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Twain, Mark

"The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer"

I didn't see the box, I didn't see the cross. I didn't see anything but a bottle and a tin cup on the floor by Injun joe; yes, and I saw two barrels and lots more bottles in the room. Don't you see, now, what's the matter with that ha'nted room?"


? ? ? ? "How?"


? ? ? ? "Why it's with whisky! Maybe all the Temperance Taverns have got a ha'nted room, hey Huck?"


? ? ? ? "Well I reckon maybe that's so. Who'd 'a' thought such a thing? But say, Tom, now's a mighty good time to get that box, if Injun joe's drunk."


? ? ? ? "It is, that! You try it!"


? ? ? ? Huck shuddered.


? ? ? ? "Well, no- I reckon not."


? ? ? ? "And I reckon not, Huck. Only one bottle alongside of Injun Joe ain't enough. If there'd been three, he'd be drunk enough and I'd do it."


? ? ? ? There was a long pause for reflection, and then Tom said:


? ? ? ? "Looky-here, Huck, less not try that thing any more till we know Injun Joe's not in there. It's too scary.


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