The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Page #4

AND BECAME:

A USEFUL MEMBER.

BUT NOW, ALAS,

ALL 3 BLOSSOMING YOUTHS

HAVE CROSSED:

THE GREAT RIVER.

THEY HAVE STEPPED

UPON THE SUNLIT SHORE.

EVEN NOW, THEY MARCH.

THEY MARCH INTO-

TOM! TOM! OH!

OH, MY BOY!

MY PRECIOUS!

JOE!

OH, JOE!

WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN

ALL THIS TIME?

WHO SAVED YOU?

WHY, NOBODY.

WE WAS:

JUST PLAYIN' PIRATES.

Man:

PLAYING PIRATES?!

Second man:
MAKIN'

A PASSEL OF FOOLS OUT OF US!

IF THEY WERE MINE,

I'D LAUGH

THEIR HIDE OFF.

LETTING US THINK

THAT THEY WERE DROWNED!

THEY HAVE RETURNED TO US

UNHARMED.

LET US GIVE THANKS.

SING AND PUT YOUR HEARTS

IN IT.

PLAYIN' PIRATES.

JUST WAI TILL I GET YOU HOME.

PRAISE GOD FROM WHOM

ALL BLESSINGS FLOW

PRAISE HIM ALL CREATURES

HERE BELOW...

I KNOW I DID WRONG

TO RUN AWAY:

AND LET YOU THINK

WE WAS DROWNED,

BUT I DREAM ABOUT YOU ANYWAY.

DREAM?

A CAT DOES THAT MUCH.

WHAT'D YOU DREAM?

WHY, UH... WHY...

THURSDAY NIGHT, I DREAM THAT YOU, AUNT POLLY,

WERE SITTING:

ON THE SOFA,

AND YOU WERE SITTING

ON THE WOOD BOX,

AND MARY NEXT TO YOU.

SO WE DID.

SO WE ALWAYS DO.

AND JOE HARPER'S

MOTHER WAS HERE.

WHY, SHE WAS HERE.

HMM.

DID YOU DREAM ANY MORE?

IT SEEMS TO ME:

THAT MRS. HARPER

SAID SHE STILL HAS HOPES

UNTIL THEY FOUND THE RAF WITH JOE'S...

JOE'S...

TRY HARDER, TOM!

IT WAS HIS SHOES.

WHY, IT HAPPENED

JUST SO!

MM-HMM.

GO ON, TOM.

OH, IT'S ALL GETTING

AS BRIGHT AS DAY NOW.

THEN SID SAID...

I THINK HE SAID...

HE BET IT WAS MY FAULT.

MERCY ON US,

HIS VERY WORDS.

AND YOU:

SHUT HIM UP SHARP.

I CERTAINLY DID.

AND THEN:

YOU WENT TO BED.

DON'T TELL ME THERE AIN' ANYTHING IN DREAMS.

SERENY HARPER'LL

KNOW OF THIS:

BEFORE I'M A MINUTE OLDER!

HMM!

"OH, IT'S ALL GETTING

AS BRIGHT AS DAY NOW."

TRASH!

THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED,

WASN'T IT?

PURTY THIN-

AS LONG A DREAM AS THA WITHOUT ANY MISTAKES

IN IT.

HUH!

SID?

YAH, YOU MISSED ME!

Aunt Polly:
TOM!

YOU, TOM!

I HAVE A GOOD NOTION

TO SKIN YOU ALIVE!

YOU!

WHAT HAVE I DONE,

AUNT POLLY?

HERE I GO:

OVER TO SERENY HARPER

WITH ALL THAT RUBBISH

ABOUT THAT DREAM,

AND, LO AND BEHOLD,

SHE FOUND OUT FROM JOE

YOU WAS OVER HERE

AND HEARD ALL THE TALK

WE HAD THAT NIGHT!

OH, TOM, I DON'T KNOW

WHAT'S TO BECOME OF A BOY

THAT WILL AC THE WAY YOU DO.

I KNOW NOW IT WAS MEAN,

AUNT POLLY,

BUT I DIDN'T MEAN

TO BE MEAN.

HONEST, I DIDN'T.

AND BESIDES,

I DIDN'T COME OVER HERE

TO LAUGH AT YOU THAT NIGHT.

WELL, WHAT DID YOU

COME OVER HERE FOR THEN?

TO TELL YOU:

NOT TO WORRY ABOUT US

'CAUSE WE HADN' GOT DROWNED.

I'D GIVE THE WHOLE WORLD

TO BELIEVE THAT,

BUT IT AIN'T REASONABLE.

BECAUSE WHY DIDN'T YOU

TELL ME, CHILD?

WELL, YOU SEE,

WHEN I HEARD TALKIN'

ABOUT THE FUNERAL,

I GOT THE IDEA:

OF HIDIN' IN THE CHURCH,

SO I PUT THE BARK

BACK IN MY POCKE AND KEPT MUM.

BARK? WHAT BARK?

THE BARK I WROTE ON

TO TELL YOU WE'D GONE PIRATE.

WHY, IT'S STILL IN THE POCKE OF MY OLD COAT.

YOU CAN LOOK AND SEE

IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME.

I WISH NOW YOU'D WAKE UP

WHEN I KISSED YOU.

I DO, HONEST.

DID YOU KISS ME, TOM?

WHY, YES, I DID,

AUNT POLLY.

NOW, WHAT'D YOU

KISS ME FOR?

BECAUSE I LOVE YOU SO,

AND YOU LAID THERE MOANIN',

AND I WAS SO SORRY.

KISS ME AGAIN, TOM.

GO ON TO SCHOOL NOW.

AND DON'T BOTHER ME

NO MORE.

YEAH, YOU DIDN'T FOOL ME.

AUNT POLLY!

I NEVER DID NOBODY

ANY HARM BEFORE.

YOU'LL ALL SAY THAT.

I DIDN'T KNOW

WHAT I WAS DOIN'.

I HOPE-I HOPE TO DIE

THIS MINUTE IF I DID.

HEY, TOM.

THEY FOUND:

DOC ROBINSON'S BODY

AND ARRESTED MUFF.

BUT MUFF:

DIDN'T KILL HIM.

INJUN JOE SAYS HE DID,

AND MUFF THINKS HE DID.

BUT WE SAW.

WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO?

DO? NOTHIN'.

DO YOU WANNA DROP DOWN

DEAD IN YOUR TRACKS

AND ROT?

OHH.

HEAR YE, HEAR YE,

THE STATE OF MISSOURA

VS. CLARENCE POTTER,

ALIAS MUFF POTTER.

DEATH WAS DUE TO

AN INCISIVE TRAUMA OF THE HEAR INFLICTED BY A KNIFE.

IT'S MUFF POTTER'S

KNIFE, ALL RIGHT.

I SOLD IT TO HIM

LAST OCTOBER.

SURE, I COULD SEE

MUFF STAB HIM.

I WAS AS CLOSE:

AS I AM TO YOU.

Prosecutor:

THAT'S ALL.

THE STATE RESTS.

YOUR HONOR, I ASK

FOR AN ADJOURNMEN UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING.

ADJOURNMENT?

FOR WHAT?

TO PREPARE MY ADDRESS

TO THE JURY,

WHICH'LL BE

OUR ONLY DEFENSE.

YOU WILL INTRODUCE

NO WITNESSES?

WE'VE BEEN UNABLE

TO FIND ANY.

HERE'S SOME MORE

TOBACCER, MUFF.

AND HERE'S SOME REAL

LUCIFER MATCHES.

THANK YOU, BOYS.

YOU'VE BEEN

MIGHTY GOOD TO ME,

BETTER THAN ANYBODY ELSE

IN THIS TOWN.

AND OFTEN I SAYS

TO MYSELF, SAYS I,

"I USED TO SHOW THE BOYS WHERE

THE GOOD FISHIN' PLACES WAS

"AND BEFRIEND 'EM

WHAT I COULD,

AND NOW THEY ALL FORGOT OL' MUFF

WHEN HE'S IN TROUBLE."

BUT TOM DON'T,

AND HUCK DON'T.

AND I DON'T FORGET THEM,

EITHER. HEH.

IT'S A PRIME COMFORT TO LOOK

ON FACES THAT'S FRIENDLY

WHEN A BODY'S

IN SUCH A MUCK OF TROUBLE.

GOOD FRIENDLY FACES. HEH.

SHAKE HANDS.

LITTLE HANDS.

BUT THEY'VE HELPED

MUFF POTTER A POWER.

THEY'D HELP MORE

IF THEY COULD.

...TELL THE TRUTH,

THE WHOLE TRUTH,

NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH,

SO HELP ME.

THOMAS SAWYER,

WHERE WERE YOU:

ON THE 17th OF JUNE,

ABOUT THE HOUR:

OF MIDNIGHT?

WHERE WERE YOU ON

THE NIGHT OF JUNE 17,

ABOUT 12 OF THE CLOCK?

WHERE WERE YOU:

AT MIDNIGHT ON JUNE 17?

IN THE GRAVEYARD.

A LITTLE LOUDER,

PLEASE.

DON'T BE AFRAID.

YOU WERE...

AHEM. IN THE GRAVEYARD!

WHAT DID YOU:

TAKE THERE?

ONLY A...

A DEAD CAT.

AND, UH, JUST WHA WERE YOU GOING TO DO

WITH YOUR DEAD CAT?

WE WAS GONNA TAKE

OUR WARTS OFF WITH HIM.

SEE, YOU TAKE YOUR CA ALONG ABOUT MIDNIGHT.

YOU GO GET IN THE GRAVEYARD

WHERE SOMEBODY WICKED'S

BEEN BURIED.

YOUR HONOR,

SINCE WE MUST BE EXPOSED

TO ALL THIS BOYISH PRATTLE

ABOUT A DEAD CAT,

MAY I ASK THE CAT WHERE IS

THE FELINE CORPUS DELICTI?

WE WILL PRODUCE:

THE SKELETON:

OF THAT CAT.

NOW, WHEN YOU WERE

IN THE GRAVEYARD,

WERE YOU:

ANYWHERE NEAR:

HORSE WILLIAMS'

GRAVE?

YES, SIR.

SPEAK UP.

A LITTLE LOUDER.

HOW NEAR WERE YOU?

NEAR AS I AM TO YOU.

WERE YOU HIDDEN?

WHERE YOU:

HIDDEN OR NOT?

I WAS HID.

WHERE?

UP IN A TREE.

AND NOW, MY BOY,

TELL US EVERYTHING

THAT OCCURRED.

TELL I IN YOUR OWN WAY,

DON'T SKIP ANYTHING,

AND DON'T BE AFRAID.

WE SAW THE FIGHT.

MUFF GOT KNOCKED

UNCONSCIOUS.

HE DIDN'T KILL DOC ROBINSON!

THE ONE THAT STABBED HIM WAS-

Man:
SOMEBODY GET HIM!

WHOA!

HA HA HA HA HA!

YAY!

MUFF IS FREE.

... IN THE BRIGHT, BLUE SKY

THEY'LL WARBLE

A SONG TO ME...

I GOT SOMETHING:

FOR YOU.

IT WILL MAKE ME GLAD

TO THINK THEY ARE

HAPPY AND FREE:

IF EVER I SEE:

ON BUSH OR TREE:

YOUNG BIRDS:

IN THEIR PRETTY NES I MUST NOT IN PLAY

STEAL THE YOUNG BIRDS AWAY

TO GRIEVE:

THEIR MOTHER'S BREAS MY MOTHER...

YOO-HOO. TOM.

Man:
ALL RIGHT, CHILDREN,

LET'S GO TO THE CAVE!

EVERYBODY!

Boy:
HEY,

WAIT FOR ME!

ALL RIGHT,

CHILDREN.

COME ON.

ATTABOY.

COME AND GE YOUR CANDLES.

EVERYBODY GE CANDLES DOWN HERE.

DON'T GO OUT OF SIGH OF THE ENTRANCE, CHILDREN.

WE WON'T,

MISS JENKINS.

YOO-HOO! TOM!

WAIT FOR US.

TOM! WAIT FOR

SIDNEY AND ME!

HURRY, BECKY!

HURRY!

THEY'RE GONNA CATCH US!

OH, LOOK, BECKY. LOOK.

ISN'T IT PRETTY?

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