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CONTENTS.

                                                                                                                                                                             

CHAPTER I.
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Civilizing Huck.—Miss Watson.—Tom Sawyer Waits	17
CHAPTER II.
The Boys Escape Jim.—Tom Sawyer's Gang.—Deep-laid Plans	22
CHAPTER III.
A Good Going-over.—Grace Triumphant.—"One of Tom Sawyers's Lies"	29
CHAPTER IV.
Huck and the Judge.—Superstition	34
CHAPTER V.
Huck's Father.—The Fond Parent.—Reform	39
CHAPTER VI.
He Went for Judge Thatcher.—Huck Decides to Leave.—Political Economy.—Thrashing Around	45
CHAPTER VII.
Laying for Him.—Locked in the Cabin.—Sinking the Body.—Resting	53
CHAPTER VIII.
Sleeping in the Woods.—Raising the Dead.—Exploring the Island.—Finding Jim.—Jim's Escape.—Signs.—Balum	61
CHAPTER IX.
The Cave.—The Floating House	74
CHAPTER X.
The Find.—Old Hank Bunker.—In Disguise	79
CHAPTER XI.
Huck and the Woman.—The Search.—Prevarication.—Going to Goshen	84
CHAPTER XII.
Slow Navigation.—Borrowing Things.—Boarding the Wreck.—The Plotters.—Hunting for the Boat	93
CHAPTER XIII.
Escaping from the Wreck.—The Watchman.—Sinking	102
CHAPTER XIV.
A General Good Time.—The Harem.—French	109
CHAPTER XV.
Huck Loses the Raft.—In the Fog.—Huck Finds the Raft.—Trash	115
CHAPTER XVI.
Expectation.—A White Lie.—Floating Currency.—Running by Cairo.—Swimming Ashore	122
CHAPTER XVII.
An Evening Call.—The Farm in Arkansaw.—Interior Decorations.—Stephen Dowling Bots.—Poetical Effusions	132
CHAPTER XVIII.
Col. Grangerford.—Aristocracy.—Feuds.—The Testament.—Recovering the Raft.—The Wood-pile.—Pork and Cabbage	143
CHAPTER XIX.
Tying Up Day-times.—An Astronomical Theory.—Running a Temperance Revival.— The Duke of Bridgewater.—The Troubles of Royalty	157
CHAPTER XX.
Huck Explains.—Laying Out a Campaign.—Working the Camp-meeting.—A Pirate at the Camp-meeting.—The Duke as a Printer	167
CHAPTER XXI.
Sword Exercise.—Hamlet's Soliloquy.—They Loafed Around Town.—A Lazy Town.— Old Boggs.—Dead	177
CHAPTER XXII.
Sherburn.—Attending the Circus.—Intoxication in the Ring.—The Thrilling Tragedy.	189
CHAPTER XXIII.
Sold.—Royal Comparisons.—Jim Gets Home-sick	196
CHAPTER XXIV.
Jim in Royal Robes.—They Take a Passenger.—Getting Information.—Family Grief.	203
CHAPTER XXV.
Is It Them?—Singing the "Doxologer."—Awful Square.—Funeral Orgies.—A Bad Investment	211
CHAPTER XXVI.
A Pious King.—The King's Clergy.—She Asked His Pardon.—Hiding in the Room.— Huck Takes the Money	220
CHAPTER XXVII.
The Funeral.—Satisfying Curiosity.—Suspicious of Huck.—Quick Sales and Small Profits	230
CHAPTER XXVIII.
The Trip to England.—"The Brute!"—Mary Jane Decides to Leave.—Huck Parting with Mary Jane.—Mumps.—The Opposition Line	239
CHAPTER XXIX.
Contested Relationship.—The King Explains the Loss.—A Question of Handwriting.— Digging up the Corpse.—Huck Escapes	250
CHAPTER XXX.
The King Went for Him.—A Royal Row.—Powerful Mellow	261
CHAPTER XXXI.
Ominous Plans.—News from Jim.—Old Recollections.—A Sheep Story.—Valuable Information	266
CHAPTER XXXII.
Still and Sunday-like.—Mistaken Identity.—Up a Stump.—In a Dilemma	277
CHAPTER XXXIII.
A Nigger Stealer.—Southern Hospitality.—A Pretty Long Blessing.—Tar and Feathers	284
CHAPTER XXXIV.
The Hut by the Ash Hopper.—Outrageous.—Climbing the Lightning Rod.—Troubled with Witches	293
CHAPTER XXXV.
Escaping Properly.—Dark Schemes.—Discrimination in Stealing.—A Deep Hole	300
CHAPTER XXXVI.
The Lightning Rod.—His Level Best.—A Bequest to Posterity.—A High Figure	309
CHAPTER XXXVII.
The Last Shirt.—Mooning Around.—Sailing Orders.—The Witch Pie	316
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
The Coat of Arms.—A Skilled Superintendent.—Unpleasant Glory.—A Tearful Subject	324
CHAPTER XXXIX.
Rats.—Lively Bed-fellows—The Straw Dummy	333
CHAPTER XL.
Fishing.—The Vigilance Committee.—A Lively Run.—Jim Advises a Doctor	339
CHAPTER XLI.
The Doctor.—Uncle Silas.—Sister Hotchkiss.—Aunt Sally in Trouble	347
CHAPTER XLII.
Tom Sawyer Wounded.—The Doctor's Story.—Tom Confesses.—Aunt Polly Arrives.— Hand Out Them Letters	355
CHAPTER THE LAST.
Out of Bondage.—Paying the Captive.—Yours Truly, Huck Finn	364