The adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark TWAIN - Pitbook.com
The adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark TWAIN - Pitbook.com The adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark TWAIN - Pitbook.com
CHAPTER XXIX THEY was fetching a very nice-looking old gentleman along, and a nice-looking younger one, with his right arm in a sling. And, my souls, how the people yelled and laughed, and kept it up. But I didn't see no joke about it, and I judged it would strain the duke and the king some to see any. I reckoned they'd turn pale. But no, nary a pale did they turn. The duke he never let on he suspicioned what was up, but just went a goo-gooing around, happy and satisfied, like a jug that's googling out buttermilk; and as for the king, he just gazed and gazed down sorrowful on them new-comers like it give him the stomachache in his very heart to think there could be such frauds and rascals in the world. Oh, he done it admirable. Lots of the principal people gethered around the king, to let him see they was on his side. That old gentleman that had just come looked all puzzled to death. Pretty soon he begun to speak, and I see straight off he pronounced like an Englishman, not the king's way, though the king's was pretty good for an imitation. I can't give the old gent's words, nor I can't imitate him; but he turned around to the crowd, and says, about like this: "This is a surprise to me which I wasn't looking for; and I'll acknowledge, candid and frank, I ain't very well fixed to meet it and answer it; for my brother and me has had
misfortunes; he's broke his arm, and our baggage got put off at a town above here last night in the night by a mistake. I am Peter Wilks' brother Harvey, and this is his brother William, which can't hear nor speak, and can't even make signs to amount to much, now't he's only got one hand to work them with. We are who we say we are; and in a day or two, when I get the baggage, I can prove it. But up till then I won't say nothing more, but go to the hotel and wait." So him and the new dummy started off; and the king he laughs, and blethers out: "Broke his arm, very likely, ain't it and very convenient, too, for a fraud that's got to make signs, and ain't learnt how. Lost their baggage! That's mighty good! and mighty ingenious, under the circumstances! So he laughed again; and so did everybody else, except three or four, or maybe half a dozen. One of these was that doctor; another one was a sharp-looking gentleman, with a carpet-bag of the old-fashioned kind made out of carpetstuff, that had just come off of the steamboat and was talking to him in a low voice, and glancing towards the king now and then and nodding their heads, it was Levi Bell, the lawyer that was gone up to Louisville; and another one was a big rough husky that come along and listened to all the old gentleman said, and was listening to the king now. And when the king got done this husky up and says: "Say, looky here; if you are Harvey Wilks, when'd you
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misfortunes; he's broke his arm, and our baggage got put<br />
<strong>of</strong>f at a town above here last night in the night by a<br />
mistake. I am Peter Wilks' brother Harvey, and this is his<br />
brother William, which can't hear nor speak, and can't<br />
even make signs to amount to much, now't he's only got<br />
one hand to work them with. We are who we say we are;<br />
and in a day or two, when I get the baggage, I can prove<br />
it. But up till then I won't say nothing more, but go to the<br />
hotel and wait."<br />
So him and the new dummy started <strong>of</strong>f; and the king he<br />
laughs, and blethers out: "Broke his arm, very likely, ain't<br />
it and very convenient, too, for a fraud that's got to make<br />
signs, and ain't learnt how. Lost their baggage! That's<br />
mighty good! and mighty ingenious, under the<br />
circumstances!<br />
So he laughed again; and so did everybody else, except<br />
three or four, or maybe half a dozen. One <strong>of</strong> these was that<br />
doctor; another one was a sharp-looking gentleman, with<br />
a carpet-bag <strong>of</strong> the old-fashioned kind made out <strong>of</strong> carpetstuff,<br />
that had just <strong>com</strong>e <strong>of</strong>f <strong>of</strong> the steamboat and was<br />
talking to him in a low voice, and glancing towards the<br />
king now and then and nodding their heads, it was Levi<br />
Bell, the lawyer that was gone up to Louisville; and<br />
another one was a big rough husky that <strong>com</strong>e along and<br />
listened to all the old gentleman said, and was listening to<br />
the king now. And when the king got done this husky up<br />
and says:<br />
"Say, looky here; if you are Harvey Wilks, when'd you