THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER - online book

Original Illustrated Version By Mark Twain

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TOM'S CONFIDENCE BETRARED.                                      177
on his death-bed and would have a big public funeral, since he was so high an official. During three days Tom was deeply concerned about the Judge's con­dition and hungry for news of it. Sometimes his hopes ran high—so high that he would venture to get out his regalia and practice before the looking-glass. But the Judge had a most discouraging way of fluctuating. At last he was pronounced uponjthe mend—and then convalescent. Tom was disgusted; and felt a sense of injury, too. He handed in his resignation at once—and that night the Judge
HAPPY FOR TWO DAYS.
suffered a relapse and died. Tom resolved that he would never trust a man like that again.
The funeral was a fine thing. The Cadets paraded in a style calculated to kill
the late member with envy. Tom was a free boy again, however—there was
something in that. He could drink and swear, now—but found to his surprise 12