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Show 40 I nothincr, iL wn .' ·o dark; and whi.'p red and aid h won] (llLten f r t he 0 • t ~p Lo get further, a11d when he n udge<l n :-; J i rn Tlltl~t o·li<l \ out fir t and hi1n last. '1o he . t his ear to the crack 0 ' antl ]i ten c1, and li ten eel, antl li ' l en cl, and the .. :tep .... u ~e ra ping around, out t her , all the t.itne ; antl at la t he nudged u~, ancl TO~t C.\ rC: liT OX A SPLl:s"TER we slid out, and stooped do\vn, not breathing, and 11ol Jnaking the lr·a 't noi~e, and slipped stealthy towards the fencf\, in Injun file, and got to it, all right, and n1 and Jim oYer it ; bnt Tom' · britchc · catched fast on a splinter on the top rail, and then he hear the step: coming, so he had to p ull loo(;'e, which l"nnppcd the plinter and 1nade a noi t:; :U1<l as h droppe<l in our tracks and started, somebody sing. out : " ' rho. that ? An w r or fll ·hoot ! " But we didn•t answer; we ju ·t unfurl ed our ht·c·ls and . hov d. Then there "\va a rush, and a Dany, bun[!, lHoz.r;! and the bull 'tS fairly whizz <l c\l'OUllCl US ! v\r e h ard th ' lll :;iL ~· out : "}[ re thry arc ! They\' hrok) for the ri ver! aft er \~ 1 n , boys ! And t urn loose the dogs ; ., Ho here i h y corne, full t ilt. \\~ c could be nr the1n, he au:-;<' 1 bey wore hoot s, an cl ycll<'d, b u t WC' cl idn't ' vc'ar no boots, and didn't yell. \Y c " ·as in tlH' path to th 1nill ; an cl \vheu tlu·y got pretty clo eon to u ~ , \H' dodg<'cl into the ln1,'h an<l let 1hc nt go by, and then dropped ill h hind t hent. 'J'hcy\1 ha<l aJl tl H• dog hut up, s they "\vonl<lt. 't .:care off th robber:-:; ; bnt hy this tin1c scnnebody had let thr n1. Joo c, and her they cotuc, llutking pow-wo\v nongh for a 1nillion ; but t hey wa · our clog:-: ; fiO we stopped in onr track .· 1 ill they catch d. np ; <nHl \rlH•n they 'C it warn't n obody bnt UN, and n ex ·ite1n 'nt to otl'er thc1n, they only just saicl l1 owdy , ancl tore righL al1ead t owards the Hhouting ancl clattering; <tnd then \V 11p st 'mn ncrn in a11tl whizzc<l along after thcn1 till we was n <lr]y to th 111 il1, and tl~en truck up through t h bn.-h to where n1y cano wa · t ied and hopped in and pnlJ d for clear life LO\Yarcl · the 1nidclle of the riv r, but didn•t 1nake no 1uore n oise t han \VC was oblc ge(l to. Th n we struck cut, ca. ·y ancl comfort a b) , for t h i land wh rc 1ny raft was; <ntcl w could h ear them yelli11g nnd barking at each other all liP and down the bank, till we was so f~tr away 1 he sounds g ot dj1n aud died out. And ·when we st cppr cl on to the raft, I .ay~-; : " ~~O'W, old Jin1, JOU·r a fr n :an aga in , ar:cl I Let you won't vcr be a slave no 1nore." ' En a mighty good j ob it wuz, too, Huck. It 'uz plann d |