Chapter 36

           ASsoonaswereckonedeverybodywasasleepthatnightwewentdownthelightning-rod,andshutourselvesupinthelean-to,andgotoutourpileoffox-fire,andwenttowork.Weclearedeverythingoutoftheway,aboutfourorfivefootalongthemiddleofthebottomlog.TomsaidwewasrightbehindJim’sbednow,andwe’ddiginunderit,andwhenwegotthroughtherecouldn’tnobodyinthecabineverknowtherewasanyholethere,becauseJim’scounter-pinhungdownmosttotheground,andyou’dhavetoraiseitupandlookundertoseethehole.Soweduganddugwiththecase-knivestillmostmidnight;andthenwewasdog-tired,andourhandswasblistered,andyetyoucouldn’tseewe’ddoneanythinghardly.AtlastIsays:

           "Thisain’tnothirty-sevenyearjob;thisisathirty-eightyearjob,TomSawyer."

           Heneversaidnothing.Buthesighed,andprettysoonhestoppeddigging,andthenforagoodlittlewhileIknowedthathewasthinking.Thenhesays:

           "Itain’tnouse,Huck,itain’ta-goingtowork.Ifwewasprisonersitwould,becausethenwe’dhaveasmanyyearsaswewanted,andnohurry;andwewouldn’tgetbutafewminutestodig,everyday,whiletheywaschangingwatches,andsoourhandswouldn’tgetblistered,andwecouldkeepituprightalong,yearinandyearout,anddoitright,andthewayitoughttobedone.ButWEcan’tfoolalong;wegottorush;weain’tgotnotimetospare.

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