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? ? ? ? I paddled to the raft. Jim was awful disappointed, but I said never mind, Cairo would be the next place, I reckoned.

? ? ? ? We passed another town before daylight, and I was going out again; but it was high ground, so I didn't go. No high ground about Cairo, Jim said. I had forgot it. We laid up for the day, on a tow-head tolerable close to the left-hand bank. I begun to suspicion something. So did Jim. I says:

? ? ? ? "Maybe we went by Cairo in the fog that night."

? ? ? ? He says:

? ? ? ? "Doan' less' talk about it, Huck. Po' niggers can't have no luck. I awluz 'spected dat rattle-snake skin warn't done wid its work."

? ? ? ? "I wish I'd never seen that snake-skin, Jim- I do wish I'd never laid eyes on it."

? ? ? ? "It ain't yo' fault, Huck; you didn' know. Don't you blame yo'self 'bout it."

? ? ? ? When it was daylight, here was the clear Ohio water in shore, sure enough, and outside was the old regular Muddy! So it was all up with Cairo.

? ? ? ? We talked it all over.


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