The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn - online book

Complete illustrated version of Mark Twain's classic book.

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TREY TAKE A PASSENGER.
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the shore a half a mile above the village, and then went scooting along the bluff bank in the easy water. Pretty soon we come to a nice innocent-looking young country jake setting on a log swabbing the sweat off of his face, for it was powerful warm weather ; and he had a couple of big carpet-bags by him.
"Kun her nose in shore," says the king. I done it. " Wher' you bound for, young man ? "
" For the steamboat; going to Orleans."
"Git aboard," says the king. "Hold on a minute, my servant '11 he'p you
ADOLPHTTS.
with them bags. Jump out and he'p the gentleman, Adolphus"—meaning me, I see.
I done so, and then we all three started on again. The young chap was mighty thankful; said it was tough work toting his baggage such weather. He asked the king where he was going, and the king told him he'd come down the river and landed at the other village this morning, and now he was going up a few mile to see an old friend on a farm up there. The young fellow says •