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Twain, Mark

"The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer"

Sometimes his hopes ran high- so high that he would venture to get out his regalia and practice before the looking-glass. But the judge had a most discouraging way of fluctuating. At last he was pronounced upon the mend- and then convalescent. Tom was disgusted; and felt a sense of injury, too. He handed in his resignation at once- and that night the judge suffered a relapse and died. Tom resolved that he would never trust a man like that again.


? ? ? ? The funeral was a fine thing. The Cadets paraded in a style calculated to kill the late member with envy. Tom was a free boy again, however- there was something in that. He could drink and swear, now- but found to his surprise that he did not want to. The simple fact that he could, took the desire away, and the charm of it.


? ? ? ? Tom presently wondered to find that his coveted vacation was beginning to hang a little heavily on his hands.


? ? ? ? He attempted a diary- but nothing happened during three days, and so he abandoned it.


? ? ? ? The first of all the negro minstrel shows came to town, and made a sensation.


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