The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-02-17

Tom Sawyer? Mark Twain
does not give you a descrip-
ton of him anywhere from start to
finish of the book, but more satisfy
ing flesh and blood boy cannot be
found. And things happened just
right with Tom Sawyer. All his adj
ventures "pan out" as you'd like to
have them, even to the finding and
retaining of the buried treasure. 1t is
bully yarn.
Delighted and talented liar that he
is upon occasions, there is nothing
sneaky about Tom; he has more STAN
ina to him than Huck Finn, the viii
lage drunkard's son, even though he
can't smoke cob pipe with the same
enjoyment. 1t was Tom who was al
ways proposing new and exciting adj
ventures; it was Tom who induced
Huck Finn and Joe Harper to go pi-
rating to an island in the Mississippi,
and Tom who, when the expedition
was webbing on its legs and about
to trail ANONYMOUSLY back home in
tame surrender, saw dramatic finish
for the thing. Their funeral sermons
were to be preached Sunday, and the
three succeeded in getting into the !
loft of the church hours before the |
service commenced, listened TO their
own obsequies-they never knew how
much the community thought of them
beforehand trooped down the aisle I
in the midst of the excitement and /
the sobbing. The minister stared at
them a minute, and then he saved the
situation.
'Let us all sing old Hundred" he
exclaimed, and amid thunderous re-
joicings the runaway and unrepentar
boys were welcomed back to the heart
of the village.
Do you remember the incident of
Aunt Polly's cat and the "painkiller?"
The "painkiller" was bought for Tom
and administered to him forcefully. 4.
Aunt Polly came in one day just after :
Tom had forced a spoonful down the
throat of the unwilling family cat,
md found the outraged animal howl
ng, coughing and bouncing around !
he room. Why had Tom done this
hing?
Because he amt got no aunt" said .
he boy promptly. "If he had an aunt !.
the would scorch him and burn him
,ut and set him Attire with it."
Aunt Polly didn't admit it, of course !.
nut she wondered little if what was
ruelty to cats might not possibly be
ruelty to boys.
How Tom Sawyer was sentenced to : :,
vhitewash the fence and not only got
lis friends to do the work for him,
nut made them pay him for the privi- =
eye is one of the most famous Incl
ents of the story. '
A thousand choice pieces of boy SUI
erstition are woven through the
ook; how to cure warts with "spunk
,ater," and the things to ask a doo-
lie bug, and how hair will turn into
snake if you put it in water. And it
'as the cure of warts by aid of dead
at that took Tom and Huck to the
raveyard at midnight just in time
} see Injun Joe kill the young doctor
! quarrel over a grave robbery
nd then lay the blame on poor drunk
n Muff Potter and make him think
ed done it. Oh, that Injun Joe was
horrible william; he makes your
lood run cold. Tom and Huck knew
lightly well he'd kill them if they I
YER breathed word to anybody
bout what they'd seen, so they lay
w, and when they got out of the
raveyard, all a-shiver, they swore
solemn vow and wrote it in their
wn blood on piece of board and
lried it at the foot of stump. They
ould never breathe word of this
ing to anybody.
And then the day of the trial drew
FoiSA anu anu every UOQy
new they were going to hang Muff
otter-poor, harmless Muff that new
did any harm to anybody, just
shed and got enough money to get
'unk, and showed the boys the best
'hing holes and loafed good deal.
nd he was so grateful for tobacco
e boys Struggled him. 1t was too
UGH for Tom Sawyer. He might get
He'd for it, and he thought probably
would, but he went to Potter's
wyer and told him all he'd seen. And
e lawyer, keeping it dark till the
y of the trial, put Tom Sawyer
the witness stand, and told how
ID seen Injun Joe kill the doctor-
jun Joe burst out of the courtroom
tn whoop, the miserable breed,
d escaped. ut wouldn't do to lose
good villain as Injun Joe out of
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