Приключения Тома Сойера

Chapter 13

           Asthetwoboyswalkedsorrowingalong,theymadeanewcompacttostandbyeachotherandbebrothersandneverseparatetilldeathrelievedthemoftheirtroubles. Thentheybegantolaytheirplans. Joewasforbeingahermit,andlivingoncrustsinaremotecave,anddying,sometime,ofcoldandwantandgrief; butafterlisteningtoTom,heconcededthatthereweresomeconspicuousadvantagesaboutalifeofcrime,andsoheconsentedtobeapirate. 

           ThreemilesbelowSt.Petersburg,atapointwheretheMississippiRiverwasatrifleoveramilewide,therewasalong,narrow,woodedisland,withashallowbarattheheadofit,andthisofferedwellasarendezvous. Itwasnotinhabited; itlayfarovertowardthefurthershore,abreastadenseandalmostwhollyunpeopledforest. SoJackson’sIslandwaschosen. Whoweretobethesubjectsoftheirpiracieswasamatterthatdidnotoccurtothem. ThentheyhuntedupHuckleberryFinn,andhejoinedthempromptly,forallcareerswereonetohim; hewasindifferent. Theypresentlyseparatedtomeetatalonelyspotontheriver-banktwomilesabovethevillageatthefavoritehourwhichwasmidnight.Therewasasmalllografttherewhichtheymeanttocapture. Eachwouldbringhooksandlines,andsuchprovisionashecouldstealinthemostdarkandmysteriouswayasbecameoutlaws. Andbeforetheafternoonwasdone,theyhadallmanagedtoenjoythesweetgloryofspreadingthefactthatprettysoonthetownwould"hearsomething. "Allwhogotthisvaguehintwerecautionedto"bemumandwait." 

           AboutmidnightTomarrivedwithaboiledhamandafewtrifles,andstoppedinadenseundergrowthonasmallbluffoverlookingthemeeting-place. Itwasstarlight,andverystill. Themightyriverlaylikeanoceanatrest. Tomlistenedamoment,butnosounddisturbedthequiet. Thenhegavealow,distinctwhistle. Itwasansweredfromunderthebluff. 

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