40                                                                Joe to the wi.er's."                                                            
[8204]   8,E>NE/1 ,HUCK -- J Z E>NE/ Z "E ,I 0                                           "Earnest, Huck -- just as earnest as ever I was                               
[8209]   8,HUCK1 WE C D T )\T ! L1/ LL BIT (                                             "Huck, we can do that without the least little bit of                         
[8227] SKIFF4 ,I'LL FLOAT ! SKIFF D[N "!1 &                                            skiff. I'll float the skiff down there, and                                     
[8248] HOLE ,I GOT \ ()A FI%+-POLE4 ,SEE IF Y C                                        hole I got out of witha fishing-pole. See if you can                            
[8257] 6RUN ACR X 0 ! BO!R4 ,WE'VE GOT X N[1 &                                         to run across it was the bother. We've got it now, and                          
[8300] _SS4 ,!Y W5T ON1 & PRES5TLY 5T]$ &                                              spirits. They went on, and presently entered and                                
[8313]   ,,CROSS10' HEY8 ,"R YOND]'S ": ,I SAW                                           CROSS,' HEY? RIGHT yonder's where I saw                                       
[8339] ROCK /OOD IN4 ,! BOYS EXAM9$ ?REE ( !M )                                        rock stood in. The boys examined three of them with                             
[8341] NE>E/ ! BASE (! ROCK1 )A PALLET (                                               nearest the base of the rock, with a pallet of                                  
[8352] ,BY-&-BY ,TOM SD3                                                               By-and -by Tom said:                                                            
[8372] %ORT CURVE1 BY-&-BY1 & EXCLAIM$3                                                short curve, by-and -by, and exclaimed:                                         
[8391]   8,I ?"\ S10 HE SD2 8,,!Y C>RI$ X L X 0                                          "I thought so," he said; "THEY carried it like it was                         
[8405]   8,I DONO4 ,B RO2]S ALW H ORGIES1 &(                                             "I dono. But robbers always have orgies, and of                               
[8411] BU%ES1 LOOK$ W>ILY \1 F.D ! COA/ CLE>1 &                                        bushes, looked warily out, found the coast clear, and                           
[8420] & !N WE'LL HUNT UP A PLACE \ 9 ! WOODS =                                        and then we'll hunt up a place out in the woods for                             
[8421] X ": X W 2 SAFE4 ,J Y LAY QUIET "H &                                            it where it will be safe. Just you lay quiet here and                           
[8430] !Y 7 AB 6MOVE ON1 ! ,WEL%MAN /EPP$ \ &                                          they were about to move on, the Welshman stepped out and                        
[8437] N Z LI<T Z X MI<T BE4 ,GOT BRICKS 9 X8                                          not as light as it might be. Got bricks in it?                                  
[8448]   ,HUCK SD ) "S APPREH5.N -- = HE 0 L;G                                           Huck said with some apprehension -- for he was long                           
[8457] =80                                                                             for?"                                                                           
[8462]   ,! PLACE 0 GR&LY LI<T$1 & "EYBODY T 0                                           The place was grandly lighted, and everybody that was                         
[8491]   =80                                                                             for?"                                                                         
[8498]   8,TOM10 SD HE1 8AUNTIE HAS BE5 WAIT+ =                                          "Tom," said he, "auntie has been waiting for                                  
[8503]   8,N[1 ,MR4 ,SI4Y1 Y JI/ ,8T5D 6YR [N                                            "Now, Mr. Siddy, you jist `tend to your own                                   
[8531] PLACE Y'D 'A0' SN1K$ D[N ! HILL & N"E                                           place you'd 'a' sneaked down the hill and never                                 
[8543] HONOR %E 0 DO+ HMF & 8 SONS1 B SD T "! 0                                        honor she was doing himself and his sons, but said that there was               
[8547] DRAMATIC MANN] HE 0 MA/] (1 B ! SURPRISE                                        dramatic manner he was master of , but the surprise                             
[8553] ,HUCK T HE ALM =GOT ! NE>LY 9TOL]A#                                             Huck that he almost for got the nearly intolerable                              
[8589]   8,I ?"\ ,I _H FIX$ UP A LL SURPRISE =                                           "I thought I had fixed up a little surprise for                               
[8604]   GLOAT$ OV]1 GLORIFI$1 UNTIL ! R1SON (                                           gloated over, glorified, until the reason of                                  
[8607] ,PET]SBURG &! NEI<BOR+ VILLAGES 0                                               Petersburg and the neighboring villages was                                     
[8618] -MONPLACE ?+S2 MOREOV]1 _! PA/ HI/ORY 0                                         commonplace things; moreover, their past history was                            
[8631] BOY 9 ^? OLD SIMPLE "DS -- & CLO! HM &                                          boy in those old simple days -- and clothe him and                              
[8633]   ,JUDGE ,?AT*] _H 3CVD A GRT OP9ION (                                            Judge Thatcher had conceived a great opinion of                               
[8638] MOV$2 & :5 %E PL1D$ GRACE =! MI<TY LIE :                                        moved; and when she pleaded grace for the mighty lie which                      
[8643] XS H1D & M>* D[N "? HI/ORY BR1/ 6BR1/ )                                         its head and march down through history breast to breast with                   
[8646] TALL & S SUP]B Z :5 HE WALK$ ! FLOOR &                                          tall and so superb as when he walked the floor and                              
[8647] /AMP$ 8 FOOT & SD T4 ,%E W5T /RAI<T (F &                                        stamped his foot and said that. She went straight off and                       
[8670] & !N "O "D TURN$ UP MISS+4 ,= =TY-EI<T                                          and then one day turned up missing. For for ty-eight                            
[8673] SE>*$ HI< & L[1 !Y DRA7$ ! RIV] = 8                                             searched high and low, they dragged the river for his                           
[8679] BR1KFA/$ ^U "S /OL5 O4S & 5DS ( FOOD1 &                                         breakfasted upon some stolen odds and ends of food, and                         
[8680] 0 LY+ (F1 N[1 9 -=T1 ) 8 PIPE4 ,HE 0                                            was lying off, now, in comfort, with his pipe. He was                           
[8684] \1 TOLD HM ! TR\# HE _H BE5 CAUS+1 &                                            out, told him the trouble he had been causing, and                              
[8696] !Y DON'T SEEM 6ANY AIR GIT "? ,8EM1                                             they don't seem to any air git through `em,                                     
[8732] X _HN'T 'A0' B5 = T M"OY2 N[ Y J TAKE MY                                        it hadn't 'a' ben for that money; now you just take my                          
[8735] D]N =A ?+ ,8?\T X'S TOLLA# H>D 6GIT -- &                                        dern for a thing `thout it's tollable hard to git -- and                        
[8736] Y G & BEG (F = ME )! WI4]40                                                     you go and beg off for me with the wi.er."                                      
[8743] S"MY H\SES4 ,I L ! WOODS1 &! RIV]1 &                                            smothery houses. I like the woods, and the river, and                           
[8763]   8,N[1 ,TOM1 HA9'T Y ALW B5 FRLY 6ME8                                            "Now, Tom, hain't you always ben friendly to me?                              
[8769] L[ "*S 9 X60' ,!Y'D M1N Y1 ,HUCK4 ,Y                                            low characters in it!' They'd mean you, Huck. You                               
[8773]   8,WELL1 ,I'LL G BACK 6! WI4] =A MON? &                                          "Well, I'll go back to the widder for a month and                             
[8806] ,8B\T X1 ,I RECKON %E'LL 2 PR\D %E SNAK$                                        `bout it, I reckon she'll be proud she snaked                                   
[8817]   ,MO/ (! "*S T P]=M 9 ? BOOK / LIVE1 &                                           Most of the characters that perform in this book still live, and              
