? ? ? ? "Well, there are others just like you, Tom, I've not the least doubt. But we have taken care of that. Nobody will get lost in that cave any more."
? ? ? ? "Why?"
? ? ? ? "Because I had its big door sheathed with boiler iron two weeks ago, and triple-locked- and I've got the keys."
? ? ? ? Tom turned as white as a sheet.
? ? ? ? "What's the matter, boy! Here, run, somebody! Fetch a glass of water!"
? ? ? ? The water was brought and thrown into Tom's face.
? ? ? ? "Ah, now you're all right. What was the matter with you, Tom?"
? ? ? ? "O, judge, Injun Joe's in the cave!"
? ? ? ? WITHIN A FEW MINUTES the news had spread, and a dozen were on their way to McDougal's cave, at, well filled with passengers, soon followed. Tom Sawyer was in the skiff that bore Judge Thatcher.
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