Приключения Гекльберри Финна

Chapter 18

           OneoftheboyswasBuck,andtheotherwasaslimyoungchapaboutnineteenyearsold.

           Themenrippedaroundawhile,andthenrodeaway.AssoonastheywasoutofsightIsungouttoBuckandtoldhim.Hedidn’tknowwhattomakeofmyvoicecomingoutofthetreeatfirst.Hewasawfulsurprised.Hetoldmetowatchoutsharpandlethimknowwhenthemencomeinsightagain;saidtheywasuptosomedevilmentorother—wouldn’tbegonelong.IwishedIwasoutofthattree,butIdasn’tcomedown.Buckbeguntocryandrip,and’lowedthathimandhiscousinJoe(thatwastheotheryoungchap)wouldmakeupforthisdayyet.Hesaidhisfatherandhistwobrotherswaskilled,andtwoorthreeoftheenemy.SaidtheShepherdsonslaidfortheminambush.Bucksaidhisfatherandbrothersoughttowaitedfortheirrelations—theShepherdsonswastoostrongforthem.IaskedhimwhatwasbecomeofyoungHarneyandMissSophia.Hesaidthey’dgotacrosstheriverandwassafe.Iwasgladofthat;butthewayBuckdidtakeonbecausehedidn’tmanagetokillHarneythatdayheshotathim—Ihain’teverheardanythinglikeit.

           Allofasudden,bang!bang!bang!goesthreeorfourguns—themenhadslippedaroundthroughthewoodsandcomeinfrombehindwithouttheirhorses!Theboysjumpedfortheriver—bothofthemhurt—andastheyswumdownthecurrentthemenrunalongthebankshootingatthemandsingingout,"Killthem,killthem!"ItmademesosickImostfelloutofthetree.

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