dwTHE ADVENTURES
OF TOM SAWYER
"Does a Boy Get a Chance to Whitewash a Fence Every Day 9"
AUTHORIZED EDITION
The Complete Works of
MARK
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THE ADVENTURES
OF TOM SAWYER oooooooo
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THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER
Copyright, 1875, 1899, and 1903, by SAMUEL L. CLEMENS
Copyright, 1917, by CLARA GABRILOWITSCH
Copyright, 1917, 1920, by MARK TWAIN COMPANY
Copyright, 1922, by THE MARK TWAIN COMPANY
Printed in the United States of America
D-F
TO
MY WIFE
THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED
CONTENTS
CHAP. PACK PREFACE xi
I. TOM PLAYS, FIGHTS, AND HIDES I II. THE GLORIOUS WHITEWASHER 12
III. BUSY AT WAR AND LOVE 20
IV. SHOWING OFF IN SUNDAY-SCHOOL 29
V. THE PINCH-BUG AND His PREY 43
VI. TOM MEETS BECKY 50
VII. TICK-RUNNING AND A HEARTBREAK 65
VIII. A PIRATE BOLD TO BE 73 IX. TRAGEDY IN THE GRAVEYARD 80 X. DIRE PROPHECY OF THE HOWLING DOG .... 89
XI. CONSCIENCE RACKS TOM 98
XII. THE CAT AND THE PAIN-KILLER 104
XIII. THE PIRATE CREW SET SAIL in
XIV. HAPPY CAMP OF THE FREEBOOTERS 121 XV. TOM'S STEALTHY VISIT HOME 129 XVI. FIRST PIPES "I'VE LOST MY KNIFE" .... 136 XVII. PIRATES AT THEIR OWN FUNERAL 149 XVIII. TOM REVEALS His DREAM SECRET 154 XIX. THE CRUELTY OF "I DIDN'T THINK" 166 XX. TOM TAKES BECKY'S PUNISHMENT 170 XXI. ELOQUENCE AND THE MASTER'S GILDED DOME . 177 XXII. HUCK FINN QUOTES SCRIPTURE 185 XXIII. THE SALVATION OF MUFF POTTER 189 XXIV. SPLENDID DAYS AND FEARSOME NIGHTS .... 198 XXV. SEEKING THE BURIED TREASURE 200 XXVI. REAL ROBBERS SEIZE THE Box OF GOLD .... 209
CONTENTS
CHAP. PAGE XXVII. TREMBLING ON THE TRAIL 220 XXVIII. IN THE LAIR OF INJUN JOE 224 XXIX. HUCK SAVES THE WIDOW 229 XXX. TOM AND BECKY IN THE CAVE 239
XXXI. FOUND AND LOST AGAIN 251 XXXII. "TURN OUT! THEY'RE FOUND!" 263 XXXIII. THE FATE OF INJUN JOE 267 XXXIV. FLOODS OF GOLD 281 XXXV. RESPECTABLE HUCK JOINS THE GANG .... 285
ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER
PREFACE
MOST of the adventures recorded in this book really occurred; one or two were experiences of my own, the rest those of boys who were school mates of mine. Huck Finn is drawn from life ; Tom
Sawyer also, but not from an individual he is a combination of the characteristics of three boys whom I knew, and therefore belongs to the com posite order of architecture.