... clews they had strung behind them, and informed ofthe great news Three days and nights of toil and hunger inthe cave were not to be shaken off at once, as Tom and Becky soon discovered They ... how the men didn't believe the wild tale at first, "because," said they, "you are five miles down the river below the valley the cave is in" then took them aboard, rowed to a house, gave them ... magnificently up the main street roaring huzzah after huzzah! The village was illuminated; nobody went to bed again; it was the greatest night the little town had ever seen During the first half-hour...
... been to them all Then he stood about five minutes, picking tallowdrip off of his candle and thinking Then he turns off slow and dreamy towards the stairs, saying: "Well, for the life of me I ... cave in But of course we thought ofthe right way at last -which was to cook the ladder, too, inthe pie So then we laid in with Jim the second night, and tore up the sheet all in little strings ... across the table, and took one ofthe children inthe eye and curled him up like a fishing-worm, and let a cry out of him the size of a warwhoop, and Tom he turned kinder blue around the gills,...
... connected chain of inductive reasoning, to trace it from the Prince of Colonna's bedroom at the Dacre Hotel, where it was lost, to the interior of this, the last ofthe six busts of Napoleon which ... down three of them The pearl was not there Then, with the help of some Italian employe, he succeeded in finding out where the other three busts had gone The first was at Harker's There he was ... Venucci, and there is no doubt in my mind that this Pietro who was murdered two nights ago was the brother I have been looking up the dates inthe old files ofthe paper, and I find that the disappearance...
... stands first inthe list ofthe cavern's marvels; even "Aladdin's Palace" cannot rival it Injun Joe was buried near the mouth ofthe cave; and people flocked there in boats and wagons from the towns ... great rock stood inThe boys examined three of them with no result They found a small recess inthe one nearest the base ofthe rock, with a pallet of blankets spread down in it; also an old suspender, ... at the hanging This funeral stopped the further growth of one thing the petition to the governor for Injun Joe's pardon The petition had been largely signed; many tearful and eloquent meetings...
... there ain't ever any making of that boy out I never " Tom entered, struggling with the weight of his sacks, and Aunt Polly did not finish her sentence Tom poured the mass of yellow coin upon the ... could spare the money she would start him in business in a modest way Tom's chance was come He said: "Huck don't need it Huck's rich." Nothing but a heavy strain upon the good manners ofthe company ... a minute." Tom ran out of doors The company looked at each other with a perplexed interest and inquiringly at Huck, who was tongue-tied "Sid, what ails Tom?" said Aunt Polly "He well, there...
... and then he wouldn't have nothing to but just follow the lines Then pretty soon he says: "Come to think, the logs ain't a-going to do; they don't have log walls in a dungeon: we got to dig the inscriptions ... tobacker in his coffee;" and found so much fault with it, and with the work and bother of raising the mullen, and jews-harping the rats, and petting and flattering up the snakes and spiders and things, ... Prisoners ain't ever without rats There ain't no instance of it And they train them, and pet them, and learn them tricks, and they get to be as sociable as flies But you got to play music to them You...
... up the place again with them I didn't mind the lickings, because they didn't amount to nothing; but I minded the trouble we had to lay in another lot But we got them laid in, and all the other ... on them It's the way they've acted from the very start left us to EVERYTHING They're so confiding and mulletheaded they don't take notice of nothing at all So if we don't GIVE them notice there ... whilst they are getting his chains loose, you slip there and lock them in, and can kill them at your leasure Don't anything but just the way I am telling you; if you they will suspicion something...
... admitted to the -322- National Military Academy and afterward trained inthe best law school inthe country, in order that he might be ready for either career or both Huck Finn's wealth and the fact ... or bust When you going to 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." "What's ... abandoned slaughter-house, and in one of them he found the refugee Huck had slept there; he had just breakfasted upon some stolen odds and ends of food, and was lying off, now, in comfort, with his pipe...
... to the roof ofthe mouth at short intervals inthe midst ofthe music the reader probably remembers how to it, if he has ever been a boy Diligence and attention soon gave him the knack of it, ... The new boy took two broad coppers out of his pocket and held them out with derision Tom struck them to the ground In an instant both boys were rolling and tumbling inthe dirt, gripped together ... powerful interest bore them down and drove them out of his mind for the time just as men's misfortunes are forgotten inthe excitement of new enterprises This new interest was a valued novelty in...
... trying to look like they warn't; but I knowed they was, because they was always taking off their hats, and putting them on, and scratching their heads, and changing their seats, and fumbling ... we dodged into the bush and let them go by, and then dropped in behind them They'd had all the dogs shut up, so they wouldn't scare off the robbers; but by this time somebody had let them loose, ... one of them says, "I'M for going and getting inthe cabin FIRST and right NOW, and catching them when they come," I most dropped; and a streak of butter come a-trickling down my forehead, and Aunt...
... everything they could lay their hands on and we a-watching all the time, mind you They stole that shirt right off o' the line! and as for that sheet they made the rag ladder out of, ther' ain't ... setting there by her candle inthe window with her eyes towards the road and the tears in them; and I wished I could something for her, but I couldn't, only to swear that I wouldn't never nothing ... one of them lickings of hern that don't amount to shucks, and said she'd serve Sid the same when he come And the place was plum full of farmers and farmers' wives, to dinner; and such another...
... folding-door, and its shining brasswork All was in keeping with a solemn butler who appeared framed inthe pink radiance of a tinted electrical light behind him "Yes, Mr Culverton Smith is in ... prisons," he continued, pointing to a row of bottles and jars which stood upon a side table "Among those gelatine cultivations some ofthe very worst offenders inthe world are now doing time." "It ... trembling and weeping, inthe passage Behind me as I passed from the flat I heard Holmes's high, thin voice in some delirious chant Below, as I stood whistling for a cab, a man came on me through the...
... think of yourself spreading reports about me like that, and then crawling to me for help the moment you are in trouble? What sort of a game is that eh?" I heard the rasping, laboured breathing ... part inthe trial." There was a sudden rush and a scuffle, followed by the clash of iron and a cry of pain "You'll only get yourself hurt," said the inspector "Stand still, will you?" There was the ... and out -of -the- way Asiatic disease inthe heart of London a disease, too, of which I had made such a very special study Singular coincidence, Holmes Very smart of you to notice it, but rather uncharitable...
... now And they're just the same as they was when I got them out ofthe office I hain't looked into them, I hain't touched them But I knowed they'd make trouble, and I thought if you warn't in no ... dig the hole into the cabin, and made the rope ladder and send it in cooked up in a pie, and send in spoons and things to work with in your apron pocket " "Mercy sakes!" " and load up the cabin ... one thing or another, and you can't think HALF the fun it was And we had to make up the pictures of coffins and things, and nonnamous letters from the robbers, and get up and down the lightning-rod,...
... astannin' heah dis minute!" And then Tom he talked along and talked along, and says, le's all three slide out of here one of these nights and get an outfit, and go for howling adventures amongst the ... hain't," Tom says; "it's all there yet six thousand dollars and more; and your pap hain't ever been back since Hadn't when I come away, anyhow." Jim says, kind of solemn: "He ain't a-comin' ... a-going to no more But I reckon I got to light out for the Territory ahead ofthe rest, because Aunt Sally she's going to adopt me and sivilize me, and I can't stand it I been there before The...
... against the table, was beautifully defined The sewing-machine, ofthe hand type, leaves a similar mark, but only on the left arm, and on the side of it farthest from the thumb, instead of being ... known him to fail, inthe case ofthe King of Bohemia and ofthe Irene Adler photograph; but when I looked back to the weird business of'The Sign of Four', and the extraordinary circumstances ... that the only man who really profited by the incident, as far as we could see, was the stepfather Then the fact that the two men were never together, but that the one always appeared when the other...
... enough what was inthe wind "My cabby drove fast I don't think I ever drove faster, but the others were there before us The cab and the landau with their steaming horses were in front ofthe door when ... within assuring them that it was a false alarm Slipping through the shouting crowd I made my way to the corner ofthe street, and in ten minutes was rejoiced to find my friend's arm in mine, ... all done in an instant, and there was the gentleman thanking me on the one side and the lady on the other, while the clergyman beamed on me in front It was the most preposterous position in which...
... pushed past the servant and rushed into the drawingroom, followed by the King and myself The furniture was scattered about in every direction, with dismantled shelves and open drawers, as if the lady ... found it hard to think evil of such a dear, kind old clergyman But, you know, I have been trained as an actress myself Male costume is nothing new to me I often take advantage ofthe freedom which ... photograph!" The King stared at him in amazement "Irene's photograph!" he cried "Certainly, if you wish it." "I thank your Majesty Then there is no more to be done inthe matter I have the honor...
... small study of tattoo marks and have even contributed to the literature ofthe subject That trick of staining the fishes' scales of a delicate pink is quite peculiar to China When, in addition, ... his memory with a huge pinch of snuff "Pray continue your very interesting statement." "There was nothing inthe office but a couple of wooden chairs and a deal table, behind which sat a small ... sir." I took the paper from him and read as follows To the Red-Headed League: On account ofthe bequest ofthe late Ezekiah Hopkins, of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, U S A., there is now another vacancy...
... pail, took the white alley, and bent over the toe with absorbing interest while the bandage was being unwound In another moment he was flying down the street with his pail and a tingling rear, ... to be drawing nine feet of water He was boat and captain and engine-bells combined, so he had to imagine himself standing on his own hurricane-deck giving the orders and executing them: "Stop ... daily line, inthe summer, because the privilege costs them considerable money; but if they were -34- offered wages for the service, that would turn it into work and then they would resign The boy...