The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn

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Twain, Mark

"The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn"

I liked the nigger for that; I tell you, gentlemen, a nigger like that is worth a thousand dollars- and kind treatment, too. I had everything I needed, and the boy was doing as well there as he would a done at home- better, maybe, because it was so quiet; but there I was, with both of 'm on my hands; and there I had to stick, till about dawn this morning; then some men in a skiff come by, and as good luck would have it, the nigger was setting by the pallet with his head propped on his knees, sound asleep; so I motioned them in, quiet, and they slipped up on him and grabbed him and tied him before he knowed what he was about, and we never had no trouble. And the boy being in a kind of a flighty sleep, too, we muffled the oars and hitched the raft on, and towed her over very nice and quiet, and the nigger never made the least row nor said a word, from the start. He ain't no bad nigger, gentlemen; that's what I think about him."

? ? ? ? Somebody says:

? ? ? ? "Well, it sounds very good, doctor, I'm obleeged to say."

? ? ? ? Then the others softened up a little, too, and I was mighty thankful to that old doctor for doing Jim that good turn; and I was glad it was according to my judgment of him, too; because I thought he had a good heart in him and was a good man, the first time I see him.

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Twain, Mark

"The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn"