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They emendation was fetching a very nice lookinghistorical collation old gentleman along, and a nice lookinghistorical collation younger one, with his right arm in a sling. And my souls, how the people yelled, and laughed, and kept it up.historical collation But Iemendation didn’t see no joke about it, and I judged it would strain the duke and the king some,historical collation toalteration in the MS see any. I reckoned they’dalteration in the MS turn pale. But noemendation, nary a pale did they turnemendation. The duke he neveralteration in the MS let on heemendation suspicioned what was up, but just went a goo-gooing around, happy and satisfiedemendation, like a jug that’s googling out buttermilk; and as for the king, he just gazed and gazed down sorrowfulalteration in the MS on them newcomersemendation like it give him the stomach-ache in his very heart to think there could be such frauds and rascals in the world. Ohistorical collation, he done it admirable. Lots of the principal people gethered around the king, to let him see they was on his side. That old gentleman that had just come,historical collation looked all puzzled to death. Pretty soon he begun to speak, and I see, straight off,emendation he pronounced like an Englishman;historical collation not the king’s way, though the king’s was pretty good, for an imitation. I can’t give the old gent’s words, nor I can’t imitate him; but he turned aroundemendation to the crowd, and says, about like this:

“This is a surprise to me which I wasn’t looking for; and I’ll acknowledge, candid and frank,emendation I ain’t very well fixed to meet it and answer it; for my brother and me has had misfortunes:historical collation he’s broke his arm, and our baggage got put off at a town above here, last night in the night,historical collation by a mistakeemendation. I am Peter Wilks’s brother Harvey, and this is his brother William, which can’t hear nor speak—and can’t [begin page 250] even make signs to amount to much, now’t he’s only got one hand to work them with. We are who we say we are; and in a day or two, when I get the baggage, I can prove it. But, upemendation till then, I won’t say nothing more, but go to the hotel and wait.”

So him and the new dummy started off; and the king he laughs, and blethers out:

“Broke his arm—very likely,historical collation ain’t it?—and very convenient, too, for a fraud that’s got to make signs, and hain’t learnt how. Lost their baggage! That’s mighty good!—andalteration in the MS mighty ingenious—under the circumstances!

So he laughed again; and so did everybody else, except three or four, or maybe half a dozen. One of these was that doctor; another one was a sharp looking gentleman,emendation with a carpet bag of the old-fashioned kind made out of carpet-stuff,emendation that had just come off ofalteration in the MS the steamboat and was talking to him in a low voice, and glancingalteration in the MS towards the king now and then and nodding their heads—it was Levi Bell, the lawyer that was gone up to Louisville; and another one was a big rough husky that come along and listened to all the old gentlemanemendation said, and was listening to the king,historical collation now. And when the king got done, this husky up and says:

“Say, looky-herehistorical collation; if you are Harvey Wilks, when’demendation you come to this town?”

“The day before the funeral, friend,” says the king.

“But what time o’ day?”

“In the evenin’—’bout an hour eremendation two before sundown.”

How’d you come?”

“I come down on the Susan Powellhistorical collation, from Cincinnati.emendationalteration in the MS

“Well, then, how’d you come to be up at the Pintemendation in the mornin’—in a canoe?”

“I warn’t up at the Pintemendation in the mornin’alteration in the MS.”

“It’s a lie.”

Several of them jumped for him and begged him not to talk that wayemendation to an old man and a preacher.

“Preacher be hanged, he’s a fraud and a liar. He was up at the Pintemendation that mornin’. I live up there, don’t I? Well, I was up there, and he was up there. I see him there. He come in a canoe, along with Tim Collins and a boy.”

The doctor healteration in the MS up and says:

[begin page 251] “Would you know the boy again if you was to see him, Hines?”

“I reckon I would, but I don’t know. Why, yonder he is, now. I know him perfectly easy.”

It was me he pointed at. The doctor says:

“Neighbors, I don’t know whether the new couple is frauds or not; but if these two ain’t frauds, I amemendation an idiot, that’s all. I thinkalteration in the MS it’s our duty to see that they don’t get away from here till we’ve looked into this thing. Come along, Hines; come along, the rest of you. We’ll take these fellows to the tavern and affrontalteration in the MS thememendation with t’other couple, and I reckon we’ll find out something before we get through.”

the doctor leads huck.

It was nuts for the crowd, though maybe not for the king’s friends; so we all started. It was about sundown.alteration in the MS The doctor he led me along by the hand, and was plenty kind enough, but he never let go my hand.

We all got in a big room in the hotel, and lit up some candles,alteration in the MS and fetched in the new couplealteration in the MS.

[begin page 252] Firsthistorical collation, the doctor says:

“I don’t wish to be too hard on these two men, but I think they’re frauds, and they may have complices that we don’t know nothing about. If they have, won’t the complices get away with that bag of gold Peter Wilks left? It ain’t unlikely. If these men ain’t frauds, they won’t objectalteration in the MS to sending for that money and letting us keep it till they prove they’re all right—alteration in the MSain’t that so?”

Everybody agreed to that. So I judged they had our gang in a pretty tight place, right at the outstart. But the kingalteration in the MS he only looked sorrowful, and says:

“Gentlemen, I wish the money was there, for I ain’talteration in the MS got no disposition to throw anything in the way of a fair, open, out-and-out investigation o’emendation this misableemendation business; but alas, the money ain’t there; you k’nemendation send and see, if you want to.”

“Where is it, then?”

Well, whenalteration in the MS my niece give it to me to keepalteration in the MS for her, I took and hid it inside o’ theemendation straw tick o’ myemendation bed, notalteration in the MS wishin’emendation to bank it for the fewalteration in the MS days we’d be here, and considerin’ the bed aalteration in the MS safe place, we not bein’ used to niggers, and suppos’n’emendation ’em honest, like servants in England.alteration in the MS The niggers stole it the very next mornin’,emendation after I had went down stairs; and when I sold ’ememendation, I hadn’t missed the money yitemendation, so they got clean away with it. My servant here k’nemendation tell you ’boutemendation it,historical collation gentlemen.”

The doctor and several said “Shucks!” and I seealteration in the MS nobody didn’t altogether believe him. One man asked me if I see the niggers steal it. I said no, but I see them sneaking out of the room and hustling away, and I never thought nothing, only I reckoned they was afraid they had waked up my master and was trying to get away before he made trouble with them. That was all they asked me. Then the doctor whirlsalteration in the MS on me and says:

“Are you English,historical collation too?”

Ialteration in the MS saysemendation yes; and him and some others laughed, and said, “Stuffemendation!”

Well, then they sailed in on the generalalteration in the MS investigation, and there we had it, up and down, hour in, hour out, and nobodyalteration in the MS neveremendation said a word about supper, nor ever seemed to think about it—and so theyalteration in the MS kept it up, and kept it up; and it was the worst mixed-up thing you ever see. They made the king tell his yarn, and they made the old gentlemanemendation tell his’n; and anybody but a lot of prejudiced chuckleheads would a seen that the old gentlemanemendation was spinning truth and [begin page 253] t’other one lies. And by and byhistorical collation they had me up to tell what I knowed. The king he give me a left-handed look out of the corner of his eye, and so I knowed enough to talk on the right side. I begunemendation to tellemendation about Sheffield, and how we lived there, and all about the English Wilksesalteration in the MS, and so on; but I didn’t get pretty furemendation till the doctor begun to laugh; andalteration in the MS Levi Bell, the lawyer, says:

“Set down, my boy, I wouldn’t strain myself, if I was you. I reckon you ain’t usedalteration in the MS to lying, it don’t seem to come handy; what you want is practice. You do it pretty awkward.”

I didn’t care nothing for the compliment, but I was glad to be let off, any wayhistorical collation.

The doctor heemendation started to say something, and turns and says:

“If you’d been in town at first, Levi Bell—historical collation

The king broke in and reached out his handhistorical collation and says:

“Why, is this my poor dead brother’s old friend that he’s wrote so often about?”

The lawyer and him shook hands, and the lawyer smiled,historical collation and looked pleased, and they talked right along,historical collation a while, and then got to one side and talked low; and at last the lawyer speaksemendation up and says:

“That’ll fix it. I’ll take the order and send it,alteration in the MS along with your brother’s, and then they’ll know it’s all right.”

So they got some paper and a pen, and the king he set down and twisted his head to one side, and chawed his tongue, and scrawled off something; and then they give the pen to the duke—and then for the first time, the duke looked sick. But he took the pen and wrote. So then the lawyeralteration in the MS turns to the new old gentleman and says:

the duke wrote.

[begin page 254] “You and your brother please write a line or two and sign your names.”

The old gentleman wrote, but nobody couldn’t read it. The lawyer lookedalteration in the MS powerful astonished, and says:alteration in the MS

“Well, it beats me”—and snaked a lot of old letters out of his pocket, and examined them, and then examinedemendation the old man’s writing, and then them emendation again; and then says: “These old letters is from Harvey Wilks; and here’s these two’s handwritings, and anybody can see they didn’t write them” (the king and the duke looked sold and foolish, I tell you, to see how the lawyer had took them in),emendation “and here’s this old gentleman’s handwriting, and anybody can tell, easy enough, he didn’t write them—fact is, the scratches he makes ain’t properly writing, at all. Now here’s some letters from—historical collation

The new old gentleman says:

“If you please, let me explain. Nobody can read my hand but my brother there—so heemendation copiesalteration in the MS for me. It’s his hand you’ve got there, not mine.”

Well!” says the lawyer, “this is a state of things. I’ve got some of William’s letters,historical collation tooalteration in the MS; so if you’ll get him to write a line oremendation so we can com—historical collation

“He can’t write with his left hand,” says the old gentleman. “If he could use his right hand, you would see that he wrote his own letters and mine too. Look at both, please—they’re by the same hand.”

The lawyer done it, and says:

Ialteration in the MS believe it’s so—and if it ain’t sohistorical collation there’s a heapalteration in the MS stronger resemblance than I’d noticed before, anyway. Well, well, well! I thought we was right on the track of a slutionemendation, but it’s gone to grass, partly. But anyway, one thing isemendation proved—these two ain’t either of ’emalteration in the MS Wilkses”—and he wagged his head towards the king and the duke.

Wellalteration in the MS, what do you think?—that muleheaded old fool wouldn’t give in then! Indeed he wouldn’t. Said it warn’t no fair test. Said his brother William was the cussedest joker in the world, and hadn’t tried to write—he see William was going to play one of his jokes the minute he put the pen to paper. And so he warmed up and wentemendation warbling and warbling right along, till he was actulyemendation alteration in the MS beginning to believe what he was saying, himself—but pretty soon the new old gentleman brokealteration in the MS inhistorical collation and says:

[begin page 255] “I’ve thought of something. Is there anybody here that helped to lay outalteration in the MS my br—alteration in the MS emendationhelped to lay out the late Peter Wilks for burying?”

Yeshistorical collation” says somebody, “me and Ab Turner done it. We’realteration in the MS both here.”

Then the old man turns towards the kinghistorical collation and says:

“Perapsalteration in the MS this gentleman can tell me what was tattooedhistorical collation on his breast?”

Blamedemendation if the king didn’t have to brace up mighty quick, or he’d a squshed down like a bluff bank that the river has cut underemendation, it took him so sudden—and mind youhistorical collation it was a thing that was calculated to make most anybody sqush,emendation to get fetched such a solid oneemendation as that without any notice—because how was he going to know what was tattooedemendation on the man? He whitened a little; he couldn’t help it; and it was mighty still,historical collation in there, and everybody bending a little forwardsemendation and gazing at him. Says I to myself, Now he’ll throw up the sponge—there ain’t no more use. Well, did he? A body can’t hardly believe it, but he didn’t.alteration in the MS emendation I reckon he thought he’d keep the thing up till he tired them people out, so they’d thin outhistorical collation and him and the duke could break loose and get away. Anyway, he set there, and pretty soon he begun to smile, and says:

“Mf!alteration in the MS It’semendation a very tough question, ain’t it! Yes emendation, sir, I k’nemendation tell you what’s tattooedhistorical collation on his breast. It’s jestemendation a small, thin, blue arrow—that’s what it is; and if you don’t look clostalteration in the MS, you can’t see it. Now what do you sayemendation—hey?”

Well, I never see anything like that old blister,emendation for clean out-and-out cheek.

The new oldemendation gentleman turns brisk towards Ab Turner and his pard,alteration in the MS and his eye lights up like he judged he’d got the king this time, and says:

“There—you’ve heard what he said! Was there any such mark on Peter Wilks’s breast?”

Both of them spoke up and says:

“We didn’t see no such mark.”

“Good!” says the old gentleman. “Nowhistorical collation what you did see on his breastemendation was a small dimalteration in the MS P, and a B,historical collation (which is an initial he dropped when he was young,)alteration in the MS historical collation and a W, with dashes between them, so: P—B—W”—and he marked them that way on a piece of paper. “Come—ain’t that what you saw?”

Both of them spoke up again, and says:

[begin page 256] “No, we didn’t. We never seenalteration in the MS anyemendation marks,historical collation at all.”

Well, everybody was in a state of mind, now;emendation and they sings outemendation:

“The whole bilin’ of ’memendation ’semendation frauds! Le’salteration in the MS emendation duck ’em! le’semendation drown ’em! le’semendation ride ’em on a rail!” and everybody was whooping at oncealteration in the MS, and there was a rattling pow-wow. But the lawyer he jumpsemendation on the table and yells, and says:

“Gentlemen—gentlemen emendation! Hearalteration in the MS me just a word—just a single word—if you please! There’semendation oneemendation way,historical collation yet—let’salteration in the MS go and dig up the corpse and lookalteration in the MS.emendation

That took them.

gentlemen gentle men! emendation

“Hooray!” they all shouted, and was starting right off; but the lawyer and the doctor sung out:

“Hold on, hold on! Collar all these four men and the boy, and fetch them along, too!”alteration in the MS

“We’ll do it!” they all shouted;historical collation “and if we don’t find them marks,historical collation we’ll lynchalteration in the MS the whole gang!”

I was scared, now, I tell you.emendation But there warn’t noemendation getting away, you know. They gripped us all, and marched us right along, straight [begin page 257] for the graveyard, which was a mile and a half down the river, and the whole town at our heels, for we made noise enoughemendation, and it was only ninealteration in the MS in the evening.

As we went by our house I wishedemendation I hadn’t sent Mary Jane out of town; because now if I could tip her the wink, she’d light out and save me, and blow on our dead-beats.

Wellemendation, we swarmed along down the river road, just carrying on like wild-cats; and to make it more scary, the sky was darking up, and the lightning beginning to wink and flitter, and the windalteration in the MS to shiveremendation amongst the leaves. This was the most awful trouble and most dangersome I ever was in; and I was kinder stunned,historical collation everything was going so different from what I had allowed for:historical collation ’steadhistorical collation of being fixed so I could take my own time, if I wanted to, and see all the fun, and have Mary Jane at my back to save me and set me free when the close-fit come, here was nothing in the world betwixt me and sudden deathemendation but just them tattoo-marksemendation. If they didn’t find them—

I couldn’t bear to think about it; and yet, somehow, I couldn’t think about nothing else. It got darker and darker, and it was a beautiful time to give the crowd the slip; but that big husky had me by the wrist—Hines—and a body might as well try to give Goliaremendation the slip. He dragged me right along, he was so excited; and I had to run to keep up.

When they got there they swarmed into the graveyard,historical collation and washedemendation over it like an overflow. And when they got to the grave, they found they had about a hundred times as many shovelsemendation as they wanted, but nobody hadn’t thought to fetch a lantern. But they sailed in tohistorical collation digging, anyway, by the flicker of the lightning, and sent a man to the nearest house a half a mile off, to borrow one.

So they dug and dug, like everythingemendation; and it got awful dark, and the rain started, and the wind swished and swushed along, and the lightning come brisker and briskeremendation, and the thunder boomed; but them people never took no notice of it, they was so full of this business; and one minute you could see every thingalteration in the MS historical collation and every face in that bigemendation crowd, and the shovelfuls of dirt sailing up out of the grave, and the next second the dark wipedemendation it all out, and you couldn’t see nothing at all.

At last they got out the coffin, and begun to unscrew the lid, and [begin page 258] then such another crowding, and shoulderinghistorical collation and shoving as there was, to scrouge in and get a sight, you never see; and in the dark, that way, it was awful. Hines heemendation hurt my wrist dreadful, pullingemendation and tugging so, and I reckon he cleanemendation forgot I was in the world, he was soemendation excited and panting.alteration in the MS

All of a sudden the lightning let go a perfect sluice of white glare, and somebody sings out:

“By the living jingo, here’s the bag of gold on his breast!”

Hines let out a whoop, like everybody else, and dropped my wrist and give a big surge to bust his way in and get a look, and the way I lit out and shinned for the road in the dark, there ain’t nobody can tellemendation.

I had the road all to myself, and I fairly flew—leastways I had it all to myself except the solidemendation alteration in the MS dark, and the now-and-then glares, and the buzzingemendation of the rain, and the thrashing of the wind, and the splittingemendation of the thunder; and sure as you are bornemendation I did clip it along!

When I struck the town, I see there warn’t nobody out in the storm, so I never hunted for no back streets, but humped it straight through the main one; and when I begun to get towards our house I aimedemendation my eye and set it. No light there; the house all dark—which made me feel sorryemendation and disappointed, I didn’t know why. But at last, just as I was sailing by, flash comes the light in Mary Jane’s window!alteration in the MS and my heart swelled up sudden, like to bust;alteration in the MS and the same second the house and all was behind me in the dark, and wasn’t ever goingemendation to be before me no moreemendation in this world. She was the best girl I ever see,emendation and had the most sandemendation.

The minute I was far enough above the town to see I could make the towheadhistorical collation, I begun to look sharp for a boat to borrowalteration in the MS; and the first time the lightning showed me one that wasn’t chained, I snatched it and shoved. It was a canoe, and warn’t fastened with nothing but a rope. The towheademendation was a rattling big distance off, away out there in the middle of the river, but I didn’t lose no time; and when I struck the raft at last, I was so fagged I would a just laid down to blow and gasp if I could afforded it. But I didn’t. As I sprungemendation aboard I sung out:

“Out with you Jim, and setalteration in the MS her loose! Glory be to goodness, we’re shut of thememendation!”

[begin page 259]

jim lit emendation out.”

Jim lit out, and was a coming for me with both armsalteration in the MS spread, he was so fullemendation of joy,historical collation alteration in the MS but when I glimpsed him inemendation the lightning, myalteration in the MS heart shotemendation up in my mouth, and I went overboard backwards; for I forgotemendation he was old King Learemendation and a drowndedemendation A-rab all in oneemendation, and it most scared the livers and lights out of me. But Jim fished me out, and was going to hug me and bless me, and so on, he was so glademendation I was back and we was shut of the king and the dukeemendation, but I says:

“Not now—have it for breakfast, have it for breakfast! Cut loose and let her slide!”

So, in two seconds, away we went, a sliding down the river, and italteration in the MS did seem so good to be free again and all by ourselvesemendation on the big river and nobody to bother us.emendation I hademendation to skip around a bit, and jump up and crack my heelsemendation a few times, I couldn’t help it; but about the third crack, I noticed a sound that I knowedalteration in the MS emendation mighty well,historical collation—and held my breath,emendation and listened and waited—and sure enough, when the [begin page 260] next flash bustedemendation out over the water, here they come!—and just a laying to their oars and making their skiff hum! It was the king and the duke.

So I wilted right down onto the planks, then, and give upalteration in the MS; and it was all I could do to keep from crying.

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  yit (A)  ●  yet (MS2) 
  k’n (A)  ●  can (MS2) 
  ’bout (A)  ●  about (MS2) 
  says (A)  ●  said (MS2) 
  Stuff (A)  ●  Bosh (MS2) 
  never (A)  ●  ever (MS2) 
  gentleman (A)  ●  gent (MS2) 
  gentleman (A)  ●  gent (MS2) 
  I begun (A)  ●  I sailed in, and begun (MS2) 
  tell (A)  ●  tell all (MS2) 
  fur (A)  ●  far (MS2) 
  he (A)  ●  not in  (MS2) 
  speaks (A)  ●  spoke (MS2) 
  then examined (A)  ●  then (MS2) 
  then them  (A)  ●  them  (MS2) 
  you, to . . . in), (A)  ●  you!) (MS2) 
  he (A)  ●  he always (MS2) 
  or (A)  ●  not in  (MS2) 
  slution (A)  ●  solution (MS2) 
  thing is (A)  ●  thing’s (MS2) 
  went (A)  ●  went to (MS2) 
  actuly (A)  ●  actually (MS2) 
  br— (A)  ●  b— (MS2) 
  Blamed (A)  ●  I’m blamed (MS2) 
  squshed . . . under (A)  ●  kerflummuxed (MS2) 
  sqush, (C)  ●  kerflummux, (MS2)  sqush (A) 
  solid one (A)  ●  stunner (MS2) 
  tattooed (C)  ●  tattoed (MS2)  tatooed (A) 
  forwards (A)  ●  forward (MS2) 
  A . . . didn’t. (A)  ●  I wish I’m a nigger if he did. (MS2) 
  It’s (A)  ●  Its (MS2) 
  Yes  (A)  ●  Yes (MS2) 
  k’n (A)  ●  can  (MS2) 
  jest (A)  ●  just (MS2) 
  you say (A)  ●  say (MS2) 
  blister, (C)  ●  rip, (MS2)  blister (A) 
  new old (A)  ●  old new (MS2) 
  breast (A)  ●  breast—or what you could a seen, anyway, for they’re there— (MS2) 
  any (A)  ●  any  (MS2) 
  now; (A)  ●  now! (MS2) 
  they sings out (A)  ●  some shouted out and said (MS2) 
  ’m (A)  ●  ’em (MS2) 
  ’s (A)  ●  is (MS2) 
  Le’s (A)  ●  Less (MS2) 
  le’s (A)  ●  less (MS2) 
  le’s (A)  ●  less (MS2) 
  jumps (A)  ●  jumps up (MS2) 
  gentlemen  (A)  ●  gentle- |  men  (MS2) 
  There’s (A)  ●  There (MS2) 
  one (A)  ●  one  (MS2) 
  look. (A)  ●  look!  (MS2) 
  gentle men!  (C)  ●  not in  (MS2)  gentlemen! (A) 
  you. (A)  ●  you! (MS2) 
  no (A)  ●  any (MS2) 
  enough (A)  ●  enough, you bet (MS2) 
  wished (A)  ●  did wish (MS2) 
  dead-beats. [¶] Well (A)  ●  dead-beats.  ||  extra line space [¶] Well (MS2) 
  shiver (A)  ●  moan and shiver (MS2) 
  death (A)  ●  death with a halter (MS2) 
  tattoo-marks (C)  ●  little tattoo-marks (MS2)  tatoo-marks (A) 
  Goliar (A)  ●  a vise (MS2) 
  washed (A)  ●  washed out (MS2) 
  shovels (A)  ●  spades (MS2) 
  everything (A)  ●  mad (MS2) 
  brisker and brisker (A)  ●  faster and sharper (MS2) 
  big (A)  ●  packed (MS2) 
  wiped (A)  ●  blotted (MS2) 
  Hines he (A)  ●  Hines (MS2) 
  pulling (A)  ●  a pulling (MS2) 
  clean (A)  ●  had clean (MS2) 
  so (A)  ●  that (MS2) 
  there . . . tell (A)  ●  was as near as I can state it, undescribable (MS2) 
  solid (A)  ●  company of the solid (MS2) 
  buzzing (A)  ●  singing (MS2) 
  splitting (A)  ●  booming (MS2) 
  sure as you are born (A)  ●  you bet you (MS2) 
  aimed (A)  ●  peeled (MS2) 
  sorry (A)  ●  kinder sorry (MS2) 
  going (A)  ●  not in  (MS2) 
  no more (A)  ●  again (MS2) 
  I ever see, (A)  ●  that ever was! (MS2) 
  had the most sand (A)  ●  you could depend on her like the everlasting sun and the stars, every time (MS2) 
  towhead (A)  ●  tow- | head (MS2) 
  sprung (A)  ●  hopped (MS2) 
  them (A)  ●  them rapscallions (MS2) 
  lit  (C)  ●  not in  (MS2)  let  (A) 
  full (A)  ●  brim full (MS2) 
  in (A)  ●  under (MS2) 
  shot (A)  ●  flopped (MS2) 
  forgot (A)  ●  had forgot (MS2) 
  Lear (A)  ●  Leer (MS2) 
  drownded (A)  ●  sick, solid-blue (MS2) 
  all in one (A)  ●  combined (MS2) 
  so glad (A)  ●  glad (MS2) 
  king and the duke (A)  ●  rapscallions (MS2) 
  ourselves (A)  ●  our two selves (MS2) 
  on . . . us. (A)  ●  once more, and the big friendly river stretching out so homelike before us! (MS2) 
  I had (A)  ●  Well, sir, I just had  (MS2) 
  heels (A)  ●  heels together (MS2) 
  I knowed (A)  ●  I knowed (MS2) 
  held my breath, (C)  ●  cocked eye and ear, (MS2)  held my breath (A) 
  busted (A)  ●  glared (MS2) 
Alterations in the Manuscript Chapter XXIX.
 king some, to] originally ‘king, some, too’; ‘too’ mended to ‘to’; the comma after ‘king’ canceled; ‘too,’ interlined before ‘to’, then canceled.
 they’d] ‘d’ written over wiped-out ‘l’.
 never] ‘ne’ mended from ‘w’.
 sorrowful] interlined.
 good!—and] the dash written over wiped-out ‘and’.
 off of] ‘of’ interlined.
 and glancing] follows interlined and canceled ‘and he talking back,’.
 Powell, from Cincinnati.”] the MS reads ‘Powell from Cincinnati” ’ (emended); originally ‘Powell.” ’; the comma added, the period following ‘Powell’ canceled, and ‘from Cincinnati’ interlined, with no new period.
 mornin’] originally ‘morning’; the apostrophe added above wiped-out ‘g’.
 he] followed by canceled ‘snaked me’.
 think] originally ‘thinks’; ‘s’ canceled.
 affront] follows canceled ‘confront’.
 It . . . sundown.] interlined.
 and lit . . . candles,] interlined.
 couple] originally ‘couple, and there we had it, up’; the comma after ‘couple’ altered to a period, ‘and . . . up’ canceled, and ‘First . . . it, up’ (252.1–34) written on the following five MS pages with instructions to insert after ‘couple.’; Mark Twain wrote the instructions ‘Insert 381A and C.’ but numbered his pages 380-A-1, 381-2, 381-3, 381-4, and 381-5. At the bottom of page 381-5 he wrote the instruction ‘Run back to 380.’
 object] ‘ct’ written over ‘t’.
 right—] the dash altered from a period.
 king] ‘g’ written over ‘d’.
 I ain’t] ‘I’ interlined.
 Well, when] ‘Well,’ interlined; ‘W’ of MS ‘When’ not reduced to ‘w’.
 keep] follows canceled ‘keep’.
 not] follows canceled ‘calculating to wait’.
 the few] follows canceled ‘litt’, which is written over wiped-out ‘th’.
 the bed a] interlined to replace canceled ‘that a’.
 honest, like . . . England.] originally ‘honest.’; the comma added, and ‘like . . . England’ interlined.
 I see] written over wiped-out ‘one’.
 whirls] ‘i’ written over ‘r’.
 I] written over wiped-out ‘Ar’.
 general] interlined.
 and nobody] follows canceled ‘and I’.
 so they] followed by interlined and canceled ‘fetched in candles, and’.
 Wilkses] originally ‘Wilkes’ with the ‘s’ partly formed; ‘ses’ written over ‘es’.
 the doctor . . . and] interlined.
 used] written over wiped-out ‘yo’.
 it,] followed by canceled ‘to’; the comma apparently added.
 lawyer] follows canceled ‘doctor’.
 looked] written over wiped-out ‘say’.
 and says:] originally ‘and says:’; ‘and’ canceled, ‘but’ interlined and canceled, and ‘and’ interlined; followed by canceled [¶] ‘ “Well, it beats me”—and he’, which is followed by canceled [¶] ‘ “Now get your brother’.
 he copies] the MS reads ‘he always copies’ (emended); ‘always’ originally ‘all’; the second ‘l’ wiped out and ‘ways’ added.
 too] follows canceled ‘too; so we’ll—” [¶] “ ’; ‘so we’ll’ written over wiped-out ‘so if’.
 I] followed by a canceled, partly formed interlined character.
 heap] interlined.
 ’em] written over wiped-out ‘them’.
 Well] follows canceled quotation marks.
 along, till . . . actuly] the MS reads ‘along . . . actually’ (emended); originally ‘along and beginning’; ‘and’ canceled, the comma added, and ‘till . . . actually’ interlined.
 broke] follows canceled ‘say’.
 to lay out] follows canceled ‘to lay out’.
 br—] the MS reads ‘b—’ (emended); written over wiped-out ‘b’.
 We’re] first ‘e’ written over an apostrophe.
 “Peraps] follows canceled [¶] ‘ “Perhap’.
 A body . . . didn’t.] the MS reads ‘I wish I’m a nigger if he did.’ (emended); originally ‘I wish I may never stir if he did.’; a comma added and canceled following second ‘I’; ‘ ’m a nigger’ interlined above canceled ‘may never stir’.
 “Mf!] interlined.
 clost] originally ‘close’; ‘t’ written over ‘e’.
 pard,] the comma apparently altered from a semicolon.
 small dim] interlined.
 (which . . . young,)] interlined.
 seen] written over wiped-out ‘saw’.
 Le’s] the MS reads ‘Less’ (emended); first ‘s’ written over ‘e’.
 once] ‘c’ written over partly formed ‘e’.
 Hear] originally ‘Ha’; ‘ear’ written over wiped-out ‘a’.
 let’s] originally ‘let us’; ‘us’ canceled and ‘ ’s’ added.
 look] the MS readslook(emended); originally ‘look’; the underline added.
 too!”] originally ‘too, and’; the exclamation point written over the comma, ‘and’ wiped out, and the quotation marks added.
 lynch] follows canceled ‘han’.
 nine] followed by interlined and canceled ‘or ten’.
 wind] follows canceled ‘li’.
 every thing] originally ‘everything’ written at the end of a line; ‘thing’ canceled, and ‘thing’ rewritten at the beginning of the following line, with no hyphen.
 Hines . . . panting.] the MS reads ‘Hines hurt . . . reckon he had clean . . . was that excited and panting.’ (emended); ‘Hines . . . dreadful,’ added at the bottom of the MS page; ‘a pulling . . . panting.’ added on the verso of the MS page with instructions to turn over.
 the solid] the MS reads ‘the company of the solid’ (emended); follows canceled ‘the company of the’.
 window!] originally ‘window,’; the comma canceled, and the exclamation point added.
 bust;] the semicolon apparently mended from a comma.
 borrow] written over wiped-out ‘steal’; ‘l’ in ‘steal’ written over ‘d’.
 and set] interlined above canceled ‘and cast’; the preceding comma added.
 arms] interlined above canceled ‘hands’.
 he was so full of joy,] the MS reads ‘he was so brim full of joy,’ (emended); interlined.
 my] written over wiped-out ‘the’.
 it] interlined.
 knowed] written over wiped-out ‘notice’.
 up] written over wiped-out ‘it’.