| [CHAPTER I.] Y-o-u-u Tom—Aunt Polly Decides Upon her Duty—Tom Practices Music—The Challenge—A Private Entrance |
| [CHAPTER II.] Strong Temptations—Strategic Movements—The Innocents Beguiled |
| [CHAPTER III.] Tom as a General—Triumph and Reward—Dismal Felicity—Commission and Omission |
| [CHAPTER IV.] Mental Acrobatics—Attending Sunday—School—The Superintendent—“Showing off”—Tom Lionized |
| [CHAPTER V.] A Useful Minister—In Church—The Climax |
| [CHAPTER VI.] Self-Examination—Dentistry—The Midnight Charm—Witches and Devils—Cautious Approaches—Happy Hours |
| [CHAPTER VII.] A Treaty Entered Into—Early Lessons—A Mistake Made |
| [CHAPTER VIII.] Tom Decides on his Course—Old Scenes Re-enacted |
| [CHAPTER IX.] A Solemn Situation—Grave Subjects Introduced—Injun Joe Explains |
| [CHAPTER X.] The Solemn Oath—Terror Brings Repentance—Mental Punishment |
| [CHAPTER XI.] Muff Potter Comes Himself—Tom’s Conscience at Work |
| [CHAPTER XII.] Tom Shows his Generosity—Aunt Polly Weakens |
| [CHAPTER XIII.] The Young Pirates—Going to the Rendezvous—The Camp—Fire Talk |
| [CHAPTER XIV.] Camp-Life—A Sensation—Tom Steals Away from Camp |
| [CHAPTER XV.] Tom Reconnoiters—Learns the Situation—Reports at Camp |
| [CHAPTER XVI.] A Day’s Amusements—Tom Reveals a Secret—The Pirates take a Lesson —A Night Surprise—An Indian War |
| [CHAPTER XVII.] Memories of the Lost Heroes—The Point in Tom’s Secret |
| [CHAPTER XVIII.] Tom’s Feelings Investigated—Wonderful Dream—Becky Thatcher Overshadowed—Tom Becomes Jealous—Black Revenge |
| [CHAPTER XIX.] Tom Tells the Truth |
| [CHAPTER XX.] Becky in a Dilemma—Tom’s Nobility Asserts Itself |
| [CHAPTER XXI.] Youthful Eloquence—Compositions by the Young Ladies—A Lengthy Vision—The Boy’s Vengeance Satisfied |
| [CHAPTER XXII.] Tom’s Confidence Betrayed—Expects Signal Punishment |
| [CHAPTER XXIII.] Old Muff’s Friends—Muff Potter in Court—Muff Potter Saved |
| [CHAPTER XXIV.] Tom as the Village Hero—Days of Splendor and Nights of Horror—Pursuit of Injun Joe |
| [CHAPTER XXV.] About Kings and Diamonds—Search for the Treasure—Dead People and Ghosts |
| [CHAPTER XXVI.] The Haunted House—Sleepy Ghosts—A Box of Gold—Bitter Luck |
| [CHAPTER XXVII.] Doubts to be Settled—The Young Detectives |
| [CHAPTER XXVIII.] An Attempt at No. Two—Huck Mounts Guard |
| [CHAPTER XXIX.] The Pic-nic—Huck on Injun Joe’s Track—The “Revenge” Job—Aid for the Widow |
| [CHAPTER XXX.] The Welshman Reports—Huck Under Fire—The Story Circulated—A New Sensation—Hope Giving Way to Despair |
| [CHAPTER XXXI.] An Exploring Expedition—Trouble Commences—Lost in the Cave—Total Darkness—Found but not Saved |
| [CHAPTER XXXII.] Tom tells the Story of their Escape—Tom’s Enemy in Safe Quarters |
| [CHAPTER XXXIII.] The Fate of Injun Joe—Huck and Tom Compare Notes—An Expedition to the Cave—Protection Against Ghosts—“An Awful Snug Place”—A Reception at the Widow Douglas’s |
| [CHAPTER XXXIV.] Springing a Secret—Mr. Jones’ Surprise a Failure |
| [CHAPTER XXXV.] A New Order of Things—Poor Huck—New Adventures Planned |
ILLUSTRATIONS
PREFACE
Most of the adventures recorded in this book really occurred; one or two were experiences of my own, the rest those of boys who were schoolmates of mine. Huck Finn is drawn from life; Tom Sawyer also, but not from an individual—he is a combination of the characteristics of three boys whom I knew, and therefore belongs to the composite order of architecture.
The odd superstitions touched upon were all prevalent among children and slaves in the West at the period of this story—that is to say, thirty or forty years ago.
Although my book is intended mainly for the entertainment of boys and girls, I hope it will not be shunned by men and women on that account, for part of my plan has been to try to pleasantly remind adults of what they once were themselves, and of how they felt and thought and talked, and what queer enterprises they sometimes engaged in.
THE AUTHOR.
HARTFORD, 1876.