Chapter 25

           Therecomesatimeineveryrightly-constructedboy’slifewhenhehasaragingdesiretogosomewhereanddigforhiddentreasure. ThisdesiresuddenlycameuponTomoneday. HesalliedouttofindJoeHarper,butfailedofsuccess. NexthesoughtBenRogers;hehadgonefishing. PresentlyhestumbleduponHuckFinntheRed-Handed. Huckwouldanswer. Tomtookhimtoaprivateplaceandopenedthemattertohimconfidentially. Huckwaswilling. Huckwasalwayswillingtotakeahandinanyenterprisethatofferedentertainmentandrequirednocapital,forhehadatroublesomesuperabundanceofthatsortoftimewhichisnotmoney. "Where’llwedig?"saidHuck. 

           "Oh,mostanywhere." 

           "Why,isithidallaround?" 

           "No,indeeditain’t. It’shidinmightyparticularplaces,Hucksometimesonislands,sometimesinrottenchestsundertheendofalimbofanolddeadtree,justwheretheshadowfallsatmidnight;butmostlyunderthefloorinha’ntedhouses." 

           "Whohidesit?" 

           "Why,robbers,ofcoursewho’dyoureckon?Sunday-schoolsup’rintendents?" 

           "Idon’tknow. If’twasmineIwouldn’thideit;I’dspenditandhaveagoodtime." 

           "SowouldI.Butrobbersdon’tdothatway.Theyalwayshideitandleaveitthere." 

           "Don’ttheycomeafteritanymore?" 

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