"Dah, now, Huck, what I tell you?--what I tell
you up dah on Jackson Islan'? I tole you I got a
hairy breas', en what's de sign un it; en I tole you
I ben rich wunst, en gwineter to be rich ag'in; en
it's come true; en heah she is! Dah, now! doan'
talk to me--signs, is signs, mine I tell you; en I
knowed jis 's well 'at I 'uz gwineter be rich ag'in as
I's a-stannin' heah dis minute!"

And then Tom he talked along and talked along,
and says, le's all three slide out of here one of these
nights and get an outfit, and go for howling adven-
tures amongst the Injuns, over in the territory, for
a couple of weeks or two; and I says, all right, that
suits me, but I ain't got no money for to buy the
outfit, and I reckon I couldn't get none from home,
because it's likely pap's been back before now, and
got it all away from Judge Thatcher and drunk
it up.

"No, he hain't," Tom says; "it's all there yet--
six thousand dollars and more; and your pap hain't
ever been back since. Hadn't when I come away,
anyhow."

Jim says, kind of solemn:

"He ain't a-comin' back no mo', Huck."

I says:

"Why, Jim?"

" Nemmine why, Huck--but he ain't comin' back
no mo'."

But I kept at him; so at last he says:

"Doan' you 'member de house dat was float'n
down de river, en dey wuz a man in dah, kivered
up, en I went in en unkivered him and didn' let you

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