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Twain, Mark

"The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer"

The strain upon pent emotion reached its climax when the boy said-


? ? ? ? "-and as the doctor fetched the board around and Muff Potter fell, Injun Joe jumped with the knife and-"


? ? ? ? Crash! Quick as lightning the half-breed sprang for a window, tore his way through all opposers, and was gone!



Chapter 24 - Splendid Days and Fearsome Nights


? ? ? ? TOM WAS A GLITTERING HERO once more- the pet of the old, the envy of the young. His name even went into immortal print, for the village paper magnified him. There were some that believed he would be President, yet, if he escaped hanging.


? ? ? ? As usual, the fickle, unreasoning world took Muff Potter to its bosom and fondled him as lavishly as it had abused him before. But that sort of conduct is to the world's credit; therefore it is not well to find fault with it.


? ? ? ? Tom's days were days of splendor and exultation to him, but his nights were seasons of horror. Injun Joe infested all his dreams, and always with doom in his eye.


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