A
man asked him, “Where were you on the night of
June 17
th
?”
“I was in the graveyard,” Tom answered.
“Did you see any people there?” the man asked:
“Yes. Injun Joe, the doctor, and Muff Potter were there.
They didn’t see me because I was behind some big trees.”
“What did you see?” the man asked.
“Injun Joe
and the doctor talked angrily,” Tom
answered. “Then Injun Joe killed the doctor with his knife.
Muff Potter didn’t do it.”
The people at the trial were surprised. Injun Joe quickly
went out of the building.
Tom and Huck were very afraid. Tom said, “Now Injun
Joe knows about us. He can kill
us,
too.”
Many people wanted to hear about the boys’
adventure
in the graveyard. Tom liked talking about it. He was
happy, too, because he helped Muff Potter. But he didn’t
sleep well because he was afraid of Injun Joe.
Chapter 7 Injun Joe’s Treasure
One Saturday afternoon, Tom wanted to have an adventure
because he didn’t want to think about Injun Joe. He went
to
Huck and said, “I’m going to look for treasure. Do you
want to come with me?”
Huck always liked an adventure. “Oh, yes,” he said.
“Where can we look?”
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“Let’s start looking in the old house near Mrs. Douglas’s
house. Old houses are good places for treasure,” Tom
answered.
The boys went to the old house. They wanted to look at
every room. First they went into the kitchen, and then they
went into the bedroom.
Suddenly, two men came into the kitchen—Injun Joe
and his friend. The boys were
afraid and stayed in the
bedroom very quietly.
Injun Joe walked across the kitchen. “We can put our
money here,” he said to his friend.
He started to dig under the floor with his knife.
“What’s this?” Injun Joe said. “I’m going to get it out.”
There was a big box under the floor. He opened it with
his knife. There was a lot of money in the box.
“Look at that money!” his friend said. “Let’s go now.
We can come back and get it tomorrow.”
“No,” Injun Joe said. “We’re going to take it with us
now. We can take it to that place. You know—the place
under the cross.”
Then the men went out of the house.
Injun Joe talked
quietly to his friend. The boys listened and were afraid.
Tom said, “Did you hear that? He wants to kill us.”
They went out of the house quietly and went home.
The boys were afraid of Injun Joe, but they wanted to
find his treasure. They watched his house every night, but
they didn’t see Injun Joe or his treasure.
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