... to the front garden and clumb over the stile where you go
through the high board fence. There was an inch of new snow on the ground,
and I seen somebody's tracks. They had come up from the ... going to be. There is ways to keep off some
kinds of bad luck, but this wasn't one of them kind; so I never tried to do
anything, but just poked along low-spirited and on the watch-out. ... to
me. He says:
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WELL, three or four months run along, and it was well into the winter now.
I had been to school most all the time and could...
... are the poor in spirit, for they they "
"Theirs "
"For theirs . Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of
heaven. Blessed are they that mourn, for they ... therefore elevated to a place with the Judge and the
other elect, and the great news was announced from head-quarters. It was the
most stunning surprise ofthe decade, and so profound was the ... half-past ten; and then church
service. Two ofthe children always remained for the sermon voluntarily,
The latter third ofthe speech was marred by the resumption of fights and
other recreations...
... Thatcher and the handful of searchers with him
were tracked out, in the cave, by the twine clews they had strung behind
them, and informed ofthe great news.
Three days and nights of toil and ... told them their situation and their famished condition; how
the men didn't believe the wild tale at first, "because," said they, "you are
five miles down the river below the ... its big door sheathed with boiler
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TUESDAY afternoon came, and waned to the twilight. The village of St.
Petersburg still mourned. The lost children...
...
candles, by the help ofthe calf and the rats and the mixed-up counting; and
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THAT was all fixed. So then we went away and went to the rubbage-pile ... the rest of her soul out about it, and
wouldn't count them again not to save her life; she druther die first.
So we was all right now, as to the shirt and the sheet and the spoon and the ... And the shirt ain't all that's gone, nuther. Ther's a spoon gone; and
THAT ain't all. There was ten, and now ther's only nine. The calf got the
shirt, I reckon, but the...
... off by 7 percent.”
Then I remember the 9 percent. It was like a prediction
for me: I went home and got this theory that says the neu-
tron decay should be off by 9 percent, and they tell me the
next ... “un-
sure,” even when they are sure (in the ordinary sense), because
their idea of truth is so lofty. Also, they feel responsible not
to scare the public.
I well remember from the early 1980s not ... part, the best scientists agree on the current
best theory, which they recognize because, well, it fits. It an-
swers the most questions with the greatest precision and the
fewest loose ends. There’s...
... and the boys entered the hole, Tom in
the lead. They toiled their way to the farther end ofthe tunnel, then made
their spliced kite-strings fast and moved on. A few steps brought them to the ... make them raise all they can, off'n their friends; and after
you've kept them a year, if it ain't raised then you kill them. That's theTHE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER
CHAPTER ... left the wagon near the door and followed.
The place was grandly lighted, and everybody that was of any
consequence in the village was there. The Thatchers were there, the Harpers,
the Rogerses,...
... "It's one ofthe widow's parties that she's always having. This time it's for
the Welshman and his sons, on account of that scrape they helped her out of
the other night. And ... THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER
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HUCK said: "Tom, we can slope, if we can find a rope. The window ain't
high from the ground."
"Shucks! ... little side-tables in the same room, after the fashion of that country and
that day. At the proper time Mr. Jones made his little speech, in which he
thanked the widow for the honor she was doing...
... out them things on it with the nail, and set Jim to work on them,
with the nail for a chisel and an iron bolt from the rubbage in the lean-to for
a hammer, and told him to work till the rest of ... says:
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MAKING them pens was a distressid tough job, and so was the saw; and
Jim allowed the inscription was going to be the toughest of all. ... 'em they all do. So don't make no more fuss
about it. Prisoners ain't ever without rats. There ain't no instance of it. And
they train them, and pet them, and learn them tricks,...
... dripping from the rafters and places every now and
then; and they generly landed in your plate, or down the back of your neck,
and most ofthe time where you didn't want them. Well, they was ... in the
house and not bother them. I am one ofthe gang, but have got religgion and
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IN the morning we went up to the village and bought ... and they warn't the likeliest, nuther, because the first haul
was the pick ofthe flock. I never see a likelier lot of rats than what that first
haul was.
We got a splendid stock of sorted...
... over, glorified,
until the reason of many ofthe citizens tottered under the strain ofthe
unhealthy excitement. Every "haunted" house in St. Petersburg and the
neighboring villages ... to take up the
story ofthe younger ones again and see what sort of men and women they
turned out to be; therefore it will be wisest not to reveal any of that part of
their lives at present. ... start the gang and turn robbers?"
"Oh, right off. We'll get the boys together and have the initiation to-night,
maybe."
"Have the which?"
"Have the initiation."...