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

Dsms IRtsrsstlas Sketches from I.sos On the
Msssisssppi Forty Years Ago.

ss~s Istsrsst,ss sketches from Lsos On The
Mississippi Forty rsars Ago.
The greatest living authority on tho Mis-
sissipi River and on juvenile cussedness gives
notice at the beginning Of his book. the "Ad-
ventures Of Huckleberry Finn" that persons
attempting TO ind motive. moral. or q plot
In the narrative will be prosec ted, banished. or
shot. according to the variety OF the ofYcnco. Yet
Mark Twain 3 last story can braR OF both a motive
and falrsh plot. while a beautiful mora, dec
orates nonrly every ono Of It's shining pages.
namely. that It Is better and noblor to lie simply
and directly to the purpose than to put on
trills OF overelaborate mondacity. or to wander
from tho main chance into the byways OF UNI
necessary prevarcation. That Is what ID
taught by the careers Of Hucklebcrry Finn and
Tom Sawyer: and along with tho lesson we
get no ond OF stirring incident. river lore. hu-
man nature. phIlology. and fun.
Huck Finn lives In q Missouri town on the
Mississippi River above ST. Louis. He has
&C. 900 held In trust for him. a drunken father
who is trying to get control OF the boy and the
money. and good friend In tho pious Widow
Douglas. who does what she can for his moral
Improvement:
and -. and nGGk ana
" SS' y let 80 S 'f
nock in dead people.
Huck respects tho Widow. but is driven wild
BY the additional supervision Of her sister. Miss
Watson. a tolsrsble slim old maid with Cog
Eles on:"
me an hour M ana shsp he widow
ssy MI. ~ WATSON would say iSay pa yor
s, " ssTs SCI. s ana II:
Noni say Don't gae and stretch IKE thai, iiuckl'
Il sSou S' s 'pIs
Cd Hang a'S sis us
SSa Ia. We'll s? y. no IN sGs
Try forit
Illinois shore and locks him up in log shanty
during the days which he devotes to whiskey:
Iews, most so and he looked il. His hair was long
and tangled md gre.sy and hung down aud yon could
wnss.r ~sr 10 color S aes II:
~Ss: MAKE bay ~, ,isS %I,s to man:
xsfof S. sIohs."ju:, rags. that was all '"0'' "n'''
nj, nsa s s a'Sn. Sysy II to a ana LAID In the ausr
!housh, he was Adsm. Ge jus! al mud. Whenever
Inn. e most went for the
wins. IL. IN. Here. he law ssi.ndins ready take
e.. , an Away from n man, which /:
p Of ri s,S . W. S ss nI s ha, 60, a..
.ashp for KIN ris. res. The ia~ ' ~ and
H% rf. rn
n.p, MN 70 G ne ont o. my property The law take.
s$i;% sR:'; nc ' s% s!s
sSpglry tSr s.od M AZ Ye; and tod told
@ vi cen "a leave s sH na
ss%:e 9s% ct.
h+ 1saw Hs y sa .n the s ss III
put NOR IKE my head was showed up through lint o.
one q the weal,hies mon in thi town, IL could git
my rights"
Between the educational efforts OF Miss Wat
son and the hickory club OF this interesting
eitizen. Huck's life becomes SO miserable that
he runs away down river. first fixing things 30
that 1t will seem that he has been murdered.
The companion OF his adventures IL Miss Wat
sons slave Jim. who has also run away. Boz
cause he believes he Is to be sold and sent to
New Orleans. Jim Is q simple m inded, big
hearted darky. learned in the Significance Of
owners:
Jim lnow;d all kinds q sisns He ;.id he knowsd
ana asked linn bin there s w :x
I fsGs qes s"' a,y s to bod, WIN,
g anew s Snp 81, Want e
shiIy sIss: aa 'sS
t % -i aas.on i''s sls; 7
b: ss.: M t. ,: :ss
lst'nn; en- yet busted out"
Esn' i q: ~ :EEfsS :':ss r. '"'"
s;I!, 1sST S :sn sG IN
S's you d: SSs N, 4. tom asa or hama"
Lac =. i az sG .a t.. bon, an'
You had Ave dollars and ten cents Did you
.Ys. You knov dat on:isessd niger dat bronss to
Sas ye ID % n a ss.I. nS
sh er ns year well al &c nixgsrs went IN but dsy
@ s $E a. e
Keep SSso ny d. D tfa. 6 ast .nY sE sy
G1 he pay nan Wy Dc eli.
aarr ab "a. s' had s III
Nm to ~: a. irty a.lsr.y!s. ds Dc year
sa: II Sassd s. 50 DC" Ssy
What did you do with he ten cent. Iim,"
o. N: To to @ had s.na =:
ssIuHs A.; dsy es him for snoTi he's dem
ss 1fsw sa' =: :ftS
n church he 81
- ~ whos.sr x.s 70 de pp len to Dc Lord
b tuck en- give a. ten e POI en- laid low to
nov q # manage to nsss
MONEY dcai Dc .ssury BS GUMS ss
a Saes IND at fsssSis a' 5.
10 be rich again soins time or other"
"fss-en rs rich now come to look at t. I owns
myset ell rs wuth eight hund'd dollars l visit had
de money, wouldn' want no no."
While the runaways are still hiding near the
town. Huck puts on girls dress and goss
after dark to the settlement. In order to get
nows. He enters the house OF o woman who
does not know his face. because she 10 new
conner In the nelghborhood:
Come n," say: the woman. and did She says:
Take cheer"
don. It. She looked me all with her little shiny
eyes and says:
:" Whs, might your name be Z"
Sarah williams"
Where bout do you LIVER In this neehborhood ,"
Nom. In HoOkervle, seven mile below. I've
walked all the way. and I'm all tired out. Ny mothers
down sick, and out Of and every hing and
TO tell uncle, Abner Moore. lie lives at the upper
end of the tow she says haint been hsrs be-
fore. Do you know him I"
The woman tells him about tho supposed
murder OF Huckeberry Finn. and that both tho
drunken father and the runaway niger are
AkaA ~ n.s. l.