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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: Chapter XXXV and Conclusion
Monday, October 31, 2011 at 12:00 AMTHE reader may rest satisfied that Tom's and Huck's windfall made a mighty stir in the poor little village of St. Petersburg. So vast a sum, all in actual cash, seemed next to incredible. With video: Chapter XXXV by Kathy Fleming, Fai...
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: Chapter XXXIV
Sunday, October 30, 2011 at 12:00 AMHUCK said: "Tom, we can slope, if we can find a rope. The window ain't high from the ground." With video: Chapter XXXIV by Andrea Corso, Deputy Director, Stand Up
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: Chapter XXXIII
Saturday, October 29, 2011 at 12:00 AMWITHIN a few minutes the news had spread, and a dozen skiff-loads of men were on their way to McDougal's cave, and the ferryboat, well filled with passengers, soon followed. Tom Sawyer was in the skiff that bore Judge Thatcher. With video: ...
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: Chapter XXXII
Friday, October 28, 2011 at 12:00 AMTUESDAY afternoon came, and waned to the twilight. The village of St. Petersburg still mourned. The lost children had not been found. With video: Chapter XXXII by Rhyena Halpern, Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission executive director
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: Chapter XXXI
Thursday, October 27, 2011 at 12:00 AMNOW to return to Tom and Becky's share in the picnic. They tripped along the murky aisles with the rest of the company, visiting the familiar wonders of the cave—wonders dubbed with rather over-descriptive names, such as "The Drawi...
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: Chapter XXX
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at 12:00 AMAS the earliest suspicion of dawn appeared on Sunday morning, Huck came groping up the hill and rapped gently at the old Welshman's door. The inmates were asleep, but it was a sleep that was set on a hair-trigger, on account of the exciting ...
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: Chapter XXIX
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 12:00 AMTHE first thing Tom heard on Friday morning was a glad piece of news—Judge Thatcher's family had come back to town the night before. Both Injun Joe and the treasure sunk into secondary importance for a moment, and Becky took the chief p...
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: Chapter XXVIII
Monday, October 24, 2011 at 12:00 AMTHAT night Tom and Huck were ready for their adventure. They hung about the neighborhood of the tavern until after nine, one watching the alley at a distance and the other the tavern door. With video: Chapter XXVIII by Charles Dukes, Sacrament...
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: Chapter XXVII
Sunday, October 23, 2011 at 12:00 AMTHE adventure of the day mightily tormented Tom's dreams that night. Four times he had his hands on that rich treasure and four times it wasted to nothingness in his fingers as sleep forsook him and wakefulness brought back the hard reality ...
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: Chapter XXVI
Saturday, October 22, 2011 at 12:00 AMABOUT noon the next day the boys arrived at the dead tree; they had come for their tools. Tom was impatient to go to the haunted house; Huck was measurably so, also—but suddenly said: "Lookyhere, Tom, do you know what day it is?" ...
