The adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark TWAIN - Pitbook.com
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de water, en dey brings me truck to eat every night, en tells me how you's a-gitt'n along." "Why didn't you tell my Jack to fetch me here sooner, Jim" "Well, 'twasn’t no use to 'sturb you, Huck, tell we could do sumfn, but we's all right now. I ben a-buyin' pots en pans en vittles, as I got a chanst, en a-patchin' up de raf' nights when" "What raft, Jim" "Our ole raf'." "You mean to say our old raft wasn’t smashed all to flinders" "No, she wasn’t. She was tore up a good deal one en' of her was; but dey wasn’t no great harm done, on'y our traps was mos' all los'. Ef we hadn' dive' so deep en swum so fur under water, en de night hadn' ben so dark, en we wasn’t so sk'yerd, en ben sich punkin-heads, as de sayin' is, we'd a seed de raf'. But it's jis' as well we didn't, 'kase now she's all fixed up agin mos' as good as new, en we's got a new lot o' stuff, in de place o' what 'uz los'." "Why, how did you get hold of the raft again, Jim, did you catch her" "How I gwyne to ketch her en I out in de woods No; some er de niggers foun' her ketched on a snag along heah in de ben', en dey hid her in a crick 'mongst de willows, en dey wuz so much jawin' 'bout which un 'um she b'long to de mos' dat I come to heah 'bout it pooty soon, so I ups en
settles de trouble by tellin' 'um she don't b'long to none uv um, but to you en me; en I ast 'm if dey gwyne to grab a young white genlman's propaty, en git a hid'n for it Den I gin 'm ten cents apiece, en dey 'uz mighty well satisfied, en wisht some mo' raf's 'ud come along en make 'm rich agin. Dey's mighty good to me, dese niggers is, en whatever I wants 'm to do fur me I doan' have to ast 'm twice, honey. Dat Jack's a good nigger, en pooty smart." "Yes, he is. He ain't ever told me you was here; told me to come, and he'd show me a lot of water-moccasins. If anything happens he ain't mixed up in it. He can say he never seen us together, and it 'll be the truth." I don't want to talk much about the next day. I reckon I'll cut it pretty short. I waked up about dawn, and was a- going to turn over and go to sleep again when I noticed how still it was, didn't seem to be anybody stirring. That wasn’t usual. Next I noticed that Buck was up and gone. Well, I gets up, a-wondering, and goes downstairs, nobody around; everything as still as a mouse. Just the same outside. Thinks I, what does it mean Down by the wood-pile I comes across my Jack, and says: "What's it all about" Says he: "Don't you know, Mars Jawge" "No," says I, "I don't." "Well, den, Miss Sophia's run off! 'deed she has. She run off in de night sometime, nobody don't know jis'
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settles de trouble by tellin' 'um she don't b'long to none uv<br />
um, but to you en me; en I ast 'm if dey gwyne to grab a<br />
young white genlman's propaty, en git a hid'n for it Den<br />
I gin 'm ten cents apiece, en dey 'uz mighty well satisfied,<br />
en wisht some mo' raf's 'ud <strong>com</strong>e along en make 'm rich<br />
agin. Dey's mighty good to me, dese niggers is, en<br />
whatever I wants 'm to do fur me I doan' have to ast 'm<br />
twice, honey. Dat Jack's a good nigger, en pooty smart."<br />
"Yes, he is. He ain't ever told me you was here; told me<br />
to <strong>com</strong>e, and he'd show me a lot <strong>of</strong> water-moccasins. If<br />
anything happens he ain't mixed up in it. He can say he<br />
never seen us together, and it 'll be the truth."<br />
I don't want to talk much about the next day. I reckon<br />
I'll cut it pretty short. I waked up about dawn, and was a-<br />
going to turn over and go to sleep again when I noticed<br />
how still it was, didn't seem to be anybody stirring. That<br />
wasn’t usual. Next I noticed that Buck was up and gone.<br />
Well, I gets up, a-wondering, and goes downstairs,<br />
nobody around; everything as still as a mouse. Just the<br />
same outside.<br />
Thinks I, what does it mean Down by the wood-pile<br />
I <strong>com</strong>es across my Jack, and says:<br />
"What's it all about"<br />
Says he:<br />
"Don't you know, Mars Jawge"<br />
"No," says I, "I don't."<br />
"Well, den, Miss Sophia's run <strong>of</strong>f! 'deed she has. She<br />
run <strong>of</strong>f in de night sometime, nobody don't know jis'
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