? ? ? ? "Huck, it was awful! I tried two of the keys, just as soft as I could; but they seemed to make such a power of racket that I couldn't hardly get my breath I was so scared. They wouldn't turn in the lock, either. Well, without noticing what I was doing, I took hold of the knob, and open comes the door! It warn't locked! I hopped in, and shook off the towel, and, great Caesar's ghost!"
? ? ? ? "What!- what'd you see, Tom!"
? ? ? ? "Huck, I most stepped onto Injun Joe's hand!"
? ? ? ? "No!"
? ? ? ? "Yes! He was laying there, sound asleep on the floor, with his old patch on his eye and his arms spread out."
? ? ? ? "Lordy, what did you do? Did he wake up?"
? ? ? ? "No, never budged. Drunk, I reckon. I just grabbed that towel and started!"
? ? ? ? "I'd never 'a' thought of the towel, I bet!"
? ? ? ? "Well, I would. My aunt would make me mighty sick if I lost it."
? ? ? ? "Say, Tom, did you see that box?"
? ? ? ? "Huck, I didn't wait to look around.
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