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Today we'll be continuing The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain.
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Chapter 24 tom was a glittering hero once more the pet of the old, the envy of the young.
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His name even went into a mortal print, for the village paper magnified him.
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There were some that believed he would be president yet if he escaped hanging as usual, the fickle unreasoning world took Muff Potter to its bosom and fondled him as lavishly as it had abused him before.
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But that sort of conduct is to the world's credit therefore it is not well defined fault with it.
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Tom's days were days of splendor and exultation to him, but his nights were seasons of horror.
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Joe infested all his dreams and always with doom in his eye.
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Hardly any temptation could persuade the boy to stir abroad after nightfall.
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Poor Huck was in the same state of wretchedness and terror, for Tom had told the whole story to the lawyer the night before the great day of the trial, and Huck was sore afraid that his share in the business might leak out.
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Yet notwithstanding, Joe's flight had saved him the suffering of testifying in court, the poor fellow had got the attorney to promise secrecy.
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But what of that, since Tom's harassed conscience had managed to drive him to the lawyer's house by night and wring a dread tale from Lips that had been sealed with the dismalest and most formidable of oaths Huck's confidence in the human race was well nigh.
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Obliterated daily must potter's gratitude made Tom glad he had spoken.
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But nightly he wished he had sealed up his tongue.
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Half the time Tom was afraid Joe.
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Would never be captured.
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The other half, he was afraid he would be.
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He felt sure he never could draw a safe breath again until that man was dead and he had seen the corpse.
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Rewards had been offered, the county had been scoured, but no, Joe was found.
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One of those omniscient and aweinspiring marvels, a detective came up from St.
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Louis, moused around, shook his head, looked wise, and made that sort of astounding success which members of that craft usually achieve.
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That is to say, he found a clue.
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But you can't hang a clue for murder.
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And so, after that detective had got through and gone home, tom felt just as insecure as he was before.
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The slow days drifted on, and each left behind it a slightly lightened weight of apprehension.
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