cheerily with Huck, and landed shortly after dark.

"Now, Huck," said Tom, "we'll hide the money in the loft of the

widow's woodshed, and I'll come up in the morning and we'll count it

and divide, and then we'll hunt up a place out in the woods for it

where it will be safe. Just you lay quiet here and watch the stuff till

I run and hook Benny Taylor's little wagon; I won't be gone a minute."

He disappeared, and presently returned with the wagon, put the two

small sacks into it, threw some old rags on top of them, and started

off, dragging his cargo behind him. When the boys reached the

Welshman's house, they stopped to rest. Just as they were about to move

on, the Welshman stepped out and said:

Hallo, who's that?"

Huck and Tom Sawyer."

Good! Come along with me, boys, you are keeping everybody waiting.

Here--hurry up, trot ahead--I'll haul the wagon for you. Why, it's not

as light as it might be. Got bricks in it?--or old metal?"

Old metal," said Tom.

I judged so; the boys in this town will take more trouble and fool

away more time hunting up six bits' worth of old iron to sell to the

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