Chapter 35

           ThereadermayrestsatisfiedthatTom’sandHuck’swindfallmadeamightystirinthepoorlittlevillageofSt.Petersburg. Sovastasum,allinactualcash,seemednexttoincredible. Itwastalkedabout,gloatedover,glorified,untilthereasonofmanyofthecitizenstotteredunderthestrainoftheunhealthyexcitement. Every"haunted"houseinSt.Petersburgandtheneighboringvillageswasdissected,plankbyplank,anditsfoundationsdugupandransackedforhiddentreasureandnotbyboys,butmenprettygrave,unromanticmen,too,someofthem. WhereverTomandHuckappearedtheywerecourted,admired,staredat. Theboyswerenotabletorememberthattheirremarkshadpossessedweightbefore;butnowtheirsayingsweretreasuredandrepeated; everythingtheydidseemedsomehowtoberegardedasremarkable; theyhadevidentlylostthepowerofdoingandsayingcommonplacethings; moreover,theirpasthistorywasrakedupanddiscoveredtobearmarksofconspicuousoriginality. Thevillagepaperpublishedbiographicalsketchesoftheboys. 

           TheWidowDouglasputHuck’smoneyoutatsixpercent.,andJudgeThatcherdidthesamewithTom’satAuntPolly’srequest. Eachladhadanincome,now,thatwassimplyprodigiousadollarforeveryweek-dayintheyearandhalfoftheSundays. Itwasjustwhattheministergotno,itwaswhathewaspromisedhegenerallycouldn’tcollectit. Adollarandaquarteraweekwouldboard,lodge,andschoolaboyinthoseoldsimpledaysandclothehimandwashhim,too,forthatmatter. 

           JudgeThatcherhadconceivedagreatopinionofTom. Hesaidthatnocommonplaceboywouldeverhavegothisdaughteroutofthecave. WhenBeckytoldherfather,instrictconfidence,howTomhadtakenherwhippingatschool,theJudgewasvisiblymoved; 

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