The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1885-02-15

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Thus 1t always was with Hucklebcrry Finn.
His fabrlcations lay In strata. and IL any pene-
trating person. like this woman. succeeded in
getting through ono thickness 1t WAS only to
strike subjacent layer. which usually proved
satisfactory. Huck was never stumped. In
the course OF the varied and entertaining ad-
ventures with which tho historian has filed
this book the hero frequently INDUCES in
bursts OF candor: but II is always voluntary
performance on his part. He Is never forced
beguiled, or surprised into telling the truth
when from his point OF view a fiction 10 the
proper thing for the occasion. His resources
are unfailing; and at times. In tho more COM
plicated situations into which his fortunes
bring him as ho makes his way down the Mis-
eissippi with jim his statements become mar
vsls OF ingenious compoxity. like q series OF
carved ivory balls within balls. or nest Of
Japanese boxes. And yet each individual lie
Is perfectly simple and generally plausible.
For this reason his achievements are really
more artistic. although much less elaborate
and SNOWY. than those OF the better known
Tom Sawyer. who possessed o far livelier i'm
agination and far greater fund OF general
information on which to draw in an emer-
gency. Toms school was the ornate. Huckle-
berry's the practical; and yet the latter. per-
haps for this very reason. persisted In looking
US to his comrade as to a superior being. his
master In the art.
Huck and the darky lit out at once from the
island. navigating the river on q small raft by
night and tying up along shore and lying low
during daylight Their plan WAS to leave the
raft at Cairo. 90 up the Ohio on o steamboat
and thus reach the free States. As they neared
Cairo. Huck's moral nature began to expert
ence singular reawaksning. A conscience
that was sufficiently elastic on the subject Of
msndacity. and that never kicked when Huck
stole chickens or watermelons. or appropriated
the goods and chattels Of other people. was
strongly aGitated by the thought that here he
was helping slave to escape to freedom. He
even started once to go ashore and inform on
his com panlon:
va: dead niae,sd uG and down The raft, abusing
Ps., me We neither OF us eond Keep 't Every time
he s"s D.: a Il 90. Care:
5 T Ss o S,s of n: .
my:slt Il. ws' saving how The dr. ming he You'd DO
ma :ns. and shss i: s ~
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.s1: ss to sis' H. M H. ss:
aimsssnes 4 made IN bin the minute he judged he was
s saa s 'sf cid
soea to M. oss
Isa. :' tna to me Sfa HI
.ssl to- esy a0as a Il Was such
na OF him my eon.e,"nce got to stirring mo up hotter
@ a. IT, paddle " a, I'll .aa
i OIL a ."S w. a F =
out sharp for hight aud sort Of singing to myself by
:sts ilns$, W.. safe: :'G Jamp up and crack yo'
b, say. n! take the canoe jim II mishtn.
lie jumped und got the canoe ready and pm, his old
coat In The bottom for mo to set ana give the
soon ii j. s.Sa 70" n toT Joy on I'll say it. all
Ssn M"'f s. T.
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: q" e: @ !" a e : "a ias.
on. Of along slow them and Want Right
ssr WIEN wh,ssf s.% a.
Il. white
An incident turned Huck from his purpose at
thattime. Later. when Jim had in fact been cap
tured and was held by strangers for a reward,
the Same computations again disturbed Huck-
lebsrry:
would get around that Huck Finn helped niger to
get his freedoms and II was TO anybody from
Iha town "a DO ready get down and iei his
i.wdOwn thing and Then he don't want q ~:
NO disgrace. That WAS my hx exactly. The more /
studied about this the more my sonscience went
grinding me, and tie more wicked and low down aud
ornery got TO feeling And 81 last whom It hit ms sii
.srp,nE me in III. ,nss and letting know Wicked
heaven. while was stealing poor old womsns niger
that hadn't ever done me no harm and showing
me there's One that's always the lookout and ain {
skong allow such 20 to 90 only Jus,
.c.,sd tried g, best could 70 Kinder soften up
and 80 .Arn't 80 much to blAme but somsthin inside
OF mo Kept saying There was the sunday school, you
could have gone to II; and II you'd done thsyd
learnt you there that people that acting
about that niger to eveTlastinR IRE"
II made me SILVER. And about made up my mind to
pray, aud sec couldn't try to quit being kind of
boy was and 10 better 20 khseled down. But the
wor r. @ SSmS WY wo0idnI they y warnt
neither. I knowed very well why they wouldn't come
w..rI sEs.,s GU va. pay,aE
holding 70 the biegsst of all trying to