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244                     THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN.
It was only a little thing to do, and no trouble ; and it's the little things that smoothes people's roads the most, down here below ; it would make Mary Jane comfortable, and it wouldn't cost nothing. Then I says : " There's one more thing—that bag of money."
"Well, they've got that; and it makes me feel pretty silly to think how they got it."
"No, you're out, there. They hain't got it."
" Why, who's got it ? "
" I wish I knowed, but I don't. I had it, because I stole it from them : and I stole it to give to you ; and I know where I hid it, but I'm afraid it ain't there no more. I'm awful sorry, Miss Mary Jane, I'm just as sorry as I can be ; but I done the best I could ; I did, honest. I come nigh getting caught, and I had to shove it into the first place I come to, and run—and it warn't a good place."
" Oh, stop blaming yourself—it's too bad to do it, and I won't allow it—you couldn't help it; it wasn't you fault. Where did you hide it ? "
I didn't want to set her to thinking about her troubles again ; and I couldn't seem to get my mouth to tell her what would make her see that corpse laying in
HE WKOTE.
the coffin with that bag of money on his stomach. So for a minute I didn't say nothing—then I says :
" I'd ruther not tell you where I put it, Miss Mary Jane, if you don't mind letting me off ; but I'll write it for you on a piece of paper, and you can read it along the road to Mr. Lothrop's, if you want to. Do you reckon that'll do ? "
" Oh, yes."